Moonbug

Relationships require compatible lifestyles. Years ago as a single parent I dated a guy who was self employed so he had as much time off as he wanted. He had no children. He had a larger income. I had a young child, a job with a few weeks vacation time. I couldn’t possibly do vacations on his schedule. We were just not in the same place in life. In the year we dated, it was obvious. I wanted vacation time with my daughter, he wanted vacation with his partner. No one was the bad guy. We remained good friends and years later did cruises together with our spouses!

Try this. Pinch your nose shut with your fingers. While blowing out, swallow! Not easy to do. But swallowing while blowing is the trick to unplugging those ears. Good luck.

To those who have questioned my post. Travel insurance comes in many sizes. We typically purchase middle priced. Not the cheapest/least coverage and not the most expensive/most coverage. With little exception, prices are dependent on age of oldest insured and price of trip. This coming trip we are using World Travel but have used Allianz and Travel Guard and American Express offerings in the past. My point was not to do a sales pitch for a particular company. What is good for us may not fit many. My point is that often we find the airline insurance offered can save you money. And another point to let travelers know that you give the dollar amount of the trip to the insurance company and the total you give them and the total of the trip can be different. There is no reason to insure parts of the trip that are reimbursable. The insurance company wont pay for losses reimbursed to you by the original vendor. And we are in the US purchasing most insurance for foreign travel.

I learned by asking that when insuring a trip, you can insure your trip for any amount you want to be reimbursed for. You do not have to insure the full price of the trip. Hubby is over 80 so therefore prices high. We bought a policy offered when purchasing the plane fare for 54 bucks each. Then purchased insurance for a 6000.00 trip for just under 600.00. To add the plane fare amount to the trip insurance would have been over 1000.00. So something to consider.