Tips To Travel Happy As A Couple

Second only to his inexplicable ardor for overhead lighting, my boyfriend Spyro's extreme loathing for travel is probably our number-one topic of, uh, discussion. The Frisky: Fight Or Flight?

I love to travel and I'm not picky—I'll go pretty much anywhere my credit cards can afford to take me. Once I decide where I'm going, I carefully research the best deals, amp up my excitement with guidebooks and daily Internet searches, and so by the day I split town, I'm in a happy tizzy. I carefully pack the night before and make sure I'm at the airport two hours ahead of time so I can get in a quick pre-boarding glass of wine and maybe a little duty-free shopping. The Frisky: Road Trip Essentials So You And Your Man Don't Break Down Or Break Up

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My man has the opposite reaction to going anywhere not reachable by subway. When he's forced to travel, getting there is a frenzy of profanity, packing and more profanity. He bolts out of bed, throws a bunch of stuff into a suitcase, and howls he can't find his toothbrush and sprints out the door. Once he even landed in Chicago wearing two different shoes. I understand that at 6' 5", flying coach is akin to torture, but the pay-off is worth it. He disagrees. The Frisky: Travel Tips For Deciding To Visit Your Long-Distance Boyfriend

So after six years of togetherness, I tend to either travel by my lonesome or extend the rare trips we take together for a few days after he's gone. But this year, the radio station I work for surprised me with two tickets to anywhere in the continental U.S. or Caribbean, so I let him choose. He likes the beach, so we're going to Puerto Rico in a couple weeks. As I feared, the bitching has already begun. MERRIme, A New Web Comedy About Online Dating