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"  How far would you go to save a crumbling relationship? Well, some couples are going very far indeed\u2014traveling far away from home, that is, in a last-ditch effort to make things work. Called &amp;quot;Hail-mary-moons&amp;quot; by  The New York Times today  (and also known as &amp;quot;save-cations&amp;quot;), these trips are meant to give couples one (maybe final) hurrah together to rekindle the romance and put their relationships back on track. You might remember that Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston may have taken one such trip\u2014they went to Anguilla together right before they announced their split. I took a Hail-mary-moon of sorts myself years and years ago, though I didn&amp;#039;t go into the trip with a set intention to work on my relationship with my then-boyfriend. We went to San Francisco for the weekend and, as we went shopping, out to dinner, and even met up with my San-Fran-dwelling BFF for brunch, I just felt an overwhelming urge to get the eff out of there. Everything the guy said became cause to pick a fight. Plus, all he wanted to do was hit expensive clothing stores\u2014so he could buy stuff for himself\u2014and I got really damn tired of following him around pretending to care about clothes I could never afford. Clearly, we had different priorities, on that weekend and in life. Thus, spending three consecutive days together, alone (save a quick meal with my pal), was, well, excruciating. Minute by minute, I became more irritated and more certain that this was not the guy I wanted to spend my life with. (As we waited to board the flight back home, I remember bringing up the idea of having an open relationship which, to me, was another sure sign I wanted out, now.) Personally, I think that taking trip is an excellent way to see if your union is worth saving. Mainly because vacations rock and if you can&amp;#039;t be happy together in an amazing new place, not working, not sitting in traffic everyday, drinking blended cocktails with little straws in them, then you can&amp;#039;t be happy anywhere, IMHO. So, you&amp;#039;ll either fall back in love and realize how much you want things to work, or you&amp;#039;ll spend the whole vaycay wishing you were somewhere else, with someone else, as I did on that last trip with my ex. At the very least, you know you tried, right? But, we gotta ask you: Have you ever taken a hail-mary-moon? Did it work? Want more from Natasha? Follow her on Twitter or find her on Facebook. Photo: INF "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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