I'VE JUST HAD a whopping good fight wn aoe overbearing,

ighteous, rude, insensitive bully. Just

because he’s my husband I didn't clip

the mashed potatoes.

And, I'm bloody grateful we Were in Our Own kitchen when the disagree- ment occurred. I could go

downstairs and sulk all I

pleased instead of having to snarl at him across a hotel room. _

In retrospect, the whole thing was funny - I'll spare you the details - but it’s a whole lot easier, to laugh when you don’t have to catch a flight or share a suitcase.

In truth, Brian and I travel very well together. We both have our own areas of ex- pertise - Brian can calculate foreign exchange in his head and commands respect from snotty waiters. I can _keep- schedules, regulations and reservations. Brian senses a rip-off before it occurs while

T havé a Knack for short- cuts, expendiency and ef- ficiency.

Case in point: If we have a hotel room with two beds - one good, one lousy; Brian makes sure that I get the good night's sleep if we are catching an_ early morning flight) to an unfamiliar destination. If dickering, bickering or driving is on the

agenda. he gets the good bed!

Don't get the idea that we're the Bobbsey Twins.

Our main area of disagree- ment when we travel is very basic. He likes reservations. Firm, unbudging, paid-up schedules. I adopt the gypsy approach - don’t tie me down or regulate my days. I don’t want to sleep on a park bench but I don't want to spoil a lovely day lo meet commitments. Give me time to smell the roses. Travelling spouses can have a rotten time. How often have you seen some poor mouse of a lady

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tread just because big Dad decided? How many grit- toothed fights have you seen in restaurants? Don't forget the poor guy with fallen arches, limping along the corridors of his 45th museum in 10 days. Or hauling a hundred pounds of over-

shopping bags. The first mistake couples

destination that one isn't keen on. It backfired on me, once. I chose Colombia and Brian was: unexcited. We went. I had a lousy time and he enjoyed it. What can I say?

There's a lot to be said for separate vacations, providing you're not going to turn them into’ second honeymoons with the wrong spouse. It may be very noble to spend two weeks on a boat, fighting seasickness all ihe way just so that you can boast “togetherness.” What's so together about heaving your lunch in a bucket?

_The. next. i _ " perpetual sulk. “I came with you, didn’t I? That gives.me the right to stiff-mouth my

m here to Bermuda! And, it’s all your fault.”

Sometimes it pays to agree to disagree. All isn't tost if you go to London with your sister while he goes sport fishing with his brother. May do both of you a world of good. What is that trite

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want to be positively booked for the night before, close to

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Who carries the money is the next obstacle. The ideal

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saying? “Love ts letting-go. If it returns to you, it's yours. If it doesn’t, it never was.”

Providing you and your. spouse have decided on a destination, what next? Time _

to consider OUR big problem - to reserve or not _ to reserve. Essential

reservations concern airlines and positive stops. When I fall off a plane in London at noon, after a long flight, I

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all the travellers cheques but can’t cash them without his passport.

Split it! Get husband a purse. Give wife half of the cash. What if you get hit by a bus? At least she’s got the

money to get you to a snatched? You've got a

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