not taking the kids:kids give you trouble?

[LiteBrite]

Hubby and I are going on our first just-us-two trip next weekend for the EE AP preview. We were there at the beginning of the month for a week long trip with my 18yo DD, her 18yo best friend, and my 70-something parents. I've been to WDW a *lot* of times, and this was the first time I was ever ready to come home at the end of the week. I just felt like hubby and I spent the whole week trying to balance the needs and wants of the older people and the teens, and nobody ever gave a moment's thought to what the 40-somethings might like!

We made a sort of sudden decision to come back for the preview. I did ask DD if she wanted to come, but I sort of knew she wouldn't be able to get time off again from her job so soon, and I was right. So, we're getting an adults only trip, we can relax and just do whatever *we* want this time without worrying about anybody else, and we don't even have to feel guilty about it, since we did ask DD and she was the one who said no (although she is being just a little pathetic about it - can't help it, the preview is next weekend and next weekend only).

 

[WDW LOVR]

We make 2-3 trips to Disney per year and at least one is adults only (typically the F+W festival, although this year 2 of our 3 kids went along. 17yr old wanted to stay home so he didn't miss school! Where'd we go wrong?). We've been taking adults only trips once or twice a year since our kids were little. Mostly they're long weekends where the kids stay with Grandma, but sometimes it's up to a week at Disney.

We love our children to no end, but we also need time to be a couple. I've seen too many couples who devote their whole lives to their kids and once the kids grow up and move out the parents don't know each other and they end up divorced. When we married that was one thing we said we'd never let happen. It give us a break to reconnect. It gives the kids a chance to enjoy spending time with their grandma (and grandpa before he passed).

We feel like we're better parents after a trip. I know not everyone is that way, but we both work very hard and when we're home we are totally wrapped up in our kids lives so those one or two get away trips per year are definitely needed.

 

[Kae]

DH & I have gone twice alone since we had kids & twice with them. We would go alone again you bettcha. Would they be mad more than likely not because they know we will take them again in the future.

Kae

 

[JessiMommy]

My husband and myself went to Disney by ourselves in march 2004 and we will be returning in March 2006 by ourselves, and of course the children are whining and carrying on. We have chose to ignore them, of course the oldest is 26 and the youngest is 25. We have promised them that we will take them in 2008 along with all the grandchildren.

LOL Love this!!!