I am married 4 years and even I think 3 minutes is not enough. How do you recon you are fine with 3 minutes? Its nothing when you have to be away for a long time.. unless you're used to this kind of lifestyle then I can understand that you and your loved ones are used to it.
No i meant to reply to FlyingSquid. They said 3 minutes is too long to hug a pillow. But my point is if you're going away for a long time 3 minutes with your wife and kids doesn't even begin to be enough.