Going on holiday on your own when you are married . Do you think this is weird?

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I’m going away for a week. Various reasons but I need a break and I’m lucky enough to be able to go.
A couple of friends have said they’d never do it as they’d hate it.
Am I strange to be really looking forward to a week with just me and some books and stuff?

"It was hell"

Haha, BIWI, I bet it was

I’m so pleased I’m not that weird

It’s the opportunity to not be responsible for others for a while that is drawing me in. To be able to do exactly what I want without compromising what others want - just for a while.

I’ve not been away alone for so long before but I’m excited about it

Your post jumped out tatyr

I think it’s easy to lose confidence. It’s one of the reasons I wanted to do it - I’ve become nervous about situations through lack of practice

Yes, hell indeed biwi

I would relish the time alone but would feel embarrassed enjoying "nice" restaurants etc on my own, I wish I had the guts to do it. I'm going to work my way up to it though. Might start with cinema/gigs on my own and work my way up to a holiday. I've been separated for 2 yrs now and most of my friends aren't available that often because they have partners/families of their own etc.

I am married and have at least one solid holiday each year, my DH also goes away without me once s year, but as a social butterfly he normally goes with friends.

Great thread, just reminded me to book my first solo holiday since children next year.

I think I would love this. I'd probably do one that was activity focused (like yoga) but I'd relish the being with my own thoughts and reading books bit no end.

BIWI thanks for that lovely comment. Sad and pathetic wow! Didn't realise my response about such an innocuous subject could generate such a nasty reply.

No wonder you go on holiday alone

I love going away by myself; nothing strange in it at all.

I hope you do namechanger86

I do eat out and go to the cinema alone.
It’s easier than you think and it’s really nice.

you don’t have to share the rolos.

No, I do it a lot. DH doesn't like going away as much as I do and I also have an interest I follow, which he doesn’t.

I'd like it for a long weekend but I think I'd miss DP and kids after that. Also with limited annual leave by the time we've had a family holiday and covered school breaks, there's not time left.

DP is about to go away for a week for work. We'll manage, but it is the longest I'll have been away from him this century...

Pre-kids, I would have hated going on holiday alone but now I relish the idea! Eating what I want, when I want, reading, sleeping, checking out the local sights... Bliss! A weekend would be long enough, though. I'd miss DH and the kids too much if it was longer.

That's not strange. Enjoy it.
We used to do 1 joint holiday and 2 separate holidays each year. He'd go fishing and I'd go to majorca or the canaries. Lovely 😀

We aren't married (but long term partners and have 3 kids)..
We have separate holidays / breaks - granted not so much now we have kids but we have done in the past.

I've been to Vegas without DP and he's been to Brazil and China without me. Situation dictated we couldn't go together (for example had just started a new job when he went to Brazil gutted )

It's never been at the detriment of our holidays together though.

I'm off alone tomorrow to The Highlands without DH. He had a weekend away with chums earlier this month. It is just the way it has worked out this year. Unusual for us but no big deal. (And I am sooo excited!)

I love going off without DH... We do occasionally holiday together but he's very much a home bird, likes his familiar things around him and gets uncomfortable and stressed with change in new locations.

If we go go away together I have to make all the booking and decisions and guide him around. So it's nice not to have to do that sometimes.

Plus we have very different sleeping patterns. He is a nocturnal person and I need more sleep than him, but I'm generally awake earlier. Sharing a hotel room means we are both less comfortable than usual!

Alpacapicnic my DH and teens are home birds. I'm at the stage that I would like to explore the world a bit more. We have agreed that I'll go off and have a holiday or weekend away with girlfriends or alone and then I'll come home. Sometimes he might want to come too. I haven't planned an alone trip yet but I've been away with friends a few times. It just seems off to expect him to travel when he finds it uncomfortable re change and I don't want to stay at home. He's been really good over the last few year going on interesting city breaks but in all honesty he's not bothered.

I would happily go away on my own. I've not done it yet as I'm a single parent and haven't been able to leave the kids. But now they're older I'm looking ahead to going away by myself. I mentioned it to some friends the other day though who said they wouldn't want to. Each to their own!

Oh, you should try it Iloveegg :) I travelled across America last year by myself and it was fab! I did get a bit lonely once or twice but being able to do what I wanted, when I wanted, eat where I liked, stop for a drink because I fancied one... It was the best thing I've ever done :)

A lot of people asked DH if he minded me going but he was not interested in the slightest in doing the trip and it seemed silly to form out thousands to go on a holiday that you are not bothered by. He is saving up for his own solo trip now because he wants to go to Japan and see All The Things which is not high on my list of destinations! Plus it's my turn to feed the cats...