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Episode 34: The Worst Summer Holiday of my Life: 16 and stuck in Las Americas with Roy Chubby Brown (sort of)
Life on the B Side
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3 months ago
Episode 34: The Worst Summer Holiday of my Life: 16 and stuck in Las Americas with Roy Chubby Brown (sort of)
Bit of a nostalgia trip in this episode — but not the dreamy, golden kind.
Today I’m taking you back to the summer I was 16. A holiday that was meant to be a break from real life... but turned into two long, emotional weeks that I’ve never quite forgotten.
It involved:
One well-meaning but emotionally unavailable dad
A lot of alcohol (not mine)
Silent dinners, full ashtrays, and no way home
And a teenager trying to make sense of it all
It’s raw, it’s honest, and — looking back — it taught me more about boundaries, expectations, and emotional survival than any sunny postcard moment ever could.
Because not all holidays are fun.And not all coming-of-age stories come with a sunset.