Her Husband Is Always “Insufferable” During Their Trips, So She Planned A Solo Vacation To France, And Now All Of Her In-Laws Are Furious
This thirty-year-old woman and her husband, who is thirty-three, have been together for about nine years now.
And when they first started dating, the pair apparently discussed what was most important to them in life: traveling.
“Unfortunately, though, we just have different ideas of what traveling is,” she said.
For context, she works remotely but makes six figures a year. So, to her, the paycheck is entirely worth it.
On top of that, she gets insane benefits. Most notably, she is entitled to one month of paid time off every single year– a perk that is practically unheard of in the United States.
So, with all of that paid time off, she likes to travel the world and visit places she has never been to before.
Now, her husband does have a similar work schedule. Well, similar in that it is unique. More specifically, he gets to work for two months at a time; then, he receives the following month off.
“With every new site, we get to move to another state, and that is his favorite thing,” she explained.
And even though her husband gets paid a lot less than she does, he honestly does not care– because to him, moving around the U.S. is his ultimate dream.
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Anyway, she used to align all of her vacation days with the months her husband had off in the past. That way, they could travel together as a couple.
This year, however, she deliberately scheduled her vacation days during a month that her husband will be working.
And according to her, she did this because her husband has always acted like a child during travels abroad.
It all began during their first year of dating when they wanted to do something small for their first trip. So, she and her husband traveled to some of the national parks, and they both had a wonderful time.
In fact, she claims that the parks were gorgeous, and her husband loved the trip just about as much as she did.
Then, the following year, they decided to take a trip to England. And it was during that trip that she learned that her husband was “insufferable” during trips abroad.
According to her, all her husband did was complain about literally everything. She claimed the trip was a total nightmare, and after she could not take his incessant complaining any longer, she actually just cut the trip short and took her husband home.
At the time, though, she figured that perhaps her husband just did not enjoy England as a country. So, she decided to try visiting other countries with him over the next three years– including Italy, Greece, and China.
To her complete shock, though, her husband still hated everything! So, she ended up feeling over it, gave up, and just told her husband that he was responsible for planning their next vacation.
Well, her husband ended up taking her to Disneyland, Las Vegas, Florida, and his hometown. In other words, nowhere outside of the continental United States.
Still, she never complained about any of her husband’s vacation spot choices. Instead, she claims to have gone into them with an open mind and attempted to enjoy everything they had to offer.
By the time she returned home, though, she had recalled always feeling a bit cheated out of an experience.
“I mean, I haven’t really gotten to enjoy one of my vacations in five years, and I feel like I am missing out,” she vented.
So, this year, she decided to schedule a vacation to France in January– when her husband does not have off. And according to her, it’s not like this plan was ever a secret.
In fact, she reportedly told her husband that she planned to fly to France alone from the start. But, it appears that her husband assumed she had been joking this entire time because now he is actually begging her not to go.
Apparently, her husband is claiming that he will miss her too much. She thinks that’s ridiculous, though, because she is only going to be gone for two weeks.
She is not even using the full month of paid time off in France and actually plans to spend the other two weeks at home with her husband.
Most importantly, though, she simply just wants to enjoy a vacation and soak up the French culture without worrying about her husband’s attitude. If you could not have guessed it, though, her husband was not cool with that.
Instead, he actually threw a temper tantrum when she reiterated that she was still going on that solo vacation– especially because her boss had already approved the time off.
Then, her husband claimed that she “might as well just stay in France” before calling his mother and getting her involved in the situation.
So, she was forced to deal with a screaming call from her mother-in-law an hour later and had to explain herself all over again.
And now, her husband’s entire family knows about the situation and is actually arguing with one another over her vacation! Even her mother-in-law and father-in-law are taking sides.
In turn, she just feels like the entire situation has gotten way too out of hand, and she is worried that she is to blame for starting familial drama. So, she has been left wondering if planning a vacation out of the country without her husband makes her a jerk or not.
Do you think it is worth it to spend money on vacations if you know your spouse is going to ruin it? Isn’t spending time apart sometimes good for married couples anyway? Can you understand why she wanted to travel to France alone? If you were in her shoes, how would you reconcile this situation?
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