He’s climbing towards the summit to acclimate or attempting the summit push, and I worry about his safety without updates. But then there are full weeks where we can’t communicate at all. He was doing his thing, and I was doing mine, and we were able to connect at the start and end of each day. We’ve had full weeks where we were able to video chat every day, twice a day (yes, there’s internet on certain parts of Everest). I spent the day with my daughter and my mother, and that’s what the day is really about, but I still missed him. My husband was on the mountain for Mother’s Day, so I didn’t get flowers or a special brunch as a family. I have to push through and be there for my baby because I’m the only one who can. I get tired, really tired, and I can’t turn to my husband and tell him he’s on duty. There are days when she wakes up at 5:00 AM, won’t nap, and is insanely energetic. Sometimes, I get overwhelmed taking care of my daughter while simultaneously running my own business and simultaneously overseeing a remodeling project in our house. That’s why so many people stay single, right? I don’t have to clean up after him, I can make whatever I want for dinner, I can keep the light on as late as I want at night, I don’t have to hear his alarm in the morning that he puts on snooze at least four times, and there are no disagreements. Sometimes I feel it is easier without him. Is it easy spending six weeks alone? Yes and no. We’re each individual people with our own individual talents and needs. Joining together in marriage means we’re in a partnership, but we’re not in charge of each other. He’s his own person, and I don’t control him, just like I’m my own person, and he doesn’t control me. But I would never tell my husband he can or can’t do this. Do we really feel that we control our partners so much that we can make decisions for them?ĭon’t get me wrong, leaving for six weeks is a lot, especially when you’re leaving behind an overactive one-year-old. “But I still wouldn’t let him do it,” they end with. Once I delve a little deeper and explain he’s climbing Mount Everest, I usually see a little excitement, a few “Oh wow, so cool,” and a bunch of “He’s crazy!” “I would never let my husband do something like that.” That seems to be the most common phrase I hear when I tell people that my husband Asher is gone for six weeks to climb a mountain. My Husband Left Me and Our One-year-old Daughter Alone for Six Weeks So He Could Climb Mount Everest … And We’re Doing Just Fine By Elianna Perez
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