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10 Things That Happen When You Take Your First Trip as a Couple

Taking your first trip with your dude is undoubtedly one of the biggest relationship milestones you can experience. Your wanderlust is guaranteed to skyrocket as the warm weather winds down, so it's the perfect time to strike out together as a team and figure out if you've got what it takes to last. Here are 10 things that you're bound to deal with as you broaden your horizons together. One of you will get sick. Let's jump right in and discuss one of the biggest disasters that can happen while traveling: illness, especially of the food-borne variety. Combine new cuisines with jetlag and you'll very likely get a stomach flu wreaking havoc on one (or both!) of your systems. Sharing a toilet isn't exactly the picture of romance, but taking care of each other can be very sweet. Delays are going to happen. Maybe you have to go back to the hotel because you forgot your passport, or perhaps your train got bumped for another few hours and you're stuck in a grim station without any Wi-Fi. If you can find a way to keep a cool head—or laugh at your "we're going to miss our flight!!!" meltdown—you're golden. Your

Taking your first trip with your dude is undoubtedly one of the biggest relationship milestones you can experience. Your wanderlust is guaranteed to skyrocket as the warm weather winds down, so it's the perfect time to strike out together as a team and figure out if you've got what it takes to last. Here are 10 things that you're bound to deal with as you broaden your horizons together.

  1. One of you will get sick. Let's jump right in and discuss one of the biggest disasters that can happen while traveling: illness, especially of the food-borne variety. Combine new cuisines with jetlag and you'll very likely get a stomach flu wreaking havoc on one (or both!) of your systems. Sharing a toilet isn't exactly the picture of romance, but taking care of each other can be very sweet.

Delays are going to happen. Maybe you have to go back to the hotel because you forgot your passport, or perhaps your train got bumped for another few hours and you're stuck in a grim station without any Wi-Fi. If you can find a way to keep a cool head—or laugh at your "we're going to miss our flight!!!" meltdown—you're golden.

Your iPhones will take a backseat. When you're jolted out of your work-work-work mind-set, you get to see each other with new, technology-free eyes. It's refreshing to not be so connected all the time.

You will feel drunk in love. There's nothing better than that moment when you lock eyes and feel overcome with excitement that you're on this specific trip with this specific guy. If you don't feel even an inkling of that the entire trip, just enjoy a lot of pina coladas and maybe reevaluate when you get home.

You'll get really, really lost. Don't panic! Try to see it as an opportunity to make some thrilling discoveries on the way to your eventual destination.

__His little habits will drive you nuts.__I promise, his tendency to tap out beats on the steering wheel isn't worthy of doing something that will qualify you for an episode of Snapped. Breathe through it.

__Your weird quirks will do the same.__Take any general vacation crankiness as part for the course. As soon as you see another amazing landmark, you'll probably trade your annoyance for awe.

You will reinforce your belief that vacation sex trumps all. Something about going away together will send your libidos through the roof! Make the most of it while it lasts—try as you might, you can't just pack up that vibe in your suitcase and bring it home (wait, who do I need to talk to so this can actually be a possibility?).

The adventures you take will bring you closer. Not to sound like a contestant on The Bachelor, but trying scary new things together will only make you fall deeper in love. Research even shows taking risks as a couple releases hormones that boost your relationship.

You'll figure out your strengths and weaknesses. Does one of you get a little panicky while the other maintains a cool head? Are you the star navigator while he knows the language better and can communicate with the locals? Discovering how you complement each other is one of the best parts of the whole experience.

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Did you take any fun trips with your guy this summer? If not, where do you wish you had gone?__