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[quote=Anonymous]I got back from a quick trip yesterday. DH and DS picked me up at the airport. We went and had a late lunch/early dinner. DS, 7, cuddled the entire time we were in the booth. We go home and I cuddled with DS while watching a TV show. He wanted me to play the game he made up but I said no because I was tired and not really capable of focusing that much. We went for a walk and looked at Christmas lights. we watched some football together. Read to DS and hung out in his room as he fell asleep. Today will be some Christmas activities that we enjoy together after school. And we will play the game he made up.

I enjoyed the time with DS but find that I need to set the terms, ie I am tired from traveling so there are certain things we can do, pretty much anything that does not require much thinking on my part, and a few others that we need to wait for.

We handle things on a case by case basis. When DH was gone helping with his dying Father I knew that he would be emotionally and physically spent when he got home. If one of us is gone on travel that is farther away, like 12 hours or more, then there is less of an expectation that the traveling parent is going to be on when they walk in the door. And our version of on is different then some peoples here. I would not expect a jet lagged parent to handle transportation to events within a few hours of returning home. But time hanging with the family and chilling is expected. [/quote]

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