Does DW (or DH) feel comfortable?

[localady]

I agree with S7S, I don't find sail away to be a good time to meet. We had luck with an initial "meet" at 11:00am the first sea day on the Amsterdam last Dec. As it was a good size crowd, Jasl and I set up another pre-lunch reception in the Crows Nest with the bar manager Harry later on in the cruise. We had good turn out at both "meetings" and all (including significant others) seemed to enjoy the company! Look forward to sailing with friends from that group in 11/05 on the Veendam!

Happy Cruising!

7/04 Ryndam Alaska B2B
12/04 Rotterdam Panama Canal
7/05 Prinsendam Baltic
11/05 "Veendammers" Carribean

RCCL x2(1999), Volendam (2000), Millinneum (2000), Maasdam (2001), Disney (2001), Statendam (2003), Amsterdam (2003)

[cactuslady]

Gee, my DH is the one who usually does the dragging, while I'm the "shy" one. He's even been willing to marry at least one perfect stranger he met on a cruise. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]

--Cactuslady
Prinsendam 9/20/04 soon!
Statendam 2003
Ryndam 2002
Veendam 2002
Maasdam 2001
Dana 24 sailboat 1989-1999

[a1moty]

TedC
Thanks for the enlightenment!!
a1moty

[ekerr19]

We had our CC meeting on the Maasdam in the evening, about 9:30-10:00 pm, Crow's Nest, first night out.

I am so happy we attended! It was a blast to finally meet everyone, we had been posting for months. I am the poster, ekerr (DH) does not post or chat online, but he had a great time meeting everyone. I had told him a bit about some of the others before we got together, and the other posters knew quite a bit about him...

I know I have previously mentioned this, but I think our CC group turned a good cruise into a great cruise. We got along fabulously, many of the same interests, hobbies, likes & dislikes. Several families had children the same ages who began e-mailing each other before the cruise. The kids still keep in touch.

I think it makes a big difference posting on the roll-calls ahead of time and getting to know some of your fellow travelers. If I hadn't posted ahead of time, I probably wouldn't bother attending a CC meeting with people I hadn't communicated with prior to cruising.

Noordam 1984
Veendam 1999
Amsterdam 2000
Noordam 2001
Statendam 2001
Noordam 2002
Zuiderdam 2003
Maasdam 2004.
Noordam 2004

[Vicar]

Sail 7 Seas

Now I know you and I would have a ball on a cruise together.

I end up meeting everyone and can talk to anyone . I can strike up a conversation with someone in line at the bank *LOL*.

GF cannot believe I was never kidnapped as child, because I can strike up a conversation with a perfect stranger. *LOL*

I get it from my Mom , I think we both have the "Talk to me " sign on our foreheads, that just invites nice folks to come up and chat with us *LOL*

[sail7seas]

[B]tatka....[/B] Very interesting. Thank you.


[B]Vicar.....[/B] I hope we have the chance to meet someday....soon [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] aboard one "dam" ship or another.

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[debsea]

We had a wonderful CC group on our transatlantic last year. Grannynurse, SueSails, Mickey and I met on this board. Their DH's don't post and my DM doesn't even own a computer, but the eight of us met on the first sea day for lunch in the dining room (we all agreed that meeting after lifeboat drill was just not convenient) and we became fast friends.

[Tatka]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by sail7seas:
_tatka...._ Very interesting. Thank you.


_Vicar....._ I hope we have the chance to meet someday....soon [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img] aboard one "dam" ship or another.

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Thank you! You are very kind. I would love to meet you on board on HAL or Celebrity some day.

These are my photos from our recent cruise in Med.

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(I didn't have a time to organize it properly ...so my Mom created it for me. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] )


And...our son Mike on Century last year:

[url="http://community.webshots.com/photo/87890932/87891350xFPINE"]http://community.webshots.com/photo/87890932/87891350xFPINE[/url]


[url="http://community.webshots.com/photo/87892952/87893101UEpjSb"]http://community.webshots.com/photo/87892952/87893101UEpjSb[/url]

[This message was edited by Tatka on 06-18-04 at 12:27 AM.]

[sail7seas]

Tatka.....hopefully we shall. I would enjoy meeting you, I am very sure.

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[Bill S]

My DW has told friends that I book cruises just to meet people from CruiseCritic.com! I think, I will leave it at that. [img]http://messages.cruisecritic.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif[/img]

Bill S
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[tinmanswife]

We were on the Zuiderdam in May and I "lurked" on the boards for awhile waiting for someone to post a roll call. I finally did it myself and met 7 great people...now considered friends. DH and my teenagers teased me alot, because by the time we sailed 5/15, some of us had been emailing daily! DH is usually the "organizer", so he had no problem with us meeting. Our group ended up spending time together daily..it made our cruise even greater...the downside was that it made the end of the cruise having to say good-bye and the cruise "withdrawal" even worse.

[Orcrone]

[font=Comic Sans MS][size=4][color=blue]While on the boards last night DW came in and the discussion of sailaway came up. She said that she thought it would be great to meet and get to know other people.:D [/color][/size][/font]

[sail7seas]

Sounds like you and DW are sure to have a wonderful time. I very sincerely hope so. I feel so protective (in some odd way) about Maasdam....she is such a very dear favorite of mine. It is so hard for me to explain the incredible people we have met aboard her; the wonderful memories we have; the special occassions we have celebrated aboard her.

I want everyone to love that ship as we do. :) which, of course, can never happen. We all have such different likes/dislikes/tastes.

[the2ofus]

Met with several fellow CCers on our first sea day of our Hawaii trip last year. DH is reluctant to meet a crowd of new people but he tagged along to the get-together and ended up having a good time. He agreed it was nice to recognize folks and chat with them later in the cruise. We would still meet plenty of folks as we enjoy striking up casual conversations in the lounges or the Lido.

[Orcrone]

S7S,

We are soooo.... looking forward to our cruise. A couple of the things I've read here had made us a little apprehensive. We read that there weren't as many activities as other cruise lines. But when not at port we enjoy finding a chair, laying out in the sun and relaxing. Went with Carnival last year and don't think we did one planned activity during the day. The other thing was that the ship gets a bit dead late at night. Well, DW and I are early risers, although I tend to stay up late. But the only way DW would know about how quiet things were after 11 is if I woke her up to tell her.:D

DW is also very much into some of the things you mention, although it's not as important to me. Things like tablecloths, even in the Lido. Fresh flowers throughout the ship. But most of all, just getting away from everyday life for 10 days and being pampered sounds great!

[sail7seas]

Marc.....

 

I understand what you mean when you say DW is into "some of the things" I mention more than you are.

 

Butl.....you sound like a DH who takes pleasure in seeing your wife's pleasure. In all honesty, my DH (while he certainly appreciates and notices when things are nicely done) might not notice the bud vase on the table with a fresh pink rose. But, he takes pleasure from my pleasure at enjoying the scent and sight of that fresh bud.

 

He might not notice if there is a water spot on a goblet.....but he'll smile when I comment how sparkling the crystal is.

 

I in no way mean to say he does not have fine tastes and is not very observant as he is and does. But...some things simply are more "a girl thing" and most caring husbands are happier when their wives are happy.

 

Seems to be rather universal....if She is happy; everyone around Her is happy.

 

(Although, IMO.......if HE is NOT Happy; then No One is :) )

[Vicar]

S7S,

 

 

You are very right on that.

 

I think women pick up on and appreciate "the little things" more then men.

 

If I walked into a room I will notice it is decorated in nice colors, it is well taken care of and clean and it is overall pleaseing to the eye.

 

GF is the one who will notice things like the rose bud in the vase and the way the drapes match the wallpaper and the carpet.

 

I will certainly catch glareing things like a room with black carpet and red walls *LOL* She will pick out things like the tablecloth is champagne gold and the napkins are light beige or whatever.

 

When we bought furniture and decorated our home when we moved in she had free reign to get what she wanted to (within reason *LOL*)

 

Not that i didn't care, I just knew that she had very good taste and the little details of it all were more important to her . And in the end the place looks beautiful and she is very happy with it. And like you said when she is happy, I am happy.

 

And when she isn't happy, I go play golf *LOL*

[Joedog]

I met my DW on the internet in a hobby chat room so I don't think she is uncomfortable with it in any way.

[Orcrone]

Marc.....

 

I understand what you mean when you say DW is into "some of the things" I mention more than you are.

 

Butl.....you sound like a DH who takes pleasure in seeing your wife's pleasure. In all honesty, my DH (while he certainly appreciates and notices when things are nicely done) might not notice the bud vase on the table with a fresh pink rose. But, he takes pleasure from my pleasure at enjoying the scent and sight of that fresh bud.

 

He might not notice if there is a water spot on a goblet.....but he'll smile when I comment how sparkling the crystal is.

 

I in no way mean to say he does not have fine tastes and is not very observant as he is and does. But...some things simply are more "a girl thing" and most caring husbands are happier when their wives are happy.

 

Seems to be rather universal....if She is happy; everyone around Her is happy.

 

(Although, IMO.......if HE is NOT Happy; then No One is :) )

I have to be careful to express myself better. These things would not cause me to pick one cruise line, or one restaurant over another. But I do know that these things are important to DW. In fact, we went to a fancy restaurant several months ago. One of the first things she commented on was that there were no tablecloths. Now we don't often do fine dining. But when we do, she expects the fine things.

 

But I digress. Although these things are not as important to me I know that she appreciates these things. And like you say keeping DW happy makes the whole family happy. Actually IMO, DH keeping DW happy and DW keeping DH happy really keeps everyone happy.