Family vacation goes to shit… literally 💩

Trigger warning: POOP ⚠️

I have been catching up on older THT podcast episodes and at the end of ep 121, Morgan mentioned she wanted a story where someone pooped their pants on vacation. Well… here you go 😅

This took place in 2007 and all conversations were in Spanish so I’ll do my best to translate and share what I remember!

When I was 14, my dad (39 at the time) took me and my little brother (9) on vacation to visit family in Ecuador. We stayed at my grandma’s place and spent time with my dad’s siblings and their kids while we were there. Although I’ve since gone no contact with my dad (for other reasons) this vacation will always be a fond memory. 💗

Grandma would cook some meals at home but we ate out at restaurants pretty often too. One day, we all went out to a local spot and ordered a variety of things. Some people had fish, others ordered pork, and my brother and I had chicken. Nothing tasted off - it was honestly just another day. Well something MUST have been up with those meals, or the way they were prepared, because we all got food poisoning. 🤢 Even my family that lives in Ecuador got sick so it’s not like we had weak American stomachs.

We stayed home throwing up and fighting diarrhea for like 2 days. Some of my little cousins slept over at my grandma’s place the first night that we all felt sick and I recall my aunt picking up my cousin and rushing him to the bathroom in the middle of the night because he rolled over half awake and said “mama I’m shitting myself” 😅 those of us kids that were awake could not stop laughing. We poked fun at him for this comment the rest of the trip.

The next morning, my cousins went home with their parents while my dad and one of my uncles went to the store to get medicine and groceries. An hour or two later my dad bursts through the door and runs for the bathroom while my uncle stands in the doorway laughing. I asked what was going on but my uncle said he would let my dad tell us. 🤷‍♀️

Turns out, my dad was in the produce section at the grocery store when he felt his stomach start churning. He said it felt like he had to let out a mean fart so he looked around and decided to rip it since no one was around. To his horror, he started to feel warm shit running down the inside of his leg. To make matters worse, he was wearing shorts because it was so hot and humid that day. 💀 I don’t remember what he ended up doing to clean himself up at the store but I recall him saying there were no public restrooms nearby. Sorry I don’t have more info on how he wrapped up this shitty situation 😅

Eventually we all recovered and were able to enjoy the rest of our vacation while also laughing over our shared misery.

So basically you should never trust a fart. Especially if you are battling food poisoning or diarrhea! 🤭