Wife booked week long vacation

Read 10000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne. It's a long read that will totally immerse you in the undersea world, and you'll forget all about your week with the in-laws.

Kill time by getting ready for the 'thon. 5 x 18 miles. 5 times.

Let this "adventure" burn in your brain so that it never happens again.

My wife and I put an end to the "in-law vacation" early on. We were equidistant from both of our families, burning all of our vacation time and 10% of our limited income on travel visits. True story - we didn't get a visit from either family for 5 years after we stopped traveling to them.

If we go for a visit together, we NEVER stay with family.

PS agree with the other poster who said that it was a "trip" and not a "vacation"!

See if there are any local attractions in the area. Museums, historical/culture sites, maybe some community event, concerts, breweries. That's what I like to do when I'm on a vacation with lame, annoying people, just get out and do my own thing.

stuckwithfv3 wrote:

Kill some time by doing the 100/100/100 challenge. 100 miles & 100 beers in 100 hours.

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or read "The Razor's Edge" by Somerset Maugham- underrated, great read.

There is no shortage of good books to choose from.

Pick a genre and google "best of".

You won't be disappointed...

brother's karamozov (dostoyevsky)

Why did you select such a terrible wife?

mellow seeds wrote:

Why did you select such a terrible wife?

Hold on. We still haven't seen her pics. Or her older sister or mom.

Angelo Mysterioso wrote:

There is no shortage of good books to choose from.

Pick a genre and google "best of".

You won't be disappointed...

I can't believe you dweebs think hiding in the other room reading a book is somehow socially acceptable. Look, no one is a bigger introvert than me, but you need a better game plane than burying your nose in a book. Haven't you ever heard of feigning illness?

Then you can lie in bed reading all day.

Are the inlaws that bad? Am I just lucky?

Mine are French and usually visits mean her father offering me lots of wine, good alcohol, cooking extravagant meals and wanting to drink and watch sports or talk music.

Her mother lives at a ski cottage, so basically I run, ski all day then come home and drink / eat with her mom and step dad.

Vacations with her folks aren't so bad...

What makes these so rough??

Spend your time reading up on camping, shopping for camping gear online and looking for good spots to go camping/backpacking within a day's drive from where you live. Once you get past the start up costs, camping will forever be the vacation that is cheaper than going to your in-laws.

She's into...the menage !

laugh tracks = the decline of civilization

How bad is it? wrote:

Are the inlaws that bad? Am I just lucky?

Mine are French and usually visits mean her father offering me lots of wine, good alcohol, cooking extravagant meals and wanting to drink and watch sports or talk music.

Her mother lives at a ski cottage, so basically I run, ski all day then come home and drink / eat with her mom and step dad.

Vacations with her folks aren't so bad...

What makes these so rough??

That's because the French know how to live. Americans are an uptight bunch.

Fyi, I dated a French woman as well and visited her parents in France. My experience was much like yours, except only her dad spoke good enough English and I don't speak French.

You need a routine man.

Run every morning. Then she can do something with her parents while you stay home with the kids. Be a "nice guy"... tell her to go to a quiet breakfast with her parents.

Dude, sex nightly. This is not negotiable. She may play the "it feels weird, I can't" card but she had no problem banging all those dudes in HS in her childhood home. Why is it an issue not.

Get your miles in. Hit it often.

Why is this so hard?

Wantfastresults wrote:

You need a routine man.

Run every morning. Then she can do something with her parents while you stay home with the kids. Be a "nice guy"... tell her to go to a quiet breakfast with her parents.

Dude, sex nightly. This is not negotiable. She may play the "it feels weird, I can't" card but she had no problem banging all those dudes in HS in her childhood home. Why is it an issue not.

Get your miles in. Hit it often.

Why is this so hard?

Yea, that's call marital rape, a-hole. Don't force your wife to have sex when she doesn't want to. Generally, you are a crappy husband/partner if you can't arouse your wife.