Hello,
I've been married to a wonderful man going on 3 years now. I'm planning a 2012 thru-hike and he will not be joining me. we have no children.
We've been discussing the separation, and the simple fact that whoever "leaves" has something fun and interesting to do that compensates for missing their spouse, and the person "left behind" has to get through the day-to-day, missing the person who's gone, and nothing to compensate them emotionally for it.
I think i've talked him into joining me for 1 week periods, twice. - i'm thinking virginia, to break up the "virginia blues" for me and.....?
how did the AT affect your marriages? break ups? enriched relationship upon return? what did your male spouses do at home to get through it until you got back? how did you reintegrate into your family structure?
thanks!
-Lindsey
Denver, CO