hi guys! Quick question about spending holidays away from your partner. My boyfriend and I have been dating for over 6 years & living together for 1! My partner is no longer able to go home for Christmas due to work :( I feel bad flying and spending Christmas without him knowing he is back at our apartment alone, however he wants me to be able to spend time with my family. Our families live in the same town and it is a short flight away so there won't be any opportunity for him to see them for the holidays. How do you guys normally deal with spending holidays apart from your partner? Have any of you gone home for the holidays while your partner stayed back and worked? We do not have any children and are not married so it may be different in alternative circumstances for the future

Family comes first to me so I’d go and spend it with them. Especially if you’re living together, what’s a couple days? It sucks but it is what it is. Better luck next year!

Honestly there’s not much point staying with him if he’s just going to be working the whole time. You might as well go home and spend time with family.

I feel like I frequently spend the holidays apart from my partner...in my past relationship we would each go to see our families but there wasn't always time to be together because it was quite busy. In my current relationship my partner frequently works on holidays due to the nature of his job so it's also pretty normal for him to be home alone on Christmas and that type of thing. I don't really worry about it because he's an independent adult who can take care of himself. He usually spends a lot of time with our dog while I'm away and makes nice memories taking him on scenic walks, etc. He would never want me to miss out or feel bad about spending the holidays with my family. In general we are pretty comfortable doing things apart when we have to.