Dear Gail,
My girlfriend and I are going on a vacation together for the first time as a couple. We’re in our mid-sixties. Both of us are thinking that this vacation could really be important for our relationship to see how we get along for 10 days in a new place, just the two of us. What do you think?
Thanks so much,
Steve S
Dear Steve
TEN DAYS! Take two Zanax and contact me in the morning when you have regained your sanity. Ten days could fly by or feel like 2,400 hours in hell. Since this is your first vacation together I highly recommend three!! A starter kit trip, not a Shackleford length expedition to get to know each other. Steve, are you feeling a little sweaty and itchy at the thought of all that time together, because I am? Book three, itchless, sweat proof days and cancel the other seven.
The destination will be critical, so pick one with non-stop tourist attractions. I suggest you stay on the go, go, go. Leave no time to sit and talk or worse, stare at each other thinking “There’s no place like home.” If you keep moving you have a chance to survive or impulsively propose.
Because you’re both in your sixties, pick a fun vacay spot near good medical care. There is a Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, AZ: golf, tennis, biking and world renown hospital. If however, you insist on somewhere exotic; get medevac insurance so as not be clutching your heart on a beautiful doctorless island. At least be realistic about something.
Pack the Xanax
Indeed! Bring a whole bottle of Xanax because what if the person turns out to be a Larry David or an Irma? They could be loud chewers or snorers or extreme stealth farters... you want to be prepared to check out and just take it all in stride.
well if you love each other who cares where you are. Thanks for the laugh Gail