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Variation on a theme: solo vacations?
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:23 pm
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:23 pm
Would your spouse allow you to go on one? Would you allow them?
For starters, I think a grown-arse person can do whatever they want, so perhaps "allow" is not the right word. You just have to deal with the ramifications if you do something your spouse doesn't like.
2 years ago I drove out to West Texas for some peace, quiet and hiking. Wife was fully supportive and is encouraging me to do it again.
For starters, I think a grown-arse person can do whatever they want, so perhaps "allow" is not the right word. You just have to deal with the ramifications if you do something your spouse doesn't like.
2 years ago I drove out to West Texas for some peace, quiet and hiking. Wife was fully supportive and is encouraging me to do it again.
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Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:24 pm to Slippy
I fly out this weekend for a solo ski trip and doing the same next April.
I'd have no issue if the wife wanted to do something solo as well but shed rather go with family or our daughter.
I'd have no issue if the wife wanted to do something solo as well but shed rather go with family or our daughter.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:26 pm to Slippy
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2 years ago I drove out to West Texas for some peace, quiet and hiking. Wife was fully supportive and is encouraging me to do it again.
Her boyfriend is encouraging you to do the same.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:32 pm to Slippy
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Wife was fully supportive and is encouraging me to do it again.
Best week of sex she’s had in years
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:37 pm to Slippy
Are you talking about just up and leaving for a few days since a "grown-arse person can do whatever they want" or having a discussion with your partner about what you want to do, plan it out with all of your other responsibilities, then go on said trip even if your spouse does not like it.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:38 pm to Slippy
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solo vacations?
Are we talking "Solo" like I'm going on a bachelor party trip or "Solo" like I'm going by myself somewhere?
IDK why any married person would want to go on a trip by themselves.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:40 pm to Slippy
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Would your spouse allow you to go on one?
If by "vacation" you mean fly home to get rest of stuff out of old house and drive a U-Haul back to new house halfway across the planet, then I did that earlier this year.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:41 pm to Slippy
My husband probably needs to go somewhere by himself - he has before for work, and sort of had a vacation at the same time
I rarely get to go anywhere by myself.
I rarely get to go anywhere by myself.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:47 pm to Slippy
Wife would be perfectly happy with me going on a solo vacation. But she would have real issues with me returning from such a vacation
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:47 pm to Slippy
I have been on several solo trips. Mostly for snowboarding weekends or beer runs to New England.
I wouldn't have a problem with my wife doing something similar, but she isn't super confident driving on her own in new places, so I don't think she would ever want to.
I wouldn't have a problem with my wife doing something similar, but she isn't super confident driving on her own in new places, so I don't think she would ever want to.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:50 pm to Slippy
Worked with a guy who would falsely tell his wife he had to go make a delivery in some far off place, then go rent a hotel room and just nap for a couple days. Wasn’t even having an affair or anything, ole baw was just tired 
Posted on 12/2/24 at 12:59 pm to Slippy
I find it strange to want to go somewhere by yourself without your spouse. I guess some people just don't like their spouse as much as I do. We look forward to the few times a year we can get away together but I guess a lot of people just aren't that close in their marriage.
We have been married for 21 years and I would much rather go do things with her than other people or by myself and she feels the same.
Then again I know married couples that only stay together since the husband works offshore and is gone alot of the time. I would hate to be in that kind of marriage.
We have been married for 21 years and I would much rather go do things with her than other people or by myself and she feels the same.
Then again I know married couples that only stay together since the husband works offshore and is gone alot of the time. I would hate to be in that kind of marriage.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 1:09 pm to DownSouthTiger
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I find it strange to want to go somewhere by yourself without your spouse.
I took my wife on my yearly pheasant hunting trip one time and she hated it. It's really the only trip I take without her. She also refuses to sit in a duck blind with me, so I do that one without her too. She will go fishing almost every time I go though. This is one I wish I got to do more often by myself. She smokes me everytime with her uglystik spinning combo and a Texas rigged senko.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 1:09 pm to DownSouthTiger
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I find it strange to want to go somewhere by yourself without your spouse. I guess some people just don't like their spouse as much as I do. We look forward to the few times a year we can get away together but I guess a lot of people just aren't that close in their marriage.
Same. Especially something cool or fun, it’d be weird to not do that with her, generally speaking.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 1:14 pm to Slippy
I solo camped in Utah national parks on my own one winter and it was an incredible experience. Time alone to reflect, prioritize, etc is so underrated.
It actually made my marriage stronger because you miss them and appreciate the relationship more with absence. And she had no interest in winter camping.
It actually made my marriage stronger because you miss them and appreciate the relationship more with absence. And she had no interest in winter camping.
This post was edited on 12/2/24 at 1:16 pm
Posted on 12/2/24 at 1:16 pm to Slippy
I solo vacation every year for the past 6. Wife enjoys different things on vacation like shopping, so we do our own thing. It works for us.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 1:23 pm to Slippy
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You just have to deal with the ramifications if you do something your spouse doesn't like.
Kinda like FA-FO the marital edition.
BTW, I have taken many solo trips/vacations and may again in the future.
If your secure in you relationship then you can do things like this and it not be an issue. Just don't let it become a situation where you do not vacation together.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 1:23 pm to QuothTheRaven
My wife will come sit in the deer stand with me if it isn't raining or freezing cold but most of the time I will have one of the kids with me. As you said every time I go fishing she will be in the boat.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 1:26 pm to waiting4saturday
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IDK why any married person would want to go on a trip by themselves.
I know the reasons I did it. I have known others that have done it. Not sure why the idea is so controversial.
Posted on 12/2/24 at 1:29 pm to DownSouthTiger
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find it strange to want to go somewhere by yourself without your spouse. I guess some people just don't like their spouse as much as I do. We look forward to the few times a year we can get away together but I guess a lot of people just aren't that close in their marriage.
I feel the same way. My SO is my best friend and I want to share everything together. I see posts in these threads that make it seem like they enjoy time away from their spouse because they are in marriages of convenience, rather than a deep love. I feel bad for people like that, but it's also why I understand when they post it. I go places she likes, even if i hate it, because I'm still with her and spending time with her.
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Worked with a guy who would falsely tell his wife he had to go make a delivery in some far off place, then go rent a hotel room and just nap for a couple days. Wasn’t even having an affair or anything, ole baw was just tired
This is what I'm talking about, wtf. What's the point of being married in this situation?
This post was edited on 12/2/24 at 1:32 pm
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