Althouse: "A uni-moon is one of those terrible modern trends of taking individual honeymoons attached to work trips."

January 27, 2015

"A uni-moon is one of those terrible modern trends of taking individual honeymoons attached to work trips."

"So she took hers in the Dominican Republic, and I took mine in Paris because we couldn't coordinate our honeymoons together because of over-scheduling."

Just admit that you travel separately and leave the moon out of this.

(Feel free to use that as the title of your next novel: Leave the Moon Out of This. Background reference: "Don't Mention the Moon.")

19 comments:

Anonymous said...: You know where you're going, Alice? To the moon! Bang, zoom!; 1/27/15, 8:19 AM
tim maguire said...: How is this an anything moon? These are trips. I expected the link to go to the NYT, but Huffington Post works as well.; 1/27/15, 8:20 AM
Scott said...: Honeymoons are for consummating the marriage. If you're travelling apart, it's not a honeymoon.

If you can't go on a honeymoon together because your work schedules won't allow it, quit your jobs. If you're that valuable, they will hire you back when you return.; 1/27/15, 8:21 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "Honeymoons are for consummating the marriage. If you're travelling apart, it's not a honeymoon."

If you've had sex before marriage, then, it's not a honeymoon.; 1/27/15, 8:46 AM
Rae said...: If neither of them has time to even take a honeymoon, how did they have the time to plan a wedding?; 1/27/15, 8:56 AM
dbp said...: From what I understand, the honeymoon was not about travel. It was the first month of marriage (moon) spent drinking mead (honey wine) and lots of "nature taking its course".; 1/27/15, 9:51 AM
Anonymous said...: The "moon" is with some other "honey", but thinking about "you, spouse".; 1/27/15, 10:26 AM
Big Mike said...: The point of the article seems to be that it's pretty stupid to be so caught up in your separate careers that you can't even take a honeymoon together.

Good point.; 1/27/15, 10:44 AM
mccullough said...: Dpb,

I thought it was about love after marriage waxing (before reaching full then waning). The moon isn't only a time measurement but also a phase of build up, peak, then decline. A useful metaphor.; 1/27/15, 10:46 AM
Scott said...: "f you've had sex before marriage, then, it's not a honeymoon."

And if the woman is not a virgin, she shouldn't be wearing a dress that is white.

So if the ritual has already gone to hell, why are we in high dudgeon over separate post-ceremony vacations?; 1/27/15, 10:52 AM
Seeing Red said...: Place your bets on how long before they divorce. They are unclear on the concept.; 1/27/15, 11:28 AM
Ann Althouse said...: I don't see why divorce should be predicted. They sound independent and practical and they brought that into the marriage. Nothing to be disappointed about.; 1/27/15, 11:43 AM
kzookitty said...: I thought the article would be about something resembling a unibrow, but with buttocks.

kzookitty; 1/27/15, 11:44 AM
Ann Althouse said...: "From what I understand, the honeymoon was not about travel. It was the first month of marriage (moon) spent drinking mead (honey wine) and lots of "nature taking its course.""

1. I love the appearance of mead/Meade in this context.

2. It really is better for the couple to remain within their community and not be weirdly cut off from their friends and family. And why spent a lot of money on sightseeing and restaurants and all the usual travel bullshit if what you're excited about is finally being in bed together? Maximize the accommodation to living together, and get the next generation started.; 1/27/15, 11:46 AM
jr565 said...: This is like Paltrow's Conscious uncoupling to describe divorce.

It's not a honeymoon, youre taking separate trips.; 1/27/15, 3:01 PM
jr565 said...: A honeymoon by the way is not a yours but an ours. You do it with two people.; 1/27/15, 3:03 PM
LTMG said...: I suppose "modern" relationships see togetherness as an inconvenience to building an enduring marriage.; 1/27/15, 3:14 PM
GRW3 said...: Sounds like their ideal plan was to get their organizations to send them to the same place and spare them the travel cost. Any more to the plan? Were they going to be on serial business trips where their rooms were paid for two weeks and each had a week to sight see, while the big dinner meals were on expense account (who are you tonight honey)?

Business trips make terrible vacations. I take my wife occasionally when there is something for her to do during the day (San Francisco was perfect). As she told her sister: "He leaves at 7:00am and I don't see him until dinner - business dinner."

I've tapered down to 50-60K miles a year from the 100+ I was doing in the '90s. Hanging around town on days off is very attractive. they should be glad they discovered it sooner.; 1/27/15, 3:16 PM
JackOfClubs said...: One day soon I'm gonna tell the moon about the crying game...; 1/27/15, 9:15 PM