My husband left on a business trip. He only told me he was going yesterday afternoon. I was already…

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My husband left on a business trip. He only told me he was going yesterday afternoon. I was already exhausted from the morning's preparations for my middle child's fall festival at kindergarten, as well as styling my eldest's hair and outfit for her piano recital. I had just gotten home when he "surprised" me. It turns out he's been away for 1.5–2 weeks at a time, consistently, for the last couple of trips. This time, there wasn't even a real business need; he and his colleague just really wanted to go sightseeing in Italy and see the Suez Canal. He also explained that his food and drinks would be covered by the company, he'd get per diem, and double pay for weekends during those weeks. All of this is great, of course, but for me, it means 2 weeks of being a hamster on a wheel, with no vacation, having to cook more, and planning activities for my eldest... How many times have I threatened that when he gets back, I'll go to a spa for the whole day with my friends, and he can figure out how to manage feeding, walks, diaper changes, and bedtime for the kids on his own, while I finally get to rest for more than 1.5 hours (which is the maximum time I've spent without them, usually just for a facial or a manicure) after not having a break in the last year. Everything is still just talk for now; I haven't gone anywhere in the end, but I really feel like it. If you were in my shoes, would you treat yourself to a well-deserved day off from the kids, or am I just being unreasonable and is it normal to live without a break when you have 3+ kids?
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Nadezda
Of course, you're welcome. It's not great when things happen like this.
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GLAF
You can't afford it, but he can!
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Bykonya Anna
Well, if he's really going to handle it and not just bail on everything, leaving you with hungry kids and a mess, then allow yourself to relax 😉
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Natalya
Bykonya Anna I think he'll ask my mom to help him out 😆
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Natalya
GLAF Why not, just once?
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Natalya
These are my children, it doesn't feel like a sacrifice at all.
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Mataxari
Yes, of course. I’d go myself for a week to see the Suez Canal
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Natalya
Nadezda I'm thinking, what about the wives of military men or truck drivers? For some, this is normal life, so why am I so tired?
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Natalya
Mataxari Not a budget story, unless it's for work
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Mataxari
Mataxari I don't know anything. I have emotional trauma. And the doctor prescribed a trip 🤣
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Natalya
I wasn't really trying to get out much, and he was fine with it. I just need to lay down the law: Mom's day off, Dad's day with the kids.
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Nadezda
Nadezda Why compare yourself to others?
My husband spends all his free time with us, but I can get tired too.
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Svetlana
Well, if it works out for you, that's wonderful. If only everything were that simple.
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lanochka
Who's stopping you from doing what you want?
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Barkova Lena
Everyone feels this way, and those who don't are just lying.
My husband is going on a business trip to St. Petersburg on Monday. I said, 'Let's go, I'll come and stay with you in a hotel for a couple of days.' He said, 'If you want, I'll pay for it, and you can go by yourself.' I said, 'What about the kids?' He said, 'You'll take them with you)))))
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Natalya
After all, he is working there, not on vacation alone. It's just that for me, on maternity leave, any change of scenery, especially when there are no kids to manage, already feels like something illicit 😆
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Natalya
Barkova Lena Handsome!
Sometimes I think my husband is my karma; I need to learn to love myself from him.
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Pozdnyakova Yuliya
I'm not really one to threaten things I'm not prepared to follow through on. I would have calmly gone where I needed to go and not even thought twice about it. In fact, that's what I did when my daughter was little, even though my husband didn't have any work trips.
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Mashenka
She calmly left for three days with her friend, while her husband stayed home with their four children. Now she's heading to Egypt to relax.
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