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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am starting to get annoyed that every single one of our couples friends (about 10 different couples total) finds the time to get away without their kids at least once during the year. Most of us are in the same boat without local family, so they either fly in parents or pay their nanny to stay. For some reason my DH and I can't ever seem to pull it together. I am always the one nudging him about it - let's go away together, pick somewhere nice, sleep in, have some alone time, etc. Money isn't the issue here, so what gives? He asked what I wanted for my birthday in June and I said a night at a hotel and so I just never got a birthday present this year. I don't even think he looked into it.

Our marriage is fine - not great, but not bad. We have two young kids so that has taken its toll. But where I am trying to carve out some alone time for us, he just can't ever commit and puts zero effort into making something happen.

Is this just the way it is for some couples? I have tried having a dialog and he says he would love to go away and we walk away agreeing to plan something, but it just never materializes. DH is not a planner at all. We have an active social life and do go out on date nights, but it's always me planning.

I could just plan a trip and send him an itinerary and he could come, but that really takes the fun out of it for me. I want him to care.[/quote]

My husband really doesn't want to go away without the kids, so I now just accept it.  We did take a nice trip for our 10th anniversary. On the other hand, he doesn't mind me going away once a year or so with girlfriends, so that's good.[/quote]

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