Honeymoon From Hell in Marie Claire Mag
In flipping through the December issue of Marie Claire Magazine, I came across an article called My Marriage Fell Apart...On Our Honeymoon!With a title like that, how could I not be intrigued? Of course I read on.
It was a personal essay about how this couple had gone on a four month backpacking trip through South America after getting married and how the trip drove them apart. They learned they couldn't travel together.
Considering the title of the essay, I expected the essay to end in divorce -- but it didn't. They stayed married and agreed not to travel with one another any more.
That was the solution?
I felt so displaced when I got to the end of the story that it fired me up. Long-term budget travel had the exact opposite effect on my marriage. Sure, we fought along the road, but we didn't split up and our experiences convinced us that we're all-around good partners, at home or abroad.
And so, instead of writing a letter to the editor about how much I disliked this article, I decided to do something better: write an article about how to successfully travel with your significant other.
It will soon be posted at GoNomad. I'll let you all know when it goes live.
Labels: My Travel Connections, Travel with Significant Other, Travel with Spouse
posted by Kelly at
12:39 PM
3 Comments:
Dear Kelly,
I put it up yesterday, and it has been very well received. Funny thing... I kept thinking it felt like a chapter in a larger work... hmmm...
Hey Kelly, I really like your GoNomad article! What a productive way to respond to that idiotic-sounding Marie Claire article. Similarly, I ran into an old college acquaintance last year--indidentally we got married within a week of each other. When I asked about the honeymoon (obviously the most important part) she said they weren't going on one, because they "don't travel well together." What??? And you can get married, knowing that? She seemed to think it was fine, but I found it sad and disappointing. Anyway, I'm just glad you're backing me up here...
Why why why would you marry someone you can't travel with? I hear ya, Shannon!
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