I saw this question was already posted once, but my angle is that I hear people saying that it's not a honeymoon if you took your bride to where you grew up. We also visited some family of mine and I saw my cousin get married, and this trip was on our one-year anniversary. If I fell short, tell me and I'll be booking tickets to Cancun!!
2007-09-17 09:41:16 · 17 answers · asked by RickNY 3 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
They honeymoon is what you want it to be. If you and your wife were perfectly happy with the trip you took and the things you did, that's all that matters. Ask your wife if she feels short-changed and if she does then you can worry about those tickets to Cancun!
2007-09-17 09:55:22 · answer #1 · answered by Proud to be 59 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would talk to your wife and tell her you really want her to be honest with you. Ask her if she enjoyed the honeymoon or if she was disappointed. Most of the time a honeymoon is so that you can really connect with each other after the wedding as a married couple. Most of the time I would say the best way to do this is alone and not with family. So find out what she thinks and then if she was disappointed or acts like she didn't care instead of being enthusiastic about the original trip, then book the tickets to Cancun!! hope this helps. :)
2007-09-24 11:21:46 · answer #2 · answered by 4Heaven 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Define "honeymoon"... It means different things to different people. For some, "honeymoon" is simply a period of time immediately following marriage (in my language, the expression is, literally, a "honey month"). For others, it's a special trip they take. I'm not sure why a trip to Cancun would be considered a "real" honeymoon, but a trip to your hometown would not. As long as it's special for both of you, it IS a real honeymoon.
My husband and I defined "honeymoon" very loosely; so loosely, in fact, that we went on our "honeymoon" cruise a month and a half before the actual wedding (this was just the way our schedules worked out). I don't know if it was a "real" honeymoon or not - and frankly I don't care, because we had SO MUCH fun that we can't wait to go again.
I don't think you need to worry about the specific word you use to describe something.... What matters most is that your happiness is REAL.
2007-09-17 16:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not a honeymoon...it's a vacation or a trip. A honeymoon is specifically about you and the new wife going away for each other and romance, not to attend someone else's wedding and visit with family.
2007-09-17 17:35:57 · answer #4 · answered by melouofs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before reading you details I was thinking a honeymoon is only not a honeymoon if you arent married. BUT after reading your details, that's NOT a honeymoon, thats a crappy trip to visit the in-laws. Get on the horn with your travel agent toot sweet and I would apologize to your wife. Poor thing is probably so disappointed and too nice to tell you.
2007-09-17 17:03:38 · answer #5 · answered by kateqd30 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We went on our honeymoon two months after we got married, and visited family in Israel. We made it to Cancun about 20 years later. If it works for you, do it and don't listen to anyone else. We've been married 35 years.
2007-09-25 11:21:14 · answer #6 · answered by merrybodner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got confused when you said it was your 1yr anniversary...? Did you not go on a honeymoon when you got married? and then on your one year anniversary you went back on vacation to your hometown where you grew up to a wedding? where you visited with family? then no not a honeymoon... :) try again
it was a getaway> not a honeymoon for celebration of the 2 of you.<
2007-09-17 17:00:26 · answer #7 · answered by camero 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ideally, a honeymoon should take place where neither of you have been. The idea is to "go away" where people don't know you. Going back home it's not a honeymoon and visting relatives certanly is not an anniversary celebration.
You owe your wife a trip to Cancun. Book it already.
Good luck
2007-09-17 16:51:30 · answer #8 · answered by Blunt 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Its not a bad thing to take her to where you grew up. Especially if its a beautiful place. But I think it should be where you both have interest in going that neither one of you have gone before. Just remember, its what makes you happy or even her. Cancun is good if you can handle hot weather. Maine is beautiful and not too hot with alot to see.
2007-09-23 07:45:55 · answer #9 · answered by Donna M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a honeymoon is supposed to be about the two of you celebrating your marriage together. It sounds like visiting family and going to someone else's wedding wasn't really relaxing and about the two of you. It sounds more like it was about other people. You dont need expensive get-aways more like a hide-a-way. Learn new things and celebrate being Mr And Mrs.
2007-09-17 16:48:37 · answer #10 · answered by maedaze810 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋