most of our marriage planning these days revolves around the LS calendar, is that healthy or are we hollow
wine, late, gonna ask the dumb thing. m51 f49, married 23 yrs, in the LS since 2007. so like 18 yrs of this. and i was looking at our shared google calendar tonight, the actual 2026 calendar, and out of the things we have planned together as a couple — vacations, anniversaries, getaways, friend stuff — like 80% of it is LS adjacent. cruise in march (LS). desire in may (LS). cabin weekend in july with the regulars (LS). big anniversary trip in october which we're half planning around a lifestyle takeover. even our 4 night getaway in feb is to a city where we're meeting up with a couple. our two non-LS items are thanksgiving with my family and a wedding in june. we used to plan our life around other things. travel for travels sake. hiking trips. wine country with non-LS friends. concerts. now the lifestyle is the SPINE of our calendar and everything else fits around it. is that ok. like genuinely. ppl say the LS shouldn't be the center of your marriage and i used to nod along to that. but after 18 yrs its just... a huge part of how we have fun together and how we maintain our social life. its not just sex, its our travel, its our friends, its the way we connect. when ppl ask what we did this weekend, we lie about most of it bc its all LS. but then i think — if we deleted the LS from our life tomorrow we'd have... what. a quiet calendar. a small circle of vanilla friends we've neglected for years. a marriage that would suddenly be like... what do you wanna do this saturday and neither of us would have an answer. is that hollow. or is that just what a long marriage at our age looks like when ppl think theyre living a "normal" suburban life and we just happen to have a different center. want honest answers from other 15+ yr LS marriages. is the LS being your center after this long a sign of integration or a sign youve let it take over