Vacationing Seperately.....

Updated on July 11, 2011
L.W. asks from Waxahachie, TX
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Well in about two weeks my husband and our 22 month old son will be flying to Virginia to see his mom for her 75th birthday. (it was either them flying up or her coming down here - and I'm sorry but I chose for them to go there - this is a whole other story). That same week my dad, my sister and her daughter are coming to my house and then we are (including my 8 year old daughter) are driving to Missouri to visit our other sister. This is the first time that my husband and I are vacationing seperately. As it's getting closer, I am getting nervous. Yes I'll miss my husband but I'm struggling more with my son being away from me. I haven't been away from him for this length of time ever. It's going to be so wierd and hard. Have you all ever gone on a vacation seperate from your husband/s.o.? Also do you have any suggestions on how to handle being away from my son for that length of time? I'm sure my husband and I are going to talk on a daily basis and all that but it's going to be hard. I am looking forward to not having to chase after a little all the time, sleep in, and all but I am going to miss the little guy. It's going to be so hard to say good bye to him right before we leave. I'm sitting here looking at him thinking about this.....if I'm already feeling like this it's going to be horrible the day of..........Any words of wisdom?

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B.C.

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I HATE separate vacations. My wife, her two sisters and her mom have been on vacations by themselves. I wanted to go along, but was refused. They said it was a girls night out vacation. I said they should all invite their husbands and we'd all go. But they still said no. (They are all divorced or have chased their "partners" away.)

They went on a cruise that stopped at several islands. I love cruising. They loved the cruise. They didn't feel bad at all leaving me at home. I had no problem keeping the home up and taking care of everyone here. That wasn't a problem at all. I've never found being a SAHD difficult at all. The problem was my wife was making fun memories without me.

When she got home, I was angry. She said I could go with my best friend if I wanted to. I said, "Ok, do you think SHE really wants to go with me now and do we have the money to do that? I'd have to pay for HER too." She got real mad in an instant. She yelled, "Who is this girl that you want to take with you and how long have you know her?" I replied, "This beautiful, sexy, charming, highly desirable girl that I've known ALL my married life. . . long pregnant pause . . . is YOU ! ! ! When can WE go?"

I'm not one for girls night out vacations either. And if I went with my brother and did things he wanted to do, we go to someplace like Hedonism II or something similar and see how many girls we could get in our beds. Not me. Not interested. I see no reason to go out for hamburger when I have filet mignon at home (so to speak).

I hope you have a wonderful time. Good luck to you and yours.

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Y.C.

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Get Skype, and practice with it before you go. And don't worry! He will be with his Daddy, and he will see you soon.

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T.F.

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You'll be fine.

My hubby travels a lot for business and he likes to be home. I am known to go on a vacation solo and have had a blast.

Enjoy your special time and know that your little one and hubby will be ok.

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J.C.

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You will be fine, and it will go by faster then you think! My family has a lot of animals so it is hard for us to all get away at the same time. Last year my SO took our kids to see my FIl and Bil and was gone for 2 weeks, then I flew down and took the kids to see my family while my SO returned home. I thought I would go crazy not seeing my kids, but we talked on the phone, and the break was actually really nice.

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