We had the wedding ceremony - neither of us particularly of the religious ceremony persuasion. It was mainly for our moms. We joke that we'll go down to the Justice of the Peace someday and have that wedding we always dreamed of.
The "honeymoon" consisted of a couple of days spent at my FIL's condo in the mountains before we had to pack up and drive from Colorado to New York where I was to start a new job, and he was to start looking for one. The condensed version of THAT story is that Magnum had a job out of college, I looked toward getting a job near where his was, I found one that turned out to be farther away than originally assumed. He left his original job and got another in the same city as mine.
ANYWAY... there we were, "honeymooning" in a U-Haul. Around the time of our first anniversary, we were moving from our apartment to our first house. Second anniversary? Who knows?? By the third, I was preggo with Chaco, so the honeymoon window was closing.
Looking up some history of the term "honeymoon", it basically refers to the sweet (honey) times in the early days of marriage that wane within a month (moon) HA! Maybe it's good to go without?
Did you have a customary honeymoon? What/where was it? If you planned one today, what would it be?
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We had a traditional honeymoon, spending a week on a beach in Florida. And good thing we did! We've not really traveled anywhere since. And since our kids came along one, three and five years after the honeymoon, that was really our last chance to really get away from it all. If I planned one today, it would be somewhere tropical, preferably on an island.
We had a traditional honeymoon as well, leaving the day after our wedding for a 7 day Caribbean Cruise. I absolutely loved it, but our favorite "just us" vacation was a Windstar Cruise to the French and Italian Rivieras. So incredible!
We've been craving another long trip alone - just to reconnect. But we'll have to settle with an overnight stay here and there. Some day....
Our honeymoon consisted of a couple of days in Santa Fe, NM, we had a really good time and I only wish we had more time to stay, if I had to plan another honeymoon it could be anywhere because I am happy with her no matter where we are.
Good to know that we are not the only ones! I will be doing a post about our plans soon - should be good...
Our honeymoon was transitory as well. Spent 5 days in New Orleans - exploring the French Quarter, drinking Hurricanes on Bourbon Street, touring several old plantations. Eventually we had to pack up and head northeast to Georgia - my first duty assignment in Ft Benning. We did stumble across a great little town along the Blue Ridge Parkway and wound up staying several days. More of a travel honeymoon instead of a destination one. I think you guys have earned your time away. I'd recommend heading west - to California (San Francisco). It's never too late to have that honeymoon.
Stud and I both had corresponding vacation time from the Fire Department. So he decided we'd get married in FLORIDA. If I had known "the writing is on the wall", and I'd eventually end up LIVING in Florida, I would have insisted on getting married at home in Indiana.
I would say that weddings, and honeymoons, rarely happen as they are expected.
well, I've never been married, so I've never been on a honeymoon!
Yep 26 and bit years ago (I am that old) we went to Crete for 2 weeks. That was the first time, and the last that I got drunk. See I'm so good. ;)
In all our twenty eight years togather we have never been away anywhere alone, just us. I must have thought the fact we never had a honeymoon didn't matter. But judging by how excited the whole idea is making me, I guess there was a bridezilla lurking under my cool demeanour all along.I know there will be skype and texts galore with the kids, but the thought of just us wandering around in the hot sun with only ourselves to please for a few days is beyond tantalising.
I'm reading through the comments, Jimmy, and decided that you get the prize. :)
Darling Husband and I decided on Hawaii; the island of Maui. To get there and to leave, we had to take a small plane from and to the Big Island, so we took a quick cab ride along Waikiki Beach during the layover before heading back to Virginia. It was a ride of staring up at tall, NY-like buildings, while a week in more sedate Maui was the beach, restaurants, and a helicoptor ride over the mountains and grasslands.
I convinced DH that we should fork up the bucks because the likihood of us getting back after having kids was slim. I was right.
Oh, I need to talk to DH about the next honeymoon. I'll even take room service at a nice local hotel. Anything without the kids! :)
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