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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  What DW does not get is that I am not reachable during the day.  Period.  And I need the car -- I can not get to my work site without a car, and she is not allowed on the complex.

So for her to accompany me, we would have 1K in airfare (that is what my ticket cost) and 4 days of a second car rental.  So, about $1300.  Plus, she is not working for those three days.  (plus what about the teen)?.

I would blow 1/2 of our family vacation budget and she is the only one getting a vacation.

My wife thinks work travel is glamorous.  I half want to take her so she can see what it is about.[/quote]

Got it. So those of us posting that you can use her interest in traveling as an opening to discuss a real vacation at another time didn't get through to you at all. You'd rather fume at DW and complain to strangers here than actually talk to your wife like an adult, explain that schedule you'll have is totally untenable for a joint trip, and say "Let's plan a trip that isn't a work trip."

Do you have any interest at all in taking a vacation with her at some point?

Do you have larger money issues and that's why you're mad she'd miss three days of her work?

I'm betting you and DW have larger issues than just this one work trip.[/quote]

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