You should beware! Wendy and I had never cruised and, as she said, I'm not a water afficianado. But for our 20th anniversary we did the 7-day PG cruise in 2000. This was supposed to be a "once in a lifetime" thing.

Now we have been on the PG two more times, the second time for a back-to-back. Back-to-back means that we did the 7-day cruise and when the passengers were frog-marched off the ship at the end we stayed on board with a cool drink in our hands and did the same cruise again. Plus we did the Diamond Black Sea cruise in 2004, Voyager Monte Carlo to Dover this summer, and will be on Navigator in the Caribbean this December.

So clearly this crusing thing can get totally out of hand. In addition to the dangers of being totally pampered on a top-class ship, there is an added danger for the PG commonly called the "Polynesian Flu". This is when people decide that French Polynesia is one of if not the most lovely spot on the planet and scheme ways to go back! We certainly have a severe case of it. And at least in Canada our health care system doesn't have a cure.

I'm not sure whether a 44th anniversary makes you two less or more susceptible to these awful and terrifying dangers than newbies like us, who were "only" married for 20 years.

-- David