Do you fly separately from your spouse when traveling without the kids?

[Anonymous]

My DH and I were recently talking about taking a short trip to London in April without our two kids. Of course I would love to go, but have the usual nervousness about leaving my sons behind and I worry about all kinds of things going wrong. In thinking about flying, I was reminded of a friend from college whose parents flew separately every time they went away without their children just in case something happened on the plane. Another friend of ours did this as well. I know all the statistics and that flying is much safer than driving a car, but I still wonder if there are any parents who do this when they travel. A morbid question I know, but I am curious. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I could see myself doing this, but my husband would never go along with it.

[Anonymous]

Weird and paranoid. This would never even cross my mind.

[Anonymous]

This way lies madness.

[Anonymous]

Do you have the same concern about driving together without the kids? You're more likely to be in a car accident than in an airplane crash. But of course a plane crash is more likely to be fatal...

[Anonymous]

no way

[Anonymous]

Straight out of a John Irving novel.

[Anonymous]

OP here - thanks for the responses. As I said, I know that flying is safer than driving, but since I haven't traveled by plane alone since my kids were born, I wondered if other people did this. Guess not. I don't think we would ever do it either, but since I knowa couple people who have, I wondered if it was more common than I thought.

[Anonymous]

I don't do it but I do have a friend who does.

[Anonymous]

We don't do it, but it does cross my mind sometimes. I do have friends who do it and whose parents did it when they were young. Agree it seems paranoid, but if it makes you feel more relaxed about a trip then do it.

[Anonymous]

Nope - but we do have guardianship in our will.

[Anonymous]

Somewhat related: my parents and I were an international flight shortly after 9/11/01. It was one of the first flights out, actually, and everyone was a tad nervous. I had gotten married a couple months earlier, and my husband was staying home for work. My mom let me know that, before leaving for the trip, she had contacted their lawyer to change the will and have my inheritance go to my new husband, if something happened to the three of us.

I had completely forgotten about that. Shame how we often forget the good stuff like this. I was very touched at the time, and haven't thought about it since.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Straight out of a John Irving novel.

I thought the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Nope, and we don't drive seperately either - not even on the Beltway!

[Anonymous]

You're not the Queen of England, OP!