Vacation-ships v.s. Relationships

This Roo’s Blog is dedicated to all those people we’ve met along the way (so far).

There’s something about vacationships that differs from other regular relationships. With regular relationships
you have people who are there for a reason, a season or a lifetime. With vacationships its even shorter then that! It’s sort of like there’s two things to always keep in mind: we’re here for a good time not a long time.

In Australia people travel more then any other country I’ve experienced. People don’t stay put for a long time, so it’s sort of hard to create any sort of normalcy in your life.

It can also be lonely at times, especially if you’re not one to make friends easily. SO what do you do to combat the loneliness?

A lot of people I’ve met so far have indulged in “vacationships” the relationship you form on vacation. Sometimes is just because they’re the only person you’ve found so far that has heaps in common with you. Sometimes its just the excitement of meeting someone new, someone foreign, someone with a sexy accent and a different joie de vie.

So normally you hook up with these people for a week or two then it’s time to move on? No harm no foul? Should you stay in touch? Is it just to be nice? Or do you really have that destined fate that just propelled you together and that’s how you meet your future Mr. or Mrs?

In 2006 I had my first vacationship, I met a guy who I immediately connected with, shared many laughs, and thought was the best guy I had ever met in my life. When I went back home I tried to keep in mind that it was Mexico and we were on vacation and and and…. but I still had this nagging feeling that he was the coolest guy and maybe I should try to find him again. Turned out he lived 40mins from where I was living and still was a pretty cool guy. But! Sometimes what happens in Mexico should stay in Mexico. What I thought may have been a cosmic connection was just more like a mexican fiesta, and should have stayed as such…

Now on the other hand my best friend met her current boyfriend while he was on vacation in Canada and they immediately had a crazy connection. He went back to China, and she was in Canada, they Skype dated for a few months and then had a funtastic weekend in Vegas to seal the deal that this was legit! They have been together ever since and are currently living in the same country and it’s been non-stop relationship heaven for 5 months.

So are there any hard and fast rules to vacationships? I’d venture to say no. I think the people you meet abroad are definitely in your life for a reason… maybe it’s someone to share laughs with, someone to show you around the area, someone for companionship, or even someone for a lifetime adventure…

So I’d just like to thank all the people we’ve met along the way, thanks for helping fix our vehicle, thanks for showing us around in new cities, thanks for helping us set up shop in a foreign country, thanks for the wicked adventures, thanks for the fun chats on top of our van, and thanks for the connections and thanks for the memories!

Here’s to making many more new ones!

Cheers to Roo!