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Shhhh... it's a (Disney) secret!
By Lisa Krupienski - June 22, 2001
It all started harmlessly enough. Our children seemed the appropriate age, in our opinion, for a WDW vacation. Finances were in good shape for the first time in years. Life was good. Let's go to Disney World!
And so it began.
The planning, the incessant discussing, reading, researching, conversing, list making, you know.... The fun stuff. Well, it WAS fun ... for me that is.
For Mr. X it was what his wife did instead of sleep. He was happy to let me handle it entirely. After all, it would be a vacation for the four of us and
that is essentially what he wanted. Ha ha haa!
And so it continued.
The vacation was not without it's problems. A little rain, a sprained ankle, an extra $35 a day for an EVC rental, slowing the slow pace down even more to
accommodate a Mommy in a wheelchair. Yet, memories to last a lifetime, the two happiest little girls you'll see. Lessons learned. Notes taken. The next
trip will be even better!
And so I waited.
Three months. I sprung the "I want to go back soon" discussion at a moment of extreme confidence. How could he say no? It made perfect sense. We'd go with
this outrageous airline deal I'd found, buy our AP's, get a great resort rate, and then do it all again a few months later. Perfect, right?
And so I bought the neighbors ear plugs.
How could I want to go again, after he'd just given us the vacation of a lifetime less than 3 months ago? The expense! The effort! The less than
grateful wife who will never be satisfied with what she already has. It took a while for me to see. It was so hard to understand. Mr. X was not like me.
He was not like the children. He was the Dad who provided well for his family. We DO have everything we need or want. We HAD just gone to WDW, and
the Jersey Shore a few months before that. We have a beautiful home, nice cars, and I don't have to work. So I got all that. I'm right there with you.
But why, I ask you, WHY do I still NEED (and I do believe it is a NEED) to go to WDW again, when Mr. X, the person I felt such a connection to and he to
me, that we vowed to spend the rest of our lives together, were SO completely opposite on this??? WHY??
And this is my peaceful solution.
I go it alone. I read TheMouseForLess.com everyday. I call CRO for deals. I chart the best airfares. I type sweepstakes entries in my sleep. All this,
and I can't talk about it out loud. I can't share it. I can't really DO any of it. It wishful wishing. It's what may come someday.....
And he has NO IDEA.
He will never read this. He will never know there is a charge for the Disney Club Card. He will never know that I sometimes wake in the dead of night and
sit at the computer with my Mickey ears on.
And all relationships have their secrets.
I view this as a pretty harmless one. It is my hobby, my obsession. I wish he shared it with me, but he won't, ever. Thankfully, all of my The Mouse For less companions do. So, although it is a "secret" it's not a lonely
deception. I can just picture all of you in your Mickey ears, safe from the prying eyes of your Mr. X, whether it's your boss, your girlfriend, or your
15 year old. It's not really hurting anyone, as long as Mr. X doesn't find out!
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