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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, that’s a weird expectation. It’s a work trip. She’s there to do work. I don’t get it. Are you supposed to take PTO every time she’s on travel? Since her plans require you to travel too, I would say no way, not happening. She’ll miss the kids. I always do. She’ll survive as we all do.

If it were a one-off, like she’s traveling to Orlando, then…maybe? Just maybe. [/quote]

OP here. I have a semi-flexible work situation (work for myself), so it's technically possible, but it would add much more stress and be quite disruptive for me. It just seems like it's asking a lot for maybe an hour or two a day at most of facetime with the kids during work days while on these trips. [/quote]

I work for myself, so I have some flexibility, but I would absolutely never go on one of my H’s work trips with the kids. There’s absolutely no way you’re going to get any work done on these trips and you would effectively have to take the time off of work. Trying to work on a laptop in a hotel room with two screaming kids is absolute hell.

No is a complete sentence. If she can’t be away from your DCs, she needs to decline work trips or find another job. [/quote]

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