I don't know how to feel about this, because I can sort of see her point of view, but I don't totally agree with it. We are doing a sort of two-part honeymoon - we went on a short trip to Bali straight after the wedding, but we are going to Europe next year as what was meant to be our 'real' honeymoon that we ended up being too stressed to plan. Bali was easy because we had been multiple times before and I could plan it in my sleep, whereas Europe was going to be a much more expensive, longer and complicated trip that needed a lot more research, and in the midst of wedding planning, I just didn't have the bandwidth to devote to planning a trip that big. So our original honeymoon will take place on our anniversary instead. We're planning the UK, France and Italy.

I do have to admit that I've been getting anxious about it, given what's been going down fairly regularly in Europe/UK lately. Especially as we would be frequenting the types of places that would be targets. I feel nervous in Bali sometimes too, given what happened there too. And frankly, I would be a bit wary visiting the US again, given how pathetically common mass shootings are there.

I'm not going to stop traveling out of fear, but I'm still going to feel that fear, unfortunately. And it feels like it's just getting worse. If I skipped our big Europe trip on the idea that things might get better one day, I honestly don't think they ever will. We are just going to go and try our hardest to enjoy the moment.