Comments on: The transaction costs of a family adventure https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/ Writer, Author, Speaker Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Sarah K https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315393 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 09:06:32 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315393 I really enjoyed this post Laura. So many things are like this when doing stuff as a family. I feel a bit like this every time we go skiing. It is a lot of logistics management to do a few runs and then buy an expensive lunch in the restaurant. But at the end of the day we have usually had a lot of fun.

]]> By: Katie https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315380 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 08:09:56 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315380 I hesitate to call this a big adventure (although maybe it is?!), but yesterday my daughter and I went to the farm park in the pouring rain. Rather than the weather putting us off, it added an extra element of fun as we avoided some of the mud and slipped through the rest of it. We saw baby lambs and a whole pen full of pregnant nanny goats. It was a lot of fun, and I know I’ll remember the rainy farm day for a good while to come!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315273 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:03:27 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315273 In reply to Karin.

@Karin – congrats on the chairs! It is so satisfying to find good furniture. I don’t think I ever thought I would reach that stage of my life, but here we are…

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315271 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 01:02:56 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315271 In reply to Elisabeth.

@Elisabeth -this weekend commit to making it happen! You’ll probably be happy to have done it.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315268 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:59:16 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315268 In reply to Lisa of Lisa’s Yarns.

@Lisa – Arizona in the winter will be great! One reason I am looking forward to my Florida trip…

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315267 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:58:35 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315267 In reply to Megan.

@Megan – I do think it is helpful to consider the remembering self. If you’re usually happy to have gone, then most likely this time you will be too. You’re only a few hours and a bit of hassle from achieving that happy state.

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315266 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:57:39 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315266 In reply to Rinna.

@Rinna – very true – the transaction costs are already fading in memory. In general I do try to privilege the remembering self, which explains a lot of the stuff I have put myself through over the years!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315265 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:56:56 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315265 In reply to Hayley.

@Hayley – it was a very pretty drive, even on the turnpike, so that was part of the adventure. Perhaps the stop at Wawa was too!

]]> By: Laura Vanderkam https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315264 Tue, 15 Feb 2022 00:55:44 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315264 In reply to Amanda.

@Amanda – it makes sense, but the problem with waiting until they are older is siblings are older at different ages – we want the older kids to be able to do stuff but sometimes that means taking along someone who’s a little young. Or getting a sitter!

]]> By: Amanda https://lauravanderkam.com/2022/02/the-transaction-costs-of-a-family-adventure/#comment-315201 Mon, 14 Feb 2022 20:31:31 +0000 https://lauravanderkam.com/?p=18439#comment-315201 Love this! We went tubing last winter & my then 6yo (oldest child) only went once. I would still go again this year if my kids wanted to, but my husband prefers different “adventures” until they are a little older. 🙂

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