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I think anybody who takes extended trips who have children at home being looked after by there spouse  should swap places & let there spouse go on the extended trip & they look after the kids !!!!!!  No matter how it is sugared up it is simply selfish & shirking your responsibilities.....I am sorry but I don't buy it,  if you are man enough to have kids than be man enough & take responsibility of them.  If your single go for it....  but if you have a family it's a whole different ball game !!!:confused1:
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I think anybody who takes extended trips who have children at home being looked after by there spouse should swap places & let there spouse go on the extended trip & they look after the kids !!!!!! No matter how it is sugared up it is simply selfish & shirking your responsibilities.....I am sorry but I don't buy it, if you are man enough to have kids than be man enough & take responsibility of them. If your single go for it.... but if you have a family it's a whole different ball game !!!:confused1: |
What if your spouse simply wants to stay home, with you and be a family or maybe go on holiday all together? You're projecting.
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No thats is how it should be !!! What I am saying it is wrong for one spouse to go off for prolong periods while the other is left at home (usually the women) I have raised 3 children & before I was married had been to over 60 countries...but once married I never ventured anywhere without my wife for longer than 3 weeks ( I have been married for 25 years) & at times we have been overseas we took our kids with us.
All the spouses that are left behind with a fake smile on there face waving there other half goodbye as they leave on another great adventure, need a medal for acting as I bet deep inside they would wish to be going off somewhere as a family.
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They don't need a "medal for acting", they need a kick up the slats for not saying what they really want.
Generally, I get where you're coming from though. I waited 'til my brood had grown up and flown the coup before adventuring. Now, my wife flies out to rendezvous with me wherever I'm traveling; Athens two years ago and Marrakech last year on my Morocco trip for example, and we get to spend some time together. It's going to be tough on the longer trips that I've got planned to more remote places but as long as I help her to do what she wants (she's into heritage so museums and stuff), then I get to do my thing.
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I think anybody who takes extended trips who have children at home being looked after by there spouse should swap places & let there spouse go on the extended trip & they look after the kids !!!!!! No matter how it is sugared up it is simply selfish & shirking your responsibilities.....I am sorry but I don't buy it, if you are man enough to have kids than be man enough & take responsibility of them. If your single go for it.... but if you have a family it's a whole different ball game !!!:confused1: |
Dont know what ball game you are refering to 
Implisit you asume when going away me and others like me dont take care of our kids or the misses. I cannot disagree more. My wife and I give and take reciproctal. To be explicit, it involves me staying at home when she is away, and of course the other way around. You just have to man up and deal with that 
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