How much time to you spend apart?
Togetherness…quality time….and all that….
Yeah, yeah, it’s important, we know. ;)
But how much time do you actually spend apart from one another?
I have to admit that we are together quite a lot. Bald Man’s job doesn’t required much traveling for him. I don’t tend to get out of town all too often (though I do like to get out of town with friends!). We’re pretty much homebodies, and we’re good with that.
However, the kids and I will be taking off for a few days soon, and it’ll be the longest we’ve been away from Bald Man for a while. Might be the longest ever that the youngest has been away from his dad.
It’s not a big deal, really. Just four nights. But I know I’ll be the worse off, mostly just because I depend on him so much! I mean, I’ll miss his smiling face, his corny jokes, his good-morning kiss (I’m usually almost awake enough to have that register in the morning!). But I’ll also miss the diapers that he changes (though we’re getting close to being done with those!), his help with dinner, and just winding down and chatting about our days together while he rubs my feet and paints my toenails (ha—that doesn’t happen ;) ).
Okay, so, four days and I’m talking like it’s three months! I could never be a military wife….but that’s a post for another day. Seriously, though, they rock.
How about you? Do you spend much time apart? By choice or by chance?
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Tags: business trips, marriage, marriage-blog, time, tripsPOSTED IN: About Us
6 opinions for How much time to you spend apart?
Maria
Mar 18, 2008 at 8:51 am
When Kevin and I were first married, we had more time together than most couples do in their first five years. We spent three years living abroad…together something ridiculous like 20 hours a day…except for when he had games or I went on a side-trip. None the less, it was great. Now he is overseas, and I am in the US, so we are apart like 10 months of the year. We “visit” but we are committed to our marriage, and this is a temporary situation. We have taken up tennis and golf together, and even when apart, we talk daily. It works for us…
Valencia
Mar 18, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Lately, we haven’t been apart. I went out of town with my family this past August (4 days). Before that, we hadn’t been apart in probably a year in a half. I don’t mind being apart. He would travel for a few days here and there during our first two years of marriage, and I got used to the whole thing relatively quick. Rather than focus on being alone, I took advantage of the time (organized the bedroom, caught up with friends, went out to eat, went out of town, and so on.)
Liz.
Mar 18, 2008 at 10:03 pm
When my fiancee and I first started dating we were together every minute and then we moved in together and we were together every waking minute. But I love being together all the time, we are homebodies too, and for the most part we are hardly separated. I will say that since he works nights and I work days that we don’t spend much time together during the week but on our days off we are together non-stop. We also have been hanging out with friends a little bit more the past few weeks, separately, which has been nice but I always feel more comfortable in social situations with him by my side. Most people would call us clingy or annoying but I love being around him all the time.
I think the most we have been apartment, in our almost two year relationship, overnight was one night last year when I went to my parents for Christmas.
Lynnie
Mar 19, 2008 at 3:58 am
hello, Im VERY new to the whole Gmail thingie doo. I dont spend much time with my husband anymore, Im 30 yrs old soon to be 31, I feel ancient as I write my age lol, My husband is an over the road trucker. we live near pittsburgh and he is usually some where over in the state of California, or in one of the states in between here or there. it sucks, when I was on the truck with him I missed home, my family, my normal day of life, and now Ive been off the truck for about a a year, I randomly go with him, I miss being with him even though we did the boring drive all day go to every big city and see nothing but interstate & truck stops! I actualy miss that.
Lynnie
Mar 19, 2008 at 4:05 am
oh wow I didnt even finish that paragraph! Anyhow, We spend about 2 weeks apart, and 2-4 days together .whenever they decide to send him out! blah! I wanna go back with him on the truck.
So, really, I’m gonna be jealous of him…
Mar 25, 2008 at 8:22 am
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