Question for the married folks.

[DisneySarah80]

A friend of mine wants me to go to Atlantic City with her for the night for her birthday (within driving distance). She is single, never been married, and has no kids. I, am married, and have two children, 5 & 6. She wants to go on a Sunday, come home Monday.
My question is - Would your spouce be OK with this?

 

[marmalade]

Of course he would be OK with it, why wouldn't he? In fact he would encourage it, a night away from my wonderful darling children would put me in a better mood.

 

[themilesfamily]

My spouse would be okay with this, with the exception of one particular friend I have who he doesn't like or trust. I think he might ask me not to go with that particular friend because he'd be concerned about me being put in an awkward or uncomfortable situation.

 

[The 4 "Quay"balleros]

I would have no problem with my wife going out overnight with her friend.

 

[Sorsha]

My best friend and I do this at least twice a year.

Now mind you, not to somewhere like Atlantic City - because we live in the middle of nowhere and can't GET to anywhere like that without flying - but we can get to Spokane within a 4 hour drive. We go over there a couple of times a year, just the two of us, for shopping and a nice meal and sometimes a concert or show.

She is married with kids and so am I, but neither of our husbands have ever made so much as a squeak about it. We do our best to schedule our weekends when having to "batch it" with the kids won't interfere with something the husbands need or want to be doing, but other than that, we just plan ahead and go.

My husband and I have been married more than 18 years and neither one of us would even consider fussing about an occasional outing or weekend away with friends. He gets to go camping and fishing with the guys if he wants to, so fair is fair.

 

[princesspumpkin]

Married 17 delicious years. I have a group of friends that go away for a few days every few years (usually on a two day cruise-to-nowhere). Hubby has no problem with it! I think that a happy marriage is made up of couple time, family time, parent/child time and individual time.

 

[Bob NC]

I really can't think of a reason a spouse would NOT be okay with this.

Are you going to come back and post again mentioning a whole bunch of pertinent details that weren't in the first post?

 

[Pigeon]

Hmmm, that's hard for me to answer as it's not something I'd want to do. Plus, I'm the person who gets the kids on the bus in the morning (dh has to be at work before the bus comes), so it's not really an option.

 

[HM]

Mine would be fine with it, as long as he had enough notice. I am also the mom that gets everyone off to school, makes lunches, and picks them up. He'd have to arrange his schedule to handle those things.

I did a weekend trip to the beach and I've been to WDW with friends for long weekends.

I however, would not want to do that particular over-nighter as Atlantic City has no appeal to me.

 

[scrapquitler]

A friend of mine wants me to go to Atlantic City with her for the night for her birthday (within driving distance). She is single, never been married, and has no kids. I, am married, and have two children, 5 & 6. She wants to go on a Sunday, come home Monday.
My question is - Would your spouce be OK with this?

Not only would my spouse be ok with it, he would (and has) encourage me to go. Back in August, one of my friends was lamenting that she felt like she needed to get out of dodge, and thought she would go to NY for a couple of days just for a break, and my DH suggested that it was a great idea for her to do that, and that I shoudl go with her...and so we went and had a blast.

I think it's important for both spouses to have time to hang with their friends away from one another (and away from the kids).

Are you asking because you don't want to ask your DH, or are you asking because he objected??

 

[usnuzuloose]

I have done so before, he is ok with it.

 

[stsomewhere]

My husband encouraged me to go on vacation alone after my friend backed out.

We have been married for 17 yrs and have 2 kids -12 and 10.

It was 1 night at WDW followed by a 14 night transatlantic Disney cruise.


ETA: He wants to go to Las Vegas, which I have no interest in. I told him to go with a friend.

 

[Disney Doll]

DH wouldn't have a problem with it. We have no kids so that isn't an issue.

He just went to a Notre Dame footbal game in South Bend with his buddy for the weekend, and I had no problem with that.

Now mind you, it's not something either of us would do once frequently, but for a special occasion, no problem.

 

[eliza61]

LOL. My darlin husband paid for me and my 2 best friends to go to Paris for 5 days. It was my 50th birthday present and my best friend had just finished a brutual round of chemo for breast cancer.
My dh knew I always wanted to see Paris but he had absolutely no desire to go. He sent me first class and we had a spectacular trip.

Boy to I love that man (lol and not just because of this gift).

We have a few things that we do that hold no interest for the other spouse. The man loves fishing, my world would have to have gone horribly of coarse to ever get me on a boat for 3 days and nights to fish.

 

[design_mom]

I have done this a couple of times in the 10+ years that we've been parents. My DH never had any problem with it. In fact, he encouraged me to go.

I would never plan anything without consulting with him first (as a courtesy), but I can't imagine he wouldn't do his best to allow me to go if I wanted to go.

 

[HOGFAN]

I do frequently...I just give him plenty of notice. We have an almost open marriage anyway..

 

[Minnesota!]

I cannot imagine a spouse having an issue with this.

DH would encourage me to go...

 

[Kies99]

I'd have no problem with my wife doing this.

She would just have to bring me back a cheesy t-shirt!

 

[njmom47]

I cannot imagine a spouse having an issue with this.

DH would encourage me to go...

Same here...and I would encourage him to go as well.

 

[okeydokey]

I do this a couple of times a year with friends and he does a couple of trip with friends. No reason not to.