Traveling without your spouse or significant other

CollegeNerd67
Sun, 26 May 2024 10:20:49 +0000

I traveled to Europe last month without H, to visit my daughter. H gave his blessing, as he is not a fan of long plane trips. It was a wonderful trip! We each do at least one solo trip annually with our group of college friends, so it’s not unusual. H will also do his own trips to visit his mother (I go along occasionally, when I absolutely have to ) and he goes on his own to snowmobile in the winter.

H is not a good traveler. He is a chronic complainer about many things (the airport, the plane flight, the traffic, the hotel, the food, etc.) and many times it ends up being stressful for me to try and circumvent any potential issues. When we take a trip that goes well, I tend to repeat those (or something very similar) for our joint trips.

My trip to Europe was my first time there. My daughter had been studying there all semester and was very confident in traveling around, using public transportation and expertly navigating any little issues that popped up. This boosted my confidence to master these things as well. I look forward to going back but don’t think H would do well there (he agrees). I’ve already reached out to potential “travel buddy” friends. I’m glad H doesn’t seem to feel slighted and is more relieved that he doesn’t have to go