Husband never wants to go on holiday!

[LaraS2511]

I love travelling, I want to see as many places before I leave this earth but my husband has zero enthusiasm for any kind of holiday or break, if it was up to him he would be at work 52 weeks a year. We have been on holidays since we have been together & this has continued since we had children but it’s always me pushing it, finding the places, booking, working out travel details, reading the reviews etc. He enjoys it when he is there though! I asked him about going away in June for one week when my daughter finishes her a level exams & he said I should go with my daughter & he would be happy to stay at home with our son. I’m just so pissed off, he just has no interest, I understand I get annual leave from my job & it’s generous where as he doesn’t, he runs a business but he has people happy to run it whilst he is away. I probably will go with my daughter & I have done this before twice but I’m getting more & more fed up with him!

I would definitely just go without him

This is my life. My husband doesn’t like holidays. He hates thought of spending money to relax when he’s happy relaxing at home in front of the TV. He has no interest in seeing different places or experiencing different cultures, he hates the sun, he hates the travelling there and back. He just doesn’t get it and it drives me insane. he does still come on holidays though, I live for my holidays and we got at least twice a year. I just book and he comes and he enjoys himself when he’s there’s but if I was waiting on him to book something we’d never leave the house!

interested to hear other peoples reasons for disliking holidays?? What is it that you all don’t like?

I assume he's always been this way, even before you married him. Which means you married him knowing he's not bothered about holidays. Unfortunately, it is what it is. You can't expect him to start liking holidays just because you do. He's gone along with your holidays many times, even though he's not bothered, which suggests he cares about you enough to do that. What's wrong with going away just you and your daughter? It's mother-daughter time and, one assumes, she will value that a lot, so maybe you should try to as well. While it's nice to go away together as a family, it doesn't always have to be that way. Your children might be more willing to travel with you, and that means you get high quality time with them making memories. If your husband is happy to miss out, then I'd leave him to it.