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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We never felt the need to have parent-only trips during our kids' childhoods, OP, so I guess everyone's different. We enjoyed our family vacations. Having kids never felt like a sacrifice.  Oldest is in college now.[/quote]

My kids are grown now. During their entire childhood, we went away twice without them, leaving them with my parents both times-- once when DS1 was 3 (before DS2 was born), and once when the kids were 8 and 3. I don’t think my parents ever went away without us. Both marriages survived.[/quote]

By contrast, my parents went away without us a fair amount of the time. We sometimes stayed with relatives - which wasn't easy; relatives all lived 4-5 hours away so that had to be arranged. Other times family friends or paid sitters stayed with us. Or we'd stay at a family friend's house. When we were a little older, they'd do it while we were away at summer camp. I'm in my 50s, my parents have been married 50-something years. We're all good.

I think if this matters to you, you can absolutely do it. Why not? It's important for adults to have some time to themselves.[/quote]

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