For countless people, young and old, traveling the world is a lifelong dream – steadily looked forward to on bucket lists and checked off destination by destination.
Some try to travel as much as they can in their twenties and thirties before they settle down and start a family. Others travel more in their later years, getting to jet set after other life responsibilities have begun to slow down.
However, what happens when you enjoy traveling but you marry someone who simply doesn’t? Whose interests should be prioritized?
That’s the very situation this woman is in right now. She has been married to her husband for a whopping 40 years, and while she absolutely loves to travel, her husband is the opposite.
“His idea of a vacation is camping or going fishing,” she revealed.
Once, she was able to get him on a flight to visit Hawaii. But, the whole time, he just complained about how long their flight was.
Another time, she convinced her husband to travel with her to Mexico. Yet, he got sick, and they haven’t traveled much since.
More recently, though, she got an opportunity to travel to Europe with her daughter and her daughter’s family. The best part? She would only have to pay for her airfare – no accommodations necessary.
“And I desperately want to go,” she said, “But he is fighting me.”
Apparently, her husband believes that married couples shouldn’t go away on separate vacations. Plus, according to her, her husband cited other “dumb reasons” why she shouldn’t go – like how she shouldn’t travel alone.
However, she would only have to fly alone since she would obviously meet up with her daughter and her daughter’s family at their destination.
Given the fact that her husband never wants to travel, she really doesn’t want to miss this opportunity, either.
“I’m in my sixties, and I feel like I’m not going to get many chances,” she vented.
Still, she’s not sure if her husband really is being unreasonable or if she’s just being “selfish” by wanting to go away on a vacation without him.
Do you think her husband has reasonable concerns or not? Should she seize the opportunity to visit Europe before it’s too late? What would you do in her shoes?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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By Katharina Buczek
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