My wife is an amazing travel planner. She plans every aspect of our trips, and all I have to do is show up.
I am pretty good at planning smaller excursions for the kids. I used to pack our weekend full of events when I lived in Brooklyn, but I haven't been doing too much of that lately. But I coordinated a beach trip last weekend, and a boat trip today - so it's a muscle that I still remember how to use.
Who is the planner in your relationship?
coconut / 8079 posts
DH is good at making financial plans and home improvement plans, but I plan travel, get togethers with extended family, meals, etc.
persimmon / 1183 posts
Me, hands down on all fronts LOL. DH is more of a "wing it" type of guy. I'm the strategist, he's the tactician.
honeydew / 7622 posts
Me, since I SAH I have the time. I also manage the money so that goes hand in hand.
apricot / 444 posts
Me, but I'm a planner by education and occupation so...occupational hazard?? But I plan trips and social activities, pack, get into details, etc.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
Me 95% of the time, it's exhausting, but I'm type A and it's best if I handle it! ha
pomelo / 5129 posts
Mostly me.
DH doesn't work a set schedule, so it's like pulling teeth to try to get him to agree to any set date for anything because it requires requesting off.
But once a trip is planned, he's good at setting up things like a special/surprise dinner. He's just more of a last minute planner than I am. I prefer to plan more in advance and in an organized manner.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
My husband. I am much more haphazard about things and often will wait too long to book/sign up for things.
clementine / 874 posts
I'm the planner. I'm checking urban planning docs to see construction timelines and when the public transit will be built in our neighborhood and what year we need to register my 1 yo for school. Perhaps a little overboard, but it makes me feel better.
DH loves planning out gifts in advance though. My family isn't really into birthdays and such, so I'm glad he can handle his gift-obsessed family on his own.
eggplant / 11824 posts
Me 100%, but I actually really (honestly!) enjoy it, so there's no resentment with our arrangement. I'm the money manager and the vacation planner, the gift buyer (and planner) and the party planner. My husband is always supportive and appreciative, so win-win!
grapefruit / 4988 posts
We both plan. It can actually get out of hand sometimes because we both like to feel involved with decisions. I planned our last vacation almost entirely and it was refreshing for both of us (for me, to not have to check with him for everything, and for him, to just sit back and enjoy).
grapefruit / 4466 posts
Me, DH is better at noticing opportunities for spontaneity, which I love, so it works out well!
pomelo / 5866 posts
Definitely me but DH gets delegated some things and he does special holiday plans.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
We share planning 50/50. We each have our strengths we focus on and it works great for us.
persimmon / 1445 posts
100% me. From big things like finances to little things like gifts, decorating our house, and vacations, I am the planner. I even pick out my own birthday/ Christmas gifts hahaha. I am super Type A and DH isn't, so we are both happier this way. I will offer options and ask his opinion on things, but most of the time he tells me to do whatever I think is best anyway...
persimmon / 1467 posts
Me 100%. If I left the vacation planning g to DH we wouldn't go anywhere. He has his ideas, he just tends to get too anxious about choosing one and following through so winds up doing nothing. I love planning, and I'm also impulsive so I make a plan and then want to get moving!
pomelo / 5258 posts
I'm the family planner. Meals, activities, holidays, trips, Mother's Day, my birthday, dates are all on me. I'm frustrated by it because DH manages to plan stuff with his friends (daily video games, weekend trips, even shipping a car to Europe and driving to China). We've talked about the imbalance it but it doesn't change.
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