No time for a honeymoon?

[Rube]

Well, it looks like my FI and I won''t be going ANYWHERE for our honeymoon. (Right now anyway.

)

sidenote: It''s a little unfair to be sad at all, considering where all my vacation time is going. The two of us are spending two weeks on an archaeological dig this month. We were joking 6 months ago this would be "it" anyway. We would have no doubt picked Central America for a honeymoon, so why go back 2 weeks later? (We''re getting married Aug 7th.)

But, we got so much feedback from other friends and family that a honeymoon was different, and we needed to really have time alone, etc. So, we got our little hearts settled on a few nights in a cabin (ok, a resort cabin) then the rest of the week in the Big Bend area. Biking, hiking, spending time away from home!

Now it looks like although I was willing to take 2.5 days without pay (ran out of vacation time, oops!

) my employer is hesitant to let me leave. I was told my time might get approved IF I wait until after I get back from my dig and I could convince the President that a honeymoon was a good reason to leave my job for yet another week this summer.

Well, we can''t really plan the honeymoon we had in mind two weeks before we leave (with all the other last minute things...) so it looks like it might be a night or two at a place in town and something else to follow. I do have a lot of time off in December/Jan (I work for a school) so maybe then?

All in all, we are lucky to go to Belize together first, then come back to a wonderful wedding.

This was long, I know, but thanks for listening!!

 

[Munchkin]

I am sorry the honeymoon plans are not working out the way you would have hoped.

However, I am SO SO SO jealous you get to go on a dig to Belize!

Good luck getting everything worked out. Enjoy the dig!
Munchkin

 

[Tybee]

The Honeymoon is important, but you CAN have it later so that you can have the honeymoon of your dreams. Some dear friends of mine went on a very short "mini-moon" right after their wedding, because they just sold a house/bought a house, and had to do a lot of moving stuff. Several months later they spent 10 days on a romantic sailing trip in the Caribean. They considered THAT their honeymoon.
They had no complaints.
You can have it all!
Tybee

 

[MissAva]

Maybe it will be even better this way. I am going to wait a year after getting married for my honeymoon. I think when you first get maried you are going to be so excited and relived that tht wedding is over that things will be great just spending a day or two alone at home. A year later a routine has been found and settled into and perhaps a little break would be fun and exciting. JMO.

 

[IrishEyes]

My Dh and I got sent off to the middle east after we got married, so we just took our honeymoon last month!! We''ve been married just over 2 years and we went to Ireland for three weeks. Putting the honeymoon off is not such a bad idea, it really gives you something fun to look forward to, and I think while you are on it, it will sort of re-create that "just married" feeling, even though you''ve been married awhile!

 

[glaucomflecken]

i feel your pain. FI and I are not going on a HM right after the wedding because I am moving out to DC (where FI lives now) after the wedding and will be starting a new job/life basically. We wanted to be settled and not have the move and all hanging over our head or we wouldnt be able to relax. im pretty bummed, but we are strapped with the wedding and the move so I think once we get settled and wait we will have a few months to save up so we can have an even better trip.

still depressing though. hang in there!

 

[Rube]

Thanks everyone!

I just read about MINE''s wedding and have just finished reading all of your responses, and I am so excited about MY wedding that nothing else matters!

So, in a month I''ll get married- and even without a mini-moon (

) it will be perfect.

 

[sxn675]

That''s the spirit Rube! We had our honeymoon a few months after we were married and it was nice. I had moved and we just bought a house, so it was nice to settle in, write thank you notes etc, and THEN plan the honeymoon. It gives you something fun to plan