Long Relationships

Last week I asked Mr. JM if he would like to write a guest post about taking holidays together. He wrote me four. I decided to put them up this week.

Years back there was a song by Split Enz that went – ‘If you leave me, can I come too?’ It was amusing in content & a bit of a boppy tune, but then that was the Enz for you. But it brings up an interesting question – is it good to go places together and if so, why is it good.

Firstly, let’s assume your partner is not a total rev head who likes to race jets and will settles for anything else on the road when they aren’t near, so your travel with them is not so much the white knuckle, edge of life experience and is more a pleasant cruise with someone who knows how to stay out of the path of 22-wheelers.

Travelling with someone can be excruciating. You’re stuck in a confined space, sharing air and other gasses, so you’d better be sure this is someone with whom you want to be for a time. It can be dangerous hitchhiking once it all gets too much to bear.

It’s also a good idea to be reasonably confident you can listen to the same music for extended periods without thinking there’s fingernails on a blackboard in the cabin. If music tastes are different then maybe find an audio book or agree on a roster of music – talk radio can be a godsend but be aware that in about an hour you will be out of range of the normal FM stations you may like. Country radio can be an education – I’ve listened the miles away to people discussing the disposal of waste from dairies or talking about the impact of the Federal decision to de-regulate water controls.

Have you travelled much? Did you try it with your partner? Would you?