(1) You're wife wouldn't mind you going off to paradise with a group of singles, acting like singles often act when hundereds of miles from home?
(2) You'd rather go with Singles than a mixed group - from your LDS or local club?
The answer was so obvious that I never thought of it, and I don't think anyone ever explained it to me. I feel like someone just turned a light one for me.
Sounds good to me. not a problem with the wife.
As for the mixed group the problem is exactly what you describe. {When the diving is over, the couples gather for dinner and activities, and the single guy becomes an outsider.} Although married, the trip ends up a group of couples and i'm the third wheel.
In my defense, I have not been married in decades, so I have only a vague memory of that experiment. But now that I see, heck yes - Single Marrieds are fine with me.
Unmarried Couples are a different deal, though. What about them on a Singles trip?