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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A DH here who has had to travel for work. Sound like he's new to travel. It'll get old after a while and mabye he'll cut back anyway. My friends claim they're jealous when I mention how often I fly business class to Asia to meet clients. I actually dread it. 20+ hours of traveling each way; terrible jet lag.. No lie-flat seat or champagne and food on board will make up for that. Once a year is fine.. more than that is a slog.

But more importantly, it sounds like you are focused on the moment and assuming it'll remain that way forever. It won't. The kids will be grown up in a year's time and already in full-time preschool/ES by then. Then they'll be in ES, and so on.. It'll just get easier from that perspective. I had one trip once right after our 2nd DC was born.. like DD was a week old. It was an annual business event that I had to attend. DW knew it -- I'd been going to it for years. I arranged help, and left for back home the moment it finished, minimizing to being gone only 3 days. She understood -- we made it work.

Nowadays kids are in ES and it's no big deal if I need to go on a trip. They grow up. You're in a really tough stage, but it's giong to get better.[/quote]

LOL, clueless husband alert. You should ask your DW what she really thinks of your trips.[/quote]

Huh?

NP, but my husband has to travel for work (also to Asia more often than not), and I don't resent him for it. It's his job. We work together to make it work (I also work full-time and travel sometimes). I don't expect him to land over a 40 hour trip home from Guam and be all sunshine and roses. He's exhausted. His time spent away was stressful and not fun. I get it. My work travel is generally much more enjoyable than his and I appreciate it and can understand the difference. [/quote]

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