Living with someone like this for the rest of your life sounds like a real misery. Of course, they can be bothbut then IMHO, that boils down to controlling anyway. When I go Im all about getting to as many different and awesome restaurants as humanly possible, and sitting by a pool with a book, when some of my friends go its about the nightlife, when my husband goes its about the sportsbook (this was my long way of saying that I agree with you). Hello thanks for the comment but I do work I manage over 400 rental properties and Im a professional gardener for a estate. Shed never thought about it because shed only seen the Strip depictions. But its also wildly irrelevant in terms of a OPs business trip. We always have a good laugh when one of my husbands coworkers asks him, You actually let your wife go away without you? My wife is suffering from both major depression and anxiety, and she has her individual sessions to work on her mental health issue and were in marriage counseling to work on ourselves as a couple. Im sure he must have good qualities, but this isnt one of them. Security at casinos is greater than that at Fort Knox. But VEGAS?! I also suggest that he seeks out personal therapy. Not because marriage counseling is likely to stop the abuse you are right, it wont. i went away for a few days for work, but had some cool stories to come home with. This is NOT putting a judgement on those activities, but all of them can and do carry a pretty significant risk load (money spent, possible diseases, lost time, etc) and thats why in general, society rates them as vices. But truly, its a secondary concern here. This is a man who is trying to actively sabotage her career. You could walk up to the bar to order a drink and tell that person you need some assistance and they are on it in seconds. Plus, I like to travel so it was a good excuse. She comes back with cool stories and we have something to talk about besides work and whats for dinner. While we were there, her then-husband called and texted her literally every ten minutes. If your partner has been in therapy for years and isnt making progress, its very possible that their therapist doesnt have the full picture. Thats not out of reluctance to let either one out of their sights, but more because when they have the choice to be together, they will be together, and when its unavoidable, they make do as best they can. Feel free to point out where I did that. Perhaps Allison can clarify and correct if needed? Yet he says he would not even go without me. Im surprised that you specify *rural* Saudi Arabia given that Saudi Arabia is one of the least egalitarian countries in the world, with virtually no freedom of religion. But she did not mention that she had her picture taken with male strippers that she would never told me if hadnt found them. Marketing aside, Vegas is just a metropolitan center, and you dont look lose your morals the second you step off the plane. husband doesn t want to go on family vacationguinness irish stew slow cooker. Copyright 2007 - 2023 Ask A Manager.