@ Cathey : ” have no plans to visit Disneyland anytime soon.”
ha, love the line, and all it implies/says.

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Although I’m in a long-term relationship, I’m still a single-mom of a small child determined to travel to as many places as possible. Besides dodging irksome questions such as when I plan to have child #2 (as if having just one child breaks some moral code), I also get irritated by not-so-veiled insinuations that a conventional blueprint for life/travel is now a required part of motherhood. I have no plans to visit Disneyland anytime soon.

I love the line that travel is the thrill of decision making. I don’t totally beg off “family vacations”, but I also want him to enjoy the excitement of travel – and why I love it so much. Which means spontaneous stays in a desert ghost town or unprepared hiking in Peru or last-minute canoeing on the Rio Grande. Maybe that’s selfish on my part, or maybe he’ll have a new outlook on life.

Or maybe that’s my way of “irking” others who levy pre-fab ideas on my life.

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I love nothing more than to wander around a new (or much loved / often visited city) stopping in some cafe and having the chance to talk with a complete stranger about whatever strikes my fancy. Some of my best conversations have been with utter strangers. I could never give up my wandering…and yes I’m single, over 40 and no kids and I don’t feel like I miss anything…I see my friends struggling financially and they always seem to compromise their former love for travel…Not something I will ever do …

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Like you, it took me 2 , maybe 3 years to find out this is what I really want to do, but my parents don’t like this idea.Anyway, is their problem.

I like the idea of adopting kids, but, if you can have your own child, is better.
You can change your travel style, buy a motorhome or stay in only few places until he is 3-5 years old. He will learn the beauty of travel from that age.

This is how I think about this subject.

p.s.Sorry if I make mistakes, english is not my primary language.

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The phrase that stuck out to me more than anythings was “…but perhaps it is too much for us to handle at this point, or ever.” I am proud of you for acknowledging this. It is very important to do what is right for you when you are read for it. At this point in my life i am not ready for marriage and wonder if I ever will be. People think of me as crazy for saying that I have no plans to travel down this road, but the truth of the matter is that in my life, it is not something that is fitting in currently, possibly not ever.

I think it is important to realize we are each our own person and although other feel they can only travel if they are solo or without children, those that feel otherwise are equally correct. Whatever your situation may be, I do encourage everyone to keep true to themselves and never forget to take the time to do what you have always wanted.

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Ironically, my sister just returned from a trip to Italy this week with her two teenage daughters. I was thrilled that they took the trip, but at the same time I knew it was her first
trip outside the country in twenty years.

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“We have married travel as much as we have married each other, because we always knew that travel would be a staple of our life together. More important than a house or an expensive car or children, and we have made our own sacrifices in order to travel.”

This pretty much sums up the philisophy my husband and I have. As Carlo said, “we would never shut the door” on children, but right now my husband and I just don’t have the desire to have kids. If that changes, we’ll talk. But that won’t change unless we know that we can continue our travels with kids (which is why I love seeing hardcore backpackers toting their kids around the world).

I went to my doctor for an annual check up this week. After I told her about some of my upcoming trips, she said “you might as well do it now, before you have kids”. I hated the implication that we ARE going to have kids and that once we do, our traveling will come to an end.

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