Remember the post about H going to Vegas with his friends? I am down with it. I think he needs time for himself, and we can swing the money.
But for the past 2 days, he's been saying he really doesn't want to go. He's just not really a Vegas kind of guy, you know? Not a big spender, not a show watcher, not a gambler, not a golfer. He's not into strip clubs and he'll be going with a bunch of super strict Protestants who are even less into that scene. I'm not really sure why they chose Vegas as their destination as it is very out of character for most of them. He's digging around for books, because he sees a lot of hanging out in the hotel, and he's sort of stressing out about the potential money spent. To be super cheap, he got really cr*ppy flights, and doesn't relish that part either (2 hour layovers, 6 hours total each way, and returning at 2:30 AM on Monday).
He just wants to cancel. I say NO. The main reason he signed up this time was because he reneged on their GTG last time. They will hate him (and me!) if he reneges again. He just doesn't know what he'll DO there, and just sees it as an expensive, pointless 4 days. I say he should have thought of that before he committed AND purchased the plane tickets.
WDYT?
ETA: His flight is today at 2:00.
Re: Update on H's Vegas trip
Ironic, isn't it??
I hope he goes and enjoys himself. Surely they will find something enjoyable to do.
And I bet next time he'll try hard to figure out something the whole family can do, even if not a lavish vacation.
Alex (11/14/06) and Nate (5/25/10)
"Want what you have, do what you can, be who you are." - Rev. Forrest Church
This is exactly how my DH would be too. He should just go. He already has plane tickets and is leaving today. Tell him to budget like $100 to spend at the casino and then stop playing. He should just go, relax, hang with his friends. If all he wants to do is read, then read! It'll give him such a mind-refresher to get away.
Also, I hear The Beatles Love Cirque du Soleil is fantastic.
after the stink he made about going, if he's serious now about not wanting to, I'd give him a poke in the eye.
what a jerk.
hello- you laid out your preferences and priorities, now you must roll with them.
nothing more awesome that forsaking a family trip for a personal one, and then whining that you won't enjoy it once it's too late!
and leave the books at home.
PS - it is not ironic that strict protestants want to go to Vegas. That's why Vegas is flush with cash.
He should go. There are plenty of free and cheap things to do in Vegas. I should know, I always lose my money early and have to occupy myself while my friends are losing their money.
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
He's feeling guilty. But they should be able to have a good time. The thing about Vegas is that anything you ever wanted to eat/buy/do is there in a tiny radius.
Yeah, it's guilt. A few nights ago, ML started crying when we talked about his being gone for 4 days. She hasn't since, but TB brought it up (without crying) many times, and asked H to stay home. Since then, H has been not wanting to go, and started thinking about all the things in Vegas he really wouldn't enjoy.
Anyway, he left. I'm sure he'll change his mind when he sees his boys.
Of course he has to go! After all the fuss he made about going, there is no option for not going now.
However, I'm a b!tch and I'd hope he had a really sh!tty time. That'd serve him right!
totally, dude- this update upped his douche factor at LEAST 29% I hope a stripper gets something gross on him. ( but he doesn't LIKE strippers.........)