It's cold here. I have a cold, which makes me feel miserable. But ever since the new year, whenever I here from friends or family, their news is that they have just returned from or are just about to leave to some sunny beach on some island by the equator or Mexico. And it depresses me. Why? Because someday, I too, would like to just lay on the beach and party away the night drinking rum or tequila or just touring around seeing the sights and the different lifestyle of the locals. And what is holding you back you may say. Well I suppose nothing really, other than the fact that I haven't travelled and on my first excursion or so, I would like a travelling companion to share the wonderfulness with. My significant other doesn't want to travel with me.
Oh, yes, there are thousands of other persons out there who would stick their hand up in the air and say "I'll go with you" "Pick me, pick me" - truth is, I think I have said that on occasion myself. But, really, shouldn't you know the person you are travelling with and shouldn't you share some of the same interests in order to make it a great experience?
Yes, I could go alone, but I figure I spend a good percentage of my time alone. No really, when you think about it - I do have people around me at work all day and my companion when, I am not at work, is around, but mostly doing their own thing - so I feel if I were to travel I would like to have my companion share the joys with me. Not only the joys, but the disappointments and the hassles as well.
Travel with someone else, other than my 'significant other' is for when you have done these things together enough so that my desire for this lifestyle may be satiated and I would be able to enjoy the experience with someone else should I want to do it again.
So, for all of you out there who have a husband or wife who says they do not want to do the things you like to do with you - how do you handle it? How do you encourage them to share this aspect or your life with you if you feel that in the end they really would enjoy doing it with you even if they make out that they wouldn't!
