At my son’s preschool, the director was passing out discount codes for a nearby marriage retreat. Two and a half days of focus on our marriage with no other distractions sounded heavenly right now. We’re not struggling by any means. Quite the opposite, we’re in a good place right now. But I know trials and tribulations can pop up at any time and I want us to be prepared. We’re in year five of our still-young marriage but there is so much we can still learn about communication, faith, arguing, planning, etc.
There would be workshops on how to fight fair, how to handle our anger, how to lean toward each other during the challenging times, how to communicate. All areas where we have greatly improved since the time we said, “I do,” but again, we can both admit we have some areas of improvement, like most couples do.
I presented the idea to my husband and he was down””until he saw the price tag. It’s close to $200 for the weekend, and that doesn’t include the hotel room, meals, transportation, anything. I can admit that paying close to $500 for this weekend might be a blow to our budget, but similar to what Eric Payne was talking about last week – wouldn’t that be an investment in our marriage? $500 now is a small price to pay versus divorce lawyers later.
And then I thought to myself, “We can have our own marriage retreat. Hotel room, meals, sight-seeing – it would be epic.” Two days of just hanging together, setting our own schedule, getting a chance to explore our city and each other. It’s the stuff I dream about when I’m elbow-deep in dirty dishes, long days of working, and dealing with the kids.
So I’m torn. We have a limited budget but this does seem worthwhile. What do you think, BMWK family?