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by ccozan 624 days ago
> We now have a little one coming along and I can't wait to adventure as a family.

Just a note: Forget about it. When child is there, wife loses all interest in such activities. Been there, done that. I can aford holidays everywhere on earth ( ok maybe not Antarctis :) ), but no, missus stays home and asks that I just stay home ( we actually bought one ) with her and the kids. No holidays, just short trips outside city.

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This is not always true. Both my mother and father enjoyed taking the kids on adventures
Of course, traveling becomes harder when you have a baby, that shouldn't come as a suprise to anybody. But I don't like the sexist tone in your post.

Also, what makes you think that your situation generalizes to the OP?

Luckily for everyone involved, he married his own wife, not yours.
A trip to Antarctica is cheaper than you might have thought.
It’s free if you get a job on a base there!
I am interested!
I do not get the downvotes, there is no sexism involved. Woman change after having a baby, which is totally normal that they become totally risk adverse and very protective. This, a holiday to Machu Pitchu is deemed to many unknowns towards the baby vs. a short trip to a nearby totally quiet forest.
The sexism is that you think not taking a baby up machu pichu is a genetic trait of women rather than a sign of intelligence