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OP here.

Thank you for your support and advice.

95% of the time, I organize our family life exactly how I want. I'm usually very good with communicating in a constructive and informational way, and he usually is very good with accepting logical arguments. Cold reason is the only thing that works with him. However the other 5% of the time, he doesn't think rationally and so I can't reach him. The problem is that they always occur in critical situations when we need to work as a team. It is a pattern, as a PP surmised. It occurred during previous big trips elsewhere, for example, and ruined part of them! It has also occurred for other unusual happenings. I suspect DH cannot handle being put in unknown situations (as well as committing to and paying for them!) and that is why he freaks out and engages in puerile behavior during those times.

For right now, he has seen the light in that he is working on his own version of the trip, which is great because he will realize what kind of logistical and time constraints my father was working with. I will come back this afternoon and see whether his plan is practical, and if it is we'll take it!

The broader question, as PP pointed out, is whether at some point during this trip, he will do another of his freak-outs. Unfortunately, he probably will, and since it will be over some minor thing, who knows when it will occur. [/quote]

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