UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)
Well-Known Member
I just read a very interesting article about a topic that I didn't even know existed. It was about one on one family vacations wherein a married couple with two or more children would take separate, individual vacations with one child each. For example, lets say that you have a husband and wife who have both a son and a daughter. The mother would go on vacation with either the son or daughter and the husband would do the same with the other, and vice versa. It is meant to be a way to "get to know them better" without dealing with the hassles that can come with more traditional family vacations, such as who gets the window seat.
When we were raising our two kids I don't think my ex and I had ever considered doing something like this, or if it was even an "option", but in hindsight it may have been the ideal way to get to know each of them. I think the closest we came was when they were both playing hockey and one had a game in Canada and the other was in Vermont. Normally I would have gone with our daughter and my ex with our son but there were times when we would either switch, carpool with another family or let them ride with others and take the weekend off.
When we were raising our two kids I don't think my ex and I had ever considered doing something like this, or if it was even an "option", but in hindsight it may have been the ideal way to get to know each of them. I think the closest we came was when they were both playing hockey and one had a game in Canada and the other was in Vermont. Normally I would have gone with our daughter and my ex with our son but there were times when we would either switch, carpool with another family or let them ride with others and take the weekend off.