Here’s an idea — as I was thinking some more about the part of our upcoming vacation where I may be tossing hubby’s Blackberry into Venice’s Grand Canal, it occurred to me that there are so many wives who complain about this same phenomenon where our husbands are so tied to the office by some kind of electronic umbilical cord, that there is no longer any vacation aspect to any family trip.
Having practiced law myself, I understand the need for my lawyer-husband to stay in touch with the office from time to time when he’s away. But it seems that whenever he thinks I’m not looking, the Crackberry is out and he’s pressing those buttons like a sugared-up teen on his Game Boy.
So I say, BOYCOTT! That’s right, if wives of America refuse to go on the family “vacation” unless the Treos, cell phones and PDAs stay in their chargers at home, dads can go on the trip with the kids by themselves!!
Crazy as that may sound, if we could manage it, we might get some semblance of down time back and fathers may even start connecting with their kids, instead of just their E-mail.
Fri, August 4, 2006
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