We Just Need Some Time Alone

It happens in every relationship. Sooner or later, especially when you have kids, two people in a relationship need to spend time isolated from others. That's how we stay connected to our significant others or spouses. If we allow too many distractions in, then the next thing we know we're focused on parallel but separate lives and things start to go wrong. Reid Stowe seems to understand this principle all too well. He's planned a getaway for himself and his girlfriend that can end only one of two ways: marriage or death.

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Mr. Stowe plans to sail around the world three times in 1,000 days without making any stops, no port calls, and no walking on solid ground. Interestingly, he's planning on taking his girlfriend along for the trip, and all I can say about that is that 1,000 days is a long time at sea. Let's do the quick math. One thousand days is just shy of three years. Is this guy insane?

Three years with no "I need to work late tonight." Heck. Three years without even a chance to go to work in the first place. Anyway, it says that they've tried to plan for every contingency. They've both learned first aid, learned to set broken bones, and learned to stitch cuts. I'm just wondering if he's learned anything about how to deliver a baby.

I know what he's thinking. I'm a guy. I can read between the lines. Mr. Stowe is 55. His girlfriend is 23. He's figuring on lot's a playtime. There's nothing else to do when you're stuck on the ocean for three years. At least that's what he thinks because that's how guys think.

I guarantee you that if you asked 100 guys what they would do if they were stuck on a deserted island with a sexy, younger woman, 95 of them would say that they'd be practicing for marriage. The other five would be hoping a cute boy showed up to rescue them, but ultimately they're still thinking the same thing. The women on the other hand would be thinking that they could get a great tan if that guy would quit blocking the sun.

I'll be interested to see whether these two end up with a kid born at sea and a marriage that lasts forever or if she slits his throat late one night, feeds his body to the sharks, and tells the Peruvian Coast Guard that he had an unfortunate encounter with a rogue white whale. I'm betting on the latter if he doesn't get that libido under control. After all, he's got nearly a year's worth of weeks where her hormones are going to be out of control, and he'll have nowhere to hide.