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I was getting my hair done two weeks ago and my hair dresser asked me how long I was going to be in town. I told her 6 weeks and she just about fell over and said “Without your husband?!” This is a question I get A LOT when I am visiting California. It got me thinking…

Have you ever met a couple or seen one in a movie who says “we have never spent a night apart!”. They speak of it as if they just couldn’t bare the thought…This is not my marriage. I have spent many nights away from my husband. I travel with the kids back to California to visit family and friends. He travels frequently to New York for business. It’s what we do.

Another question people always ask me, “Don’t you miss him?” Of course I miss my husband when either of us are away. I don’t, however, pine away counting the seconds until we are reunited. I am capable of having a good time without him. *GASP* My hair dresser said she will always turn down an outing with friends to sit home with her husband. Really? This also got me thinking….

Am I a total nut job for having the ability to not only do things but enjoy things without my husband?! Does this stem from complete and total trust in my husband? (Me trying to discount the nut job theory) If my husband had given me any reason to doubt him in the past, would being away be a more painful experience?

Hmmmm….

Even though I get a lot of questions from friends about leaving my husband behind I know for us it’s a sign of strength. We don’t have to worry about being apart because we know we will always come back together. Even though we are living it up on different coasts for the next four weeks, I’ll be happy when we are in the same time zone again.

And to answer one of the most popular questions “I bet you can’t wait to get back home with him?!” OH YEAH! I can’t wait to get back to cooking meals, picking up boxers on the bathroom floor, agreeing to watch Deadliest Catch only to find him snoring 5 minutes later and having conversations with him around his phone while he plays Angry Birds!

***To my hubby if he happens to be reading this: I love you, miss you and can’t wait to return home to you!