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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to take a two week international business trip next month.  DS is 6 and I am sad thinking about it.  He and I have  been a part a week at a time before.  Never 2 but we'll be ok.

Do what you need to do OP.

Lots of skype and lots of extra hugs be fore and after. [/quote]

Op here. DH has a two week business trip. I was going to go with him. The two weeks will be pretty intense, with events til 9 or 10 pm and so forth. We were going to go for some solo time after.

It's been 7 yrs since we have taken a trip internationally, although we did take 4 days to a resort a few years ago.

Our marriage is on the rocks and we thought this would help.

But I can't stomach being apart from the kids this long.

Its far enough away that it's not really worth going for just the week together. You'd barely get over the jet lag before it would be time to go home.

Glad to have the responses here. As outlandish as some of them were, I totally feel the same way. We bought the tickets a long long time ago when it was all very abstract... As the dates get closer, I wake up in the middle of the night stressing about it. [/quote]

If he's going to be busy until 9 or 10 most nights, I don't see how this trip is going to help your marriage. It will be a fun trip to getaway, but I would have brought the kids along.

You could hang out by the pool with them during the day, watch some movies in between.   Tuck them in and have a romantic room service type dinner with your DH. Since his room will be paid for you guys could pay for an upgrade to a 2 bedroom suite or just get another connecting room for more privacy.

I've been on conference trips with DH ( with kids) and on long nights he's usually pretty exhausted or preparing for the next day.  The kids and I don't expect much time with him, we just enjoy the trip and the sightseeing.

Not trying to bring your hopes down, but I think therapy or an actual real getaway with your DH, perhaps for a weekend, would be better for working on a marriage.

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