Would you let your Boyfriend/Husband go on hoiliday alone?

@Lisona (177)
March 7, 2012 3:30am CST
Senario...Your boyfriend/Husband turns to you, saying he wants to go to Amsterdam for the week end costing the pocket an arm and a leg. You have been waiting 3 years to go on a family holiday. Do you Allow him to go or do you think there is an excuse not to go on family holiday with you and your children? Do you think he is being selfish? or does he deserve the time out break from his family? Is he still wanting to lead a single life?
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@Arieles (2473)
• United States
7 Mar 12
Well, it all depends on if he is going with his buddies. If he has gone on previous holidays in the last three years and with his buddies, I might be inclined to say something about the family holiday. If it was important to him and he seems to really want to go and hasn't gone on a holiday by himself, then I would feel like I was smothering him if I put up a stink about it. Marriage is about trust and compromise and understanding what is important to one partner and supporting them and their dreams. It's something that must be discussed together as a unit, because naturally the decision would affect the whole family.
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@Zh_Kosta (49)
• Bulgaria
7 Mar 12
I would let my boyfriend. I think that every person needs some time for itselfs and when you have family, kids and a job sometimes you need a rest, but the rest do not means family holiday. Also, when he goes somewhere alone, then is my turn. he will look after the kids, while I am drinking my cocktail.
• China
8 Mar 12
I agree with you.My boyfriend and I like to go out together very much. But we also give each other personal space and private time. It can cultivate fresh feeling between us. What's more, we don't want to narrow down our network. We trust each other. There must be some proper reason once he wants to go out without me.
• Canada
7 Mar 12
I don't think "allow" is the word I would use... but would I approve of my boyfriend or husband's desire to go on holiday alone? Absolutely not. If a family holiday has been in the works for three years, that should be the priority for the vacation budget. Honestly, I do think it's selfish for one partner to get a break and not the other. There is a BIG difference between getting a "day off" to have a break, relax, go to the gym, go to a restaurant with friends, go and pursue a hobby, etc., versus spending money to go on an actual trip with travel and accommodation costs and such. Those are NOT the same thing. You ask if it's possible the man wants to still lead a single life... not necessarily but I think the temptation is certainly increased if he is traveling alone. I had the experience where my partner went home to visit his family and I did not go because I did not have a passport. During that trip, he contacted "an old flame" from when he was young (via Facebook) and, via live chatting, he tried to get her to meet with him in person. She refused but whatever was left of my trust in him was crushed.
@artemeis (4194)
• China
7 Mar 12
Lisona, I will ask him to leave the house keys and forget about returning home. Personally, it is unfair to use the money saved for a family holiday for his weekend getaway or getting into debt because of his self desires or whatever pleasurable reasons. Most of all, it is outright selfish and should not have any place in a relationship or marriage. If I were you, I would sit down and have a good talk with him. I would not mince my words and speak my mind out - who knows I may even convince him to bring me along. Let's not forget that the trip is 3 years "overdue".
@SassyBrat (463)
• Canada
8 Mar 12
This is about not whether someone can go away or not, this is about communicating. If he wants to go on a holiday for a couple of days without you or the kids, that's fine, but he would also have to agree to go on a family holiday as well, in the same year. I don't think it would be fair to go away on a weekend and then say that he can't afford to go on a family holiday. This isn't about wanting or need to lead a single life, both adults deserve to have time to themselves, and that goes for the wife as well.
• India
8 Mar 12
we can't express happiness without family , freinds ,so it's necessary having group simply way in holidays being single we can't share emotions with each other so we will try to maintain relation and make it perfect and enjoy
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
7 Mar 12
No way, when you get married holidayws should be a family time, your life is a partnership when you get married and he should maybe think if he would let his wife go away on holiday and let him stay home with the kids, I bet that would never happen.
@mensab (4200)
• Philippines
7 Mar 12
is this the first time he will do this? well, i heard about the tendency of men to go to his "cave" once in a while. probably, your husband wants to go to his cave. if you allow him, then make a deal that as a family, you will also have a vacation somewhere. make a deal with him. don't get him away with this one without some negotiations.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Mar 12
Well, if he is my husband i would not want him to go, without the family going too. I think when you are already a father, you want enjoyment experienced by the whole family, not by yourself. Unless, you want to be accompanied by another woman. ha ha ha
@surekharathi (14146)
• India
7 Mar 12
I would not allowed to my husband to go alone on holiday. If whereever my husband wants to go I will also ready for going with him. Otherwise no chance for going.
@Ghajini (776)
• Philippines
7 Mar 12
First of all, I am man. I think it depends on the reason, is he going to take care of something there? Like work-related? If not, I don't think it's a good idea for a husband to go on holiday alone considering the fact that he has already a family. If it was just a girlfriend-boyfriend relationship, it's fine in some circumstances however, but since you guys are already married and have children, he might have a deep reason for him wanting to spent holiday alone.
@WakeUpKitty (8694)
• Netherlands
7 Mar 12
I think it's normal to have a partly own life. Men go out with their friends too, they do that more frequently as women (who mostly feel quilty and stay at home). It depends on your partner if he/she can be trust on holidays alone. A weekend or week won't harm anyone. But if you live together I also think you should spend time together or go on a holiday together (incl. kids if you have them).
@dilrajj57 (1757)
• Pakistan
7 Mar 12
why you want to out this secrecy, it ok for mentioned that some leave alone any one to home and tell here that i leave that alone.
• United States
7 Mar 12
There is no GOOD reason for a husband to go on vacation without his wife. So what if he needs some time away from his kids, what about the wife? I'm sure she spends a lot more time with them then he does. The only reason I can think of for a man to want to go on vacation without his wife is because he's probably not going alone at all. The first thing I would think of was that he probably has a little side dish girlfriend that will be joining him. At least that's the first thing I would think of if he suggested such a thing to me.