A dad wants to skip out on a trip to the in-laws to hang with a friend. The Goodfather has some thoughts.
We’re planning holiday travel to the in-laws now and dealing with budgeting and booking. Damn it’s expensive. But when I’ve been planning I’ve been thinking what if I just dropped the wife and kids off? My wife never wants to leave her house and is happy eating cookies and sitting by the fire watching kids movies. I’m not into it. I get lectured, drawn into weird conversations about the best TV shows , and pulled aside to talk politics.
What’s different, though, is that you have a wife and children and it sounds as if you are proposing a solo adventure. This is where things start to feel a little bit selfish and self-centered. Yes, you’re only proposing an absence of two days, but that’s a big chunk of the time you would have otherwise been spending with the extended clan. It’s not that I think they can’t live without you. I just wonder how everyone would feel about your absence.
Also keep in mind that, while it looks like your wife is having a grand old time eating bonbons and enthusing on the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, there’s probably plenty she’s dealing with. Her parents and siblings have their own baggage, and she may need you around for support. It’s good to have someone on your team. If you take off, you’re leaving her to take on the lectures, and TV show and Trump talks.
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