Notes on Traveling With One's Significant Other
Monday; February 5, 2007
- In two words: it’s difficult. In a few more words: it’s difficult, but probably worth it (even if it doesn’t always seem that way at the time).
- Go into it with an understanding that this trip is something for the two of you to share, and that you may need to compromise on quite a few things.
- Communicate with your partner.
- Don’t go into this sort of traveling with a romanticized desire for an epic solo journey in which you form many of the relationships and ideals which will define how you will live the rest of your life. There’s a time and a place for everything.
- Make sure to plan your budget well, allowing for potential costly slip-ups and mistakes. Also, allow for eating out occasionally, as it is much more romantic than sitting on a curb eating bread & cheese. Although sitting on a curb eating bread & cheese has its own appeal.
- It’s a good idea to have planned time away from each other.
- Comunichi con il vostro socio.
- It’s a bad idea to go out on your own while your partner is sick, leaving with the implication that you might be back shortly, and then staying out until four in the morning.
- Be sure that you have arranged for some privacy during certain portions of the trip. You really don’t want to cheat yourself out of some good vacation sex, and it doesn’t quite work if you’re in a hostel with several other people in the same room.
- Comuniqúese con su socio.
- Safety is an issue; sometimes the cheapest hotels aren’t really worth it. It’s difficult to inspire romance when your partner is fearing for his/her life.
- It sometimes helps to associate with other couples during your travels. Especially if those other couples are clearly not getting along: the false sense of superiority will create an increased level of solidarity between yourself and your partner.
- Verständigen Sie mit Ihrem Partner.