Ironic that my H said he loved how down to earth and unpretentious I am.
Oh, he still loves it...because you won't ask or demand anything of him, while he goes on being as selfish as he pleases. You'd have to be pretty down to earth to not go ballistic over missing this trip to Europe.
I think maybe it's time to knock him off his smug little game. Of course, like a high school boy, he's trying to get YOU to say it's over because he has no balls, and then he's off "guilt free" in his mind.
I'd respond with something like, I guess it's realistic to assume you're spending Christmas with "OW" then. Let him guess how you know about her, etc.
