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I had a friend when I was younger that could walk in to a store with his girl & walk out drive home without knowing she was with him that day. This occurred often.
At the Oregon Trail Museum there are copies of people's journals: Today we forgot to check on Susan before we started out. When we stopped for the day, the folks who picked her up brought her by. >

Phew, thank God she didnt board the wrong wagon into Canada. >

What’s this reference? I can remember it but can’t place it lol >

Its a "kid gets on the wrong bus" reference. >

And is that a reference to something specific, or? >

Almost happened to me once. Long story short, I was walking out to what I believed was my plane in Nairobi (or Kampala? Can't remember, it was a while ago) and only through casual conversation with my seat neighbour did it transpire that I was headed towards the wrong continent. >

Australia? >

I honestly can't remember. The story grows vaguer with each retelling. Age – the final frontier.
In any case, I actually managed to get off the plane before it got off the ground, so I never actually went. A more adventurous part of me regret that I didn't simply shut up and let destiny take me for a ride. >

Most bullshit I've ever heard in my LIFE. Tell us the story. >

That actually happened about forty years ago to my parents' best friends.
The couple were driving back from the beach at night. She was sleeping in the back seat. He stopped for gas and a bathroom break, returned to the car and drove away.
He didn't realize that his wife had, in his absence, gone to the bathroom as well. So he hadn't bothered to look.
Two hours later, he pulls into the driveway, looks in the back seat and freaks out. Good thing that, five minutes later, a strange car pulls into the driveway and his wife gets out.
It took him years to live that down.
EDIT: For clarity's sake, she got a ride with another gas station customer who was driving the same direction. >


It took him years to live that down.

It's hilarious that the wife was blameless in this situation. >

I can’t believe she got into a car with a stranger to drive two hours away, that she met at a gas station. And just gets out of the car without letting him know? Totally his fault he was letting her sleep.
This is why serial killers were so prolific back then. >


And just gets out of the car without letting him know?

why are we assuming she didn't get out of the car after he was already gone. wtf >

Right. So it’s night, dark out, with those giant bench seats they had back in the 80s and no giant lights like we have today everywhere — probably a blanket or pile of towels in the back seat too. She woke up, wandered off. Then spent 40 years blaming him because she didn’t communicate and he assumed a peacefully sleeping person wouldn’t want to be interrupted.
I bet every single man she brought that story up to offered the husband a sly smirk afterwards. Dumb, dumb thing to blame on someone else. >

I did not see any comments from op mentioning the wife blaming the husband, why are you making that assumption?
It's just the husband feeling guilty about it. >

You’re both taking “live that down” differently, it depends on how op meant it. >

It was presented anecdotally, I doubt they turned dark on the last line. >

I actually read it in the dark way as well but now I see both sides, which is why I was hoping op would speak up haha >

My son in law did this to my daughter (left her at a store) when he was out with her and his buddy. They jumped in the car, took off, and were a couple miles away when the friend turned around to ask my daughter a question (she had been stretched out across the backseat) and he said "Umm....either she is hiding somehow...or you are in a lot of trouble." Son in law actually made it back to store before my daughter noticed, and would have gotten away with it, but his buddy ratted him out (with a "but I told him we needed to go back and get you"). >

It happened to my brother in law as a kid. His family and extended family were traveling in two cars and stopped at a rest area where they all got out. When they left they all assumed he was in the other car and left him for hours before they realized and made it back to him. It was really traumatic for him, and when we go on trips he has a rule that everyone has to stay in the car they were first riding in. We haven’t left a kid behind yet. Thanks Uncle Jamie! >

My grand parents did that with my uncle when shopping. He was always quiet so they didn’t notice 1/4 missing for a few miles. Same happened when he fell out of the car going around a roundabout. Only the best child safety in the 70s >

He got took by the void and your meemaw didn't bat an eye 💀 >

*tooken >

Thailand man >

Thailander
(/s just in case) >

There can only be one >

HE LEFT HER TO PEE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN A JUNGLE. Is everyone else going to just glaze over the fact that its a JUNGLE
EDIT to add, Thailand has the largest population of Indochinese Tigers.
EDIT 2 : I'm not a westerner who has never been to the Jungle, I am a Vietnamese person from Tra Vinh, Vietnam.  Well at least that is the closest town (which wasn't really built up til the last 15 years) to the village my family lives in. Kinda hard to give 6 stick huts their own town name
EDIT 3: The only two commenters who live remotely near or in thailand, One is from Malaysia, a country much more developed than thailand claiming that Thailand is in fact as developed as them despite Malaysia being ranked 16 places a head in developed countries list, or the westerner who moved to Thailand and denies the existence of villages such as Pa Deng because Thailand is developed and has roads so villages that don't have paved roads, power, etc don't exist because he hasn't seem them. >


He parked his car by the roadside at 3 am to take a quick toilet break.
She walked about 20 km (approximately 12.4 miles) and reached the district of Kabin Buri by 5 am. 

10 kilometres per hour (9 minutes a mile for Americans) doesn't suggest a particularly challenging environment. 
Even if it took her three hours and not the reported two, that's pretty good pace. >

Some cursory googling shows 12 km/hr as world-class racewalking pace for women, so 10 km/hr on a shit road would be very impressive. Like you say, even 2/3 of that pace would be hustling. >

At what point does race walking become jogging or running? >

I think when you have no feet on the ground at any point (always at least one point of contact to be "walking").
At least this is from my memory of Malcolm in the Middle from like 20 years ago. >

You see that dewey? That's air!! >

S04E07 - Air date Jan 5, 2003. My guesstimate of 20 years was almost bang-on haha >

I’m seriously impressed! >

"accidentally" >

"Forgets" >

He didn't forget. >

Maybe he was just helping her do a little cardio >

My money is on this one >

I read that too fast and thought it said: Thailand man forgets to wipe after toilet break.
While gross, I wasn’t sure why this would make the news. >

I still don't see why this is news either or why I read the entire article while thinking "why is this an article?". >

Soon on Am I the asshole >

I left my wife in a tiger-filled jungle on a road-trip, after she got out of the car while I was peeing and I didn't notice, AITA? >

Reddit: NTA. Getting out of the car while you were still in it is a red flag for sure, bro. You need someone who will prioritize YOU, not urinating on tigers >

My Uncle was a team driver for years. If one stopped for fuel and the other one got out they would leave a hat in the passenger seat so the other would know they got out and weren't back yet >

It's almost as if you should make sure the driver knows you've left the vehicle >

wow, these Home Alone sequels are really getting lame. >

Tbh this is a better idea for a sequel than Home Alone 4, 5, and 6 >

At 3am??? He left her on a remote road. I'm wondering if he was trying to kill her in a very Lifetime Movie Network way .... >

My short legs will take me five hours to walk 20 km. I wouldn’t be so forgiving, hahaha. >

I was on a trip with my professor and one of my classmates and they forgot me at a gas station. Thankfully it was in one of the few parts of the trip with cell service because they didn’t even know I was gone until I called them. Ironically it was about an hour after my professor was telling us about the only time he forgot a student at a gas station on a field trip. >

"I thought she was being unusually quiet." >

r/boomershumor >

/r/boomerhentai >

Why >

Because old wife's saggy tits = FUNNY >

Does anyone else think that this was titled badly? The word "forcing" gives an impression that the husband was not willing to drive back and instead forced his wife to catch up by walking by herself. 🤷‍♂️ >

My dad did this with my 13 year old sister at a gas station in Georgia at 3 AM >

Your dad sounds like a real swell hombre >

The husband left her at 3 am. At 8 am, the wife was finally able to contact him with help of the police because she forgot her phone. 
During those 5 hours he drove 100 miles back home which means an average of 20 mph. Perhaps that is normal in thailand for some depending on the vehicle, but google maps is indicating a travel time of 2.5 hours from Maha Sarakham province to their home in Khorat (197 km) AND his home was actually only 160 km away so should've taken even less time.
He must've either made plenty of stops along the way and never looked in the back seat, or was at home for a while "thinking" his wife was still sleeping in the car lol.
Would not be surprised if there was a dispute and that was his form of punishment. Husband was scared the police called. Then the wife helped him make up the rest of the story so as to protect their family reputation/structure. But maybe true idk >

Tandy ?! >

Feeling guilty now...! >

Says they stopped at 3 am and the wife reached help at 5 am. That’s not a walk! If true, she ran 6mph for 2 hours! She’s ready for a Hal marathon! >

I dunno man, if I was stuck in the middle of a jungle at night, I'd probably be hauling ass to safety too. >

An old co-worker of mine was left at a gas station in a manner similar to Home Alone on her 10th birthday. Her family decided to take her, her siblings, and some of her friends to Six Flags, so there were many kids in the van. When they stopped for gas, some of the kids got out to use the toilets or get some snacks in the convenience store, and my co-worker took a bit longer than everyone else. When she went outside she realized the van was gone, and this was before cell phones, so all she could do was go to the gas station employee and cry and hope her family would come back. They eventually did, her parents explaining that they had left after asking if everyone was back and heard a bunch of children all reply "yes" (gonna guess that each of them was speaking for themselves) so they went on their way and made it all the way to Six Flags before realizing that the birthday girl was not there.
I didn't ask if she was still friends with those friends (probably not) but she apparently started taking driving lessons and got her license as soon as she was allowed to because she never trusted anyone in her family after that to get her to a destination. >

“Forgets” >

Verstappen's dad would say it builds character. >

Classic >

My uncle did that with one of my cousins.
We are traveling to a farm and my cousin said he need to pee, my uncle stopped the car and we'll since he already stopped he decided to go too.
My uncle finished, enter the car bunckled up and go. 
After 30 minutes of silent drive he do a U turn and return all the time asking why nobody told he forgot our cousin we found my cousin in the same place all alone in the dark. >

But I did leave my kid at a funeral parlor once. Yeah, it was awful. The wife was distraught and we left the little tyke there in the funeral parlor all day. All day. You know, we went back at night and apparently he had been alone all day with the corpse. He was okay though, after two, three weeks he came around and started talking again... >

There’s more to this story guaranteed! >

For everybody saying "He didn't forget":

[By the time she was able to reach a phone and notify him], he had driven all the way to Korat province, 159.6 km (100 miles) away...When he realized what transpired, he quickly turned around to drive back to pick up his spouse. >

He turned around when he got a call from a police station. That's not remorse, he just didn't want to piss off the corrupt Thai police. The more you mess them around the bigger the bribe. >

huh? it doesnt say anything about that in this article. where did you find that? >

This happened to a family not once but twice, both during Christmas too.  They flew out of town for the holidays without even realizing their 8 year old son wasn't with them.  The strangest thing happened as he was attacked by the same two people but managed to outwit them using a series of ingenious traps. 
I heard it actually happened a third time too but we don't talk about that one. >

Keep the change, ya filthy animal >

/r/aita >

*ex wife >

It’s a good thing Clark Griswold wasn’t driving. >

Nobody forced her. "she decided to walk...."
Classic yellow journalism. >

No way you 'accidentally' drive off without your wife and not notice for hours. Divorce. >

Divorce by tiger. No lawyers required. >

Babe really we can't waste the gas to double back. >

Photo is badly chosen. It shows a left-hand-drive car. Cars in Thailand are right-hand-drive and go on the left side of the road. I know they probably didn't have a photo of the people involved, but even a photo of a petrol station would have been more relevant. >

he was probably entranced by the quiet, "oh, she must be tired finally.." >

Found the boomer >

For a moment I thought he took a shit so big that he forgot he had a wife. >

memory lost after number 2 is real >

“Forgets” >

“Forgets” >

Five siblings growing up, on a road trip after a McDonald’s stop, my dad asked “everyone here?”  We all answered “yes”. An hour later we realized we left the middle child at mc Donald’s. >

"Forgets" >

«Forgets» >

“Forgets” >

Title is misleading. Sounds like he is a POS who said  "I am not driving back, you can walk!" whereas she decided to walk to find help so she can contact her husband.
Also this elderly woman apparently walked 20km in 2 hours at 3 in the morning, which I am not buying. >

If you’ve ever been to Thailand you know how easy it is to forget about your wife. >

What a clickbait title as usual. 

"When he realized what transpired, he quickly turned around to drive back to pick up his spouse. He was extremely sorry about his action and apologized to his wife profusely." 

Technically she was forced to walk, but he was not forcing directly, just being an absentminded airhead. The title makes him sound malicious or that is was intentional when it was not. >

Assuming it was really accidental. But either way, why did this make the news? It sounds like an anecdote you tell to your family, not the press. It makes me wonder if there’s more to this story. >

Right. >

🎵 Thailand Man 🎵 
🎵 Thailand Man 🎵 
🎵 Does whatever 🎵 
🎵 A Thailand Man can 🎵 >

“Forgets” 
Dude wanted to escape. He didn’t forget. >

Escape? Interesting way to spell "kill". >

Wife: wtf you just made me walk 20km?!?!? 
Hubby: ….ummm…(muttering under his breath that she found her way back)
Wife: did you think I was sleeping in the back or something ?
Hubby:……………………long pause……:Yes, yes I did. >

I was prepared to roast the guy based on this title, but it was a genuine mistake and based on the article, she didn't let her husband know she was going into the trees to relieve herself.
Simple mistakes can lead to the scariest consequences. 
I'm just glad she is ok. >

Ya it's a mistake, and she's the one who made it >

'forgets'. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >

He left her alone in a jungle and drove off. I’m more worried about her safety than his. >

How uninteresting and what a boring distopian life you must live to deem it important to report on this.
Not OP, the reporter. >

Ever taken a shit so big that you forgot you were married? >

Maybe she the shy and quiet type? >

Time to find a new husband >

Went on a road trip with my father and I and two folks we’ll call “Mammal” and “Wilma”. Four Harleys on a trailer from Phoenix to Sturgis. While in Sturgis, my step-mom had a very serious medical emergency and we had to fly home. This left Mammal and Wilma to drive my van home with our bikes. Mammal gets to Phoenix with our vehicles, but no Wilma. Mammal says, “I told that bitch I’d leave her ass if she didn’t get back to the van by the time I was ready to go”. And he did. She had to fly home from Colorado. 
Shining example of chivalry, that one. >

“Forgets” >

OP is karma farming liar. The driver didn't force her to walk. From the article:"When he realized what transpired, he quickly turned around to drive back to pick up his spouse. He was extremely sorry about his action and apologized to his wife profusely." >

bro the healine itself says "forced" and if you know the rules you can only post the headline as the title and make no changes. i just thought it was funny, also are you new? >

Relevant:
The police stop a middle-aged man, and ask, "do you know why we stopped you?"
"Why, no officer," says the man.
"Well, you left your wife behind at a gas station about fifteen miles back."
And the man says, "oh thank god!  I thought I was going deaf!" >

“Forgets” >

"He was extremely sorry about his action and apologized to his wife profusely. Turns out, even after going through such an ordeal, the woman did not argue with him when he picked her up."
Oh boy... I fear for his safety. He's a dead man in the house now! >

What the heck 😂🤣
He was over her! >

Whoops sorry. Won’t happen again until the next rest stop! >

Great excuse for a half marathon! >

Jonah Hill in Don't Look Up
"She's coming back." >

boomer joke lol >

Anyone else here because they read it as "She forgot to wipe..."? >

Finally, it was nice and quiet in the car. Until he had to go back to get her. Hopefully then he got the silent treatment, at least for a few KMS. My ex was a semi-pro in the silent treatment, probably could have been in the silent treatment Olympics, if they had them. After a while, you really start to enjoy the silent treatment. But by then it's long past time for her to go. Still, her leaving was the best thing that ever happened between us, even better than a few days of the silent treatment. >

R I P >

My dad and brother did this to my mother in Montana while they were on a road trip. She got out when they were pumping gas and they didn’t notice until several miles down the road. They did turn around and go back for her but they have never, and will never, lived this down. >

What’s Jos Verstappen doing in Thailand? >

Isn’t weed legal in Thailand now? >

I'm disappointed to see not a single Where The Heart Is reference. This is still a pretty wild story though. >

I was 7 and my parents left me at a rest stop. We were in a camper truck and my older sisters told them I was in so they drove away. >

This happened in one of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books >

based >

He knew >

A very brave woman >

Builds character. >

We did this to my sister once. Driving across the country in our RV. We stopped for gas, my father asked if everyone was back inside and was told my sister was in the bathroom. He thought she was in the RV bathroom and drove off. We realized it like 20 minutes later my sister was still at the gas station. 
This was long before cell phones and my sister was about 10 at the time. We circled back for her and she was just sitting in the curb waiting for us. >

One of my favorite Italian movies starts just like this. Pane e tulipani. >

From the title and the thumbnail some might think this happened at a gas station at noon or something NOPE no sir >

My wife’s non-profit group left the lead singer of the country band “Alabama” at a waffle house.  He went to restroom.  He thought it was pretty funny.  The Band had donated money after the tornadoes of 2012 in Alabama. >

My grandpa did this to my grandma once. He thought she was asleep in the van but she had gone to the restroom as he filled up with gas. Fortunately she was only a few blocks from my uncle's house, but Grandpa was like 3 hours down the road before he realized. >

I love how I clicked on this thinking "how could this possibly happen?" and every single post describes someone doing the same thing. >

I feel like this is something I would do and I hate it. >

I've been on that roadtrip. Didn't have the guts to do ot. Though. >

At least it wasn’t miles >

So they stopped at 3 AM. She got a hold of him at 8 AM. And he was only 100 miles away. Hmm... >

Something similar happen to my brother when we were kids. Dad stops to get gas at night on a road trip and didn’t realize brother got outta the van and went into the store. We drove off and it wasnt til the morning and hours later we realized he wasn’t with us. >

This is one of my biggest fears accidentally forgetting someone leaving them stranded. Similarly I would always announce where I am going and where I will be to my wife, she's always puzzled by why I've always give her so much details and also ask so much as well. Even going to the toilet I'd be like hey I'll be in the toilet for about 5-10mins.
Especially now that I've got children accidentally leaving them in the car out in the hot sun is almost a phobia of mine. Or me taking them out of the car and them running into the open road. I've now always have an incessant need to know where everyone is whenever we go on a road trip. >

I've recently been hearing a lot about western men going to south east Asia to find wives. One reason given was that the bar was so much lower there, but I didn't really understand or appreciate where exactly that bar was until seeing this post. Thanks. >

“Forgot.” Right, gotcha. 😉 >

The timings in the article are a bit suspect. If the woman was left at 3am and arrive in town at 5am, that's 20km in two hours, which is a decent half-marathon time for a 50-year-old woman. Meanwhile the man was contacted at 8am, five hours after he left, and he had only  done 150km? >

He wouldn’t be my husband anymore >

"Forgets" >

This could totally happen to me either as the guy or the wife.