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[quote=Anonymous]I get you OP. All summer with a 2 year to entertain sounds like a lot of work.

But I appreciate that you see how helpful this would be to your husband. In that vein, I'd try to figure out how to make it more appealing to you too. Negotiate what you need . . . a two week break at home, or the house has to be close enough to drive easily home for a few days, or an agreement to still do a big trip each summer, etc.

My family bought a beach house 1.5 hours away when I was 11. We got summer jobs there in high school. Now my mom summers there and we go up whenever we can . . . we spent two weeks there this summer. Our middle schooler is starting to get angsty when we want to be away from home for long stretches away from their friends, but I imagine if you start young it will just be the norm. Make sure it's a place with room for friends when they get older.

I guess I'd keep in mind that for your husband, this is about the mental break that summer on the beach will provide. He imagines spending the whole summer there. In reality you'd probably have various reasons to return home for a bit. That's just not part of his fantasy. [/quote]

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