A couple of years ago, Dr. G. and I decided that to celebrate our wedding anniversary, we’d spend the night at a hotel in Boston where we could relive some of our days when we were carefree, young twenty-somethings, newly dating and without many responsibilities.
I think we both thought we’d quickly dump our stuff off in the hotel and just walk around the city we called home for so many years. But instead? We hunkered down in the hotel room, drinking wine, watching HBO movies and just enjoying the peace and quiet. Which was almost deafening in a way, since it was so …. unfamiliar.
It was heavenly.
That’s been our tradition since, and I have to admit, I usually start the countdown months ahead of time. It’s so wonderful to have that quiet, to be able to think and have – gasp – real conversations with my husband without a child interrupting us or asking to go to the potty or burping on command. We can drop F-bombs whenever we want because there aren’t any little ears listening. We can tell inappropriate jokes or be silly because we don’t have to worry about “setting an example” for anyone. We can just be us.
So it was only fitting that my post this week for The Bump was about the 10 things I wish I’d done (or done more of) before having kids. As I say, I love my children and cannot image my life without them (which goes without saying) but I think it’s only natural to sometimes miss the freedoms of your kid-free days.
Check out the post and let me know what YOU would add to that list!
Dollops of Diane says
Our anniversary is next week. My husband has plans with his friends and I plan to lay on the couch and catch up on General Hospital. And they say romance is dead 😉