Would You Change Your Entire Life if your Spouse Wanted To?
April 14, 2008
Would you go live on a commune? Become a vegan? Drive off with your mate on a year long Harley trip?
Most of us like to think that we’re that flexible. Riiiiiggght! Remember the scene from ‘When Harry Met Sally’ and she says she loved Joe because they could make love on the kitchen floor or jet off to Paris, but they never did? That’s my point exactly. We dream of being carefree but in reality it just doesn’t happen.
Life Altering Moments
My swubby and I are in the process of planning for one of the largest life changes. Moving to a new state. He’s a native New Englander who only lived outside of the state for college (Go Skidmore! ). I’m a Long Island transplant who didn’t have sense enough to go home when law school ended. (Actually I got married, and you know how that goes.).
Anyway, I’m damned tired of a scant spring and desperately long, cruelly cold winters. So, we’re moving to California after our last child flies the coup in 2+ years. I’m busy researching locations and taking planning trips, but sometimes I think my honey isn’t quite ready. It’s a big change. He’s moving away from everything he knows and loves, and I understand that.
Around the World on a Harley
I hope that our friends, Clara and Kevin, will be role models for us. You see, they entirely changed their lives. They planned, shopped, condensed their wardrobes down to less than 10 pieces and went. Clara even gave up her gorgeous, long blond hair so she could fit the helmet on her head.
They left 2/15/07 for South America and parts beyond. It’s been a wonderful wild trip according to their blog. They’ve been home for two weeks now. Hopefully, they’ll be able to make our Sunday Supper so we can hear all the juicy details.
I find this trip idea incredibly dreamy. Navigating foreign lands with my sweetie by my side. Exploring new cuisines. Then reality intrudes. I realize I can’t live two pairs of pants for a year or no toilet paper.
Would you say yes to a grand adventure?
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Tons of fun. We changed our lives pretty dramatically right after college. We moved to a new state just to move - not for a job or anything.
Another couple that we know moved to Buenos Aires. They’re bloggers and decided that moving to another country would be good for them. We envy them quite a bit.
We plan on going mobile soon (next 2 - 4 years) and moving to China or France. Good luck! It’s exhilarating.