Vacationing without DH
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Anonymous
| We try to do a weekend trip each months, but DH's current responsibilities include some weekend work, and it's putting a damper on our travel schedule. The kids miss our short weekend trips. Am I out of line taking them by myself? I feel odd ditching him, like he'll be lonely in the evenings or something. |
Anonymous
| Not out of line at all. It’s just a weekend, he can enjoy some quiet time. Make sure you get some alone time during the week to balance it out. |
Anonymous
| It is fine. |
Anonymous
| It's fine. Maybe he'll get some things done around the house while you're gone, or he'll catch up on work stuff and you can have some alone time to balance things out. |
Anonymous
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DH gets 3 weeks of vacation a year. With my earned time rate, I get about 8 weeks but it rolls over every year capping out at 600 hrs. DS and I take about a week long trip plus several long weekend trips without DH. It's fine! DS and I love snorkeling and beach vacations and DH isn't a huge fan as he can't go underwater due to a health issue and he burns easily. So he absolutely doesn't feel jealous that DS and I had to the tropics for a week. He also always has a list of things he wants to get done, whether its for a hobby or stuff he wants to do around the house. He also loves spicy foods and DS and I don't, so he enjoys being able to cook for himself while we are gone.
DH makes sure I have some weekends to myself too and usually once a year he will take DS to his parents to visit for a week and work from there and give me a week off. He tends to save his vacation days for trips with us. |
Anonymous
| It’s fine. |
Anonymous
| I do it all the time. |
Anonymous
| Where are you thinking of going? Do you mean like a weekend in NYC? I do these types of short trips a few times a year with just myself or with friends. |
Anonymous
| I wish my DH would stay home. |
Anonymous
No weird at all! I take my DC on weekend trips a few times a year to visit close family and friends. Kids play together, I relax and socialize with the adults, DH gets some time alone. I do leave him a (reasonable) honey-do list so he doesn’t get too bored 
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Anonymous
| I had to take an emergency overseas trip with 2 young kids and no DH, and it was one of my most relaxing trips ever, surprisingly. |