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Originally posted by lookingformarket
I was discussing something with a friend today* and was told that this friend and em's spouse annually take week long separate vacations. They also take vacations together. Both are high-powered lawyers in a relatively large urban center.
I was surprised by this. My surprise caused my friend surprise. Hence, we thought that we'd submit this to the arbiters of all that is normal.
This is a 3 part poll.
1. Do you and your spouse take separate vacations? If yes, for weekends or longer?
2. Do you have kid(s)? If yes, do(es) the kid(s) go on the separate vacations?
3. Does your spouse work outside of the home?
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1. Back pre-kids, we were doing enough separate fairly exotic and fun business travel so that it never occurred to us to also take separate vacations - in fact, for really good places, we'd find a way to drag the other along. But, that travel did provide some nice and sometimes-needed breaks from each other. Post-kids, no, aside from a some regular long weekends my wife spends with a big group of old friends at a cabin up north. I suppose my business travel might still count as separate vacations for me now.
2. Yes, kids. We've never done a kidless vacation since they started arriving, and we tend to do at least a couple trips per year.
3. Used to, but not anymore. Once the number of kids started building, it was just . . . better . . . not to.
