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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.

She lands at 3 at IAD. I'm going. I had to arrange for someone to pick the kids up at after care but it was under the guise of she's been away for two weeks and it's VD.

You'd be surprised to learn how many women think it's somehow a miracle that a dad can handle the kids by himself for two weeks. The response are always the same "Ohh, you are a saint! I hope you have some time off planned!" or " My husband would never do that. Would you teach him?" and then flirty eyes. I can tell you one thing, their husbands would not be happy with the way their wives look at me.

Anyway, last I heard from her was a text last night (her morning) saying: "leaving for airport, will text when changing planes in Tokyo. Tell kids happy Valentines Day"

That was it. No, "Thanks!" "Can't wait to see you!" "Looking forward to being home!" Nothing.

Something tells me I'm not going to like what I see at Dulles.[/quote]

NP. You sound a bit bitter and resentful. Not saying it's not deserved, but you may want to think about whether it's also seeping into your communications with her and affecting your relationship.

As for the original question, I travel frequently for work (7-13 days at a time) and never do 24 hours go by without at least multiple texts with my DH. We speak by phone for at least 10 minutes on 60-75% of the days I'm gone, usually last thing I do before I go to sleep. I also try to Skype with my son for an hour if I'm gone over a weekend (he's 2.5 but I keep his attention by taking a few of his trains with me so we can "play" over Skype or FaceTime; this gives my husband an hour to have coffee and scroll through his twitter feed in peace). I.e. just cause I'm away we don't stop being a team. And of course some temptation is sometimes there but...pfffft. The work people can't hold a candle to my family.

Good luck OP.
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