Why do I bother?

Because what he wants to do is more important than what you want to do. Typical male entitlement issues. Either find a way of managing it, or take separate holidays.

Anyone know why men get grumpy as they age? You see them marching round supermarkets, scowling and grumping like there was no tomorrow. Don't put up with it ladies.

My husband does the walking off thing which especially annoys me. This is home or abroad, I guess he is in his own world. We usually have to have THE TALK.
Been married 50 years next years so guess something must be working most of the time.

Sulkers (both sexes) only do it because they get away with their bad behaviour. They know who they can try it on with.
They also know which people won’t put up with it so they don’t do it to them - hence the Jekyll & Hyde personalities.

I find whether holidaying with DH or friends that at times we wnt to do different things so we do. It is never an issue, I can not see why it should be.

I live with a Victor Meldrew we always spirit up and enjoy our seperate things then meet up have lunch then maybe go our seperate ways again it suits us and stops arguments Thats life I suppose.