For as long as you can take it. For as long as you can honestly say I did my damndest.
Hopefully your ability outlasts her MLC.
Stop trying to satisfy her.
What your doing so far doesn't seem to be working out for you. What can you change to see if a new tactic works?
Talking with her seems to be going poorly, maybe stop?
Have you gotten or read Divorce Busting yet?
Oh yeah... Of course she is going to get upset. You're taking the kids to a park and she is going away with OM. She isn't going to back out of trip with OM, but deep down she probably feels like a piece of crap for it, so you get to bear the brunt of it, since it can't be her fault. Sorry dude, welcome to MLC.
Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn. - C.S. Lewis
Life is usually all about how you handle Plan B. - Jack3Beans
Listen without defending; Speak without offending - FaithinAK