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I have a vacation coming up and decided to fly to Chicago and want to travel alone since we already plan to do lots of traveling together this summer. She gets an attitude and started a argument claiming this is not normal behavior when you are dating someone. Well I told her I need some alone time every once in a while and didn't see a problem with it.
Its even normal behavior with people who are married. Lots of people go do things on their own, and their spouse/girlfriend/boyfriend wave them on their way and wish them fun.
She can't argue with you unless you argue back. Go do what you want to do. And think about your relationship while youre gone.
I have a vacation coming up and decided to fly to Chicago and want to travel alone since we already plan to do lots of traveling together this summer. She gets an attitude and started a argument claiming this is not normal behavior when you are dating someone. Well I told her I need some alone time every once in a while and didn't see a problem with it.
Thoughts?
Key word here is *dating*, you are in theory a mature adult who does not need to ask permission to do what you want to do.
I'm sorry but I don't think this is normal behavior at all and you may end up coming home to an empty house and no gf .Yes by all means do think about your relationship while you are gone and maybe you might have second thoughts about doing so in the future.
It is indeed common for couples, whether married, engaged, or dating, to go do some things on their own or to go somewhere with friends once in a while. Doesn't she have friends of her own, or any separate interests? If not, that in itself is a huge red flag.
Unless she has a prior reason not to trust you, in which case that is a different matter.
Whether or not you're right or wrong doesn't really matter here. Clearly this is a problem for her. So the question I would ask is this...."Is losing the freedom to travel alone a deal-breaker in this relationship?" Answer that question and you know how you're going to approach this situation.
If you get a bunch of strangers on the internet to agree with you and then go back and argue more, how does that help?
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