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[quote=Anonymous]My family lives in CA, so we have to fly to see them, and we do that more than once a year, so I don't think it's unreasonable that you'd want to visit your family more often.  In order to move forward on this topic, you need to have an open conversation about it.  Does your DH feel like this means he'll see his family less?  Maybe HE doesn't care about that, but perhaps his parents said something to that effect.  Or maybe he just doesn't like change, so this new normal will take a bit to get used to.  Or perhaps he has a bad taste in his mouth from prior interactions with your family.  You've seen the ins and outs of everything that's happened, but he hasn't, so he might not be fully aware of the changes that have taken place.  Rather than going from 0-60 on this topic, which might be how it feels to him, start out by explaining the new situation and seeing how he feels about it.  If he's not willing to be honest and actually tell you his thoughts, then he can act like a child and pout at home while you take the kids by yourself.  But it's possible that there is something prompting his reaction that maybe he isn't even aware of, so you probably need to get that out on the table first.[/quote]

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