Who else has never taken a vacation without the kids?

[pinkdiamonds1007]

Nope never a vacation w/o our daughter. However, I do still think its important for mommy and daddy to get away together every once in a while! You have to take care of the two of you and your relationship as well. And sometimes thats hard to do when you have children. My hubby and I have a short little 2 day vaca planned to the Ceasers Palace in the Poconos this OCT. for our 5 year wedding anniversary. We of course will probobly call 3 x's a day and miss her like crazy, and she will be all we talk about. But, i bet for a few min. at least it will feel good to be alone together! (LOL)
Its nice to all look forward to a family vacation though, and I couldn't imagine going away too long or too far.

 

[pinkdiamonds1007]

I guess I'll be another of the oddballs and say that I have enjoyed a couple of trips without our DS. I married my Dh so I could be married to him, whether or not we were blessed with a child, and grow old with him. The trips we've taken help to reconnect with each other and spend time doing adult activities.

My parents used to always say that they'd never take a trip without the kids and would never leave us behind because they'd always have time to do things when we were all grown-up & married. My dad passed away the day after my 18th birthday--they never got to have their time.

Today I talked to my neighbor who told me that her & her DH are splitting up after trying to reconcile their marriage. She said the biggest reason they think they cannot but their differences aside & see the other person's point of view is because they don't "know each other" anymore. She said she thought it was great that DH & I travel once every couple of years together and spend alone time as a couple.

I want my son to grow up to respect the vows of marriage & I think showing him a strong and faithful marriage is the best way to accomplish that goal. For us that means spending time away from him occasionally & having him enjoy his grandparents company.

For those who say they don't do this, kudos to you, I could not do it as much as I love my DS, I love my time with my DH too!

What a great way to put things. I might print this out..and let my hubby read it..will give us incentive to go away more often together! Good Story!
Nicole

 

[welovedis]

pinkdiamonds-thanks, sad stories, but true--both make me appreciate each day!

ALSO--we spent a small part of our honeymoon at Caeser's Palace in the Poconos-Brookdale resort and really enjoyed it. Albeit that was over 13 years ago but it was very nice and relaxing. Hope you have a great trip!

 

[Julia M]

ITA! I can't imagine never going away without the kids once in a while! There are family vacations and there are couples vacations. DH and I really look forward to that ALONE time when we go away.

That's what it is for us.........we do all sorts of vacation configurations on our house.

When the kids were little, my parents would watch them one weekend a year, for us to get away for our anniversary. Our family vacations were smaller.....a long weekend at Disneyland, camping, etc.

Then as we had more money, and the kids were older, we started taking longer vacations with the family.....Texas, WDW and so on. We no longer had our weekends away, but my parents watched them every other year or so, and we got away for 4-5 days....to Vegas, Hawaii and so on.

Now, it's one family vacation a year, and lots of "divided" vacations......I take dd to her competitions out of state. I encouraged dh to take the boys on a special 'boys week" this summer.

We have changed what works for our family, as our family grew and changed.

Julia

 

[devotedchristian]

I guess I'll be another of the oddballs and say that I have enjoyed a couple of trips without our DS. I married my Dh so I could be married to him, whether or not we were blessed with a child, and grow old with him. The trips we've taken help to reconnect with each other and spend time doing adult activities.

My parents used to always say that they'd never take a trip without the kids and would never leave us behind because they'd always have time to do things when we were all grown-up & married. My dad passed away the day after my 18th birthday--they never got to have their time.

Today I talked to my neighbor who told me that her & her DH are splitting up after trying to reconcile their marriage. She said the biggest reason they think they cannot but their differences aside & see the other person's point of view is because they don't "know each other" anymore. She said she thought it was great that DH & I travel once every couple of years together and spend alone time as a couple.

I want my son to grow up to respect the vows of marriage & I think showing him a strong and faithful marriage is the best way to accomplish that goal. For us that means spending time away from him occasionally & having him enjoy his grandparents company.

For those who say they don't do this, kudos to you, I could not do it as much as I love my DS, I love my time with my DH too!

 

[cmrules]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who goes without the kids.

 

[cmrules]

I guess I'll be another of the oddballs and say that I have enjoyed a couple of trips without our DS. I married my Dh so I could be married to him, whether or not we were blessed with a child, and grow old with him. The trips we've taken help to reconnect with each other and spend time doing adult activities.

My parents used to always say that they'd never take a trip without the kids and would never leave us behind because they'd always have time to do things when we were all grown-up & married. My dad passed away the day after my 18th birthday--they never got to have their time.

Today I talked to my neighbor who told me that her & her DH are splitting up after trying to reconcile their marriage. She said the biggest reason they think they cannot but their differences aside & see the other person's point of view is because they don't "know each other" anymore. She said she thought it was great that DH & I travel once every couple of years together and spend alone time as a couple.

I want my son to grow up to respect the vows of marriage & I think showing him a strong and faithful marriage is the best way to accomplish that goal. For us that means spending time away from him occasionally & having him enjoy his grandparents company.

For those who say they don't do this, kudos to you, I could not do it as much as I love my DS, I love my time with my DH too!

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