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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My parents never took a weekend away just them.[/b] That is a newer trend among the affluent and those with young local family. We took one vacation without our kids and our younger one cried for us. Didn’t vacation without the kids for another 15 years.[/quote]

Mine did. I'm 46. This isn't a "trend."[/quote]

I’m 48 and I don’t know one family that took a weekend away trip without their kids from my childhood at all. This was not a thing if your parents did it was certainly an exception. It is a trend that more younger people are doing it now, but in the past, people did not have the time or the resources to take weekend away trips without their kids.[/quote]

I’m 39 and had the same experience as you, but DH was passed off so his parents could travel.  FWIW he still resents it as he felt his parents did not actually prioritize a good environment for him and siblings.

I think some families can make this work well and some make it work badly and many, many parents do not travel without their kids.  I can understand why it’s important to couples and think it’s fantastic if it works.  I don’t think it’s a given that it works out for everyone.

We have 3 kids and haven’t traveled away.  I am getting to the point where I see the appeal and would like to do it in theory, but I don’t think we have the right care option.  At least not currently.[/quote]

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