I invited a guy I'd been dating for a month on vacation. It was the perfect relationship test.
Source: Business Insider ·
A four-day trip taught me what I needed to know about my new relationship. Six years later, we're still together.
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The author (right) said this was the first picture she took with a guy she was dating during a trip to Acadia National Park.Courtesy of Renate Flanagan.I had been dating a guy for about a month when I took a chance and invited him on a trip.I was worried it might be too soon, but the vacation turned out to be a great compatibility test. Six years later, he's now my husband. This trip is one we look back on fondly.How soon is too soon to invite a new romantic partner to go on vacation? I asked myself that when I had been dating a guy for a month and had an upcoming vacation that I had planned before I met him.During the height of the pandemic lockdown in the spring of 2020, I was going stir-crazy not being able to travel freely. In those early days before vaccines or access to testing, air travel felt risky, and there were even restrictions on interstate travel. As an avid traveler who always has a next destination in mind, I needed something to look forward to during those dark days…