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See, here is the thing.  OP does not represent the USG.  Her husband does.  She is just a spouse.[/quote]

Every American outside the US represents America.  People who travel to places they think of as "sh*&tholes" exude a kind of ugly American attitude that the world is better off without.  If OP really feels that way about the next assignment, then it's better for her to stay in the US and develop her own life and meet her husband for several times a year for a week or so at a time.

I don't know why someone would join the foreign service or marry a person in the foreign service and not expect to have to face the choice to travel to these assignments or endure family separations.  It's part of the job.  If your husband was a firefighter, would you complain that he has to sleep at the station when he was on duty?  People join the foreign service thinking it's some kind of roving cocktail party.  It's not.  It's a service branch.  And the US taxpayer doesn't owe you a cushy posting in Paris.  [/quote]

Hello, this woman has been dealing with the needs of the FS for decades.  he question is what selection her DH should designate as his preferred picks for his next posting.  She's not refusing to go wherever she is sen if the FS decides he needs to be placed elsewhere, she's just saying that she believes it's time for her husband to start choosing places that are more appealing to her.  Signing up to be a FS or military wife/husband is one thing.  Signing up to do so and to have the FS ormilitary spouse believe hat they get to call all of the shots when they are given options is another story.  [/quote]

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