I asked W this morning if she told D to ask me if she was going on vacation with us. She told me she didn't say that, but when D asked her if she was going, she said she didn't know. D asked her when or how she would know if she was coming along. W told her that it would be up to Dad and D ran with it from there on her own.
W said this morning that she "thought it would be easier on the kids if she went along, but that she understood if I didn't want her to go and didn't think it would be much fun anyway."
She said one of the kids told her that if only one of us was going on the trip, they would rather it be me because I do all of the fun stuff like fishing, golfing and campfires. She understood that and said that this is my kind of vacation. Hers is the beach in Florida or somewhere exotic.
She said maybe she could come for just a couple of days.
She said, "Let's decide later."
I said, "When?"
She said, "Well you're going, right?"
I said, "I'm planning on it."
She said, "Well then we don't need to decide right now."
I told her I'd think about it. I guess I am going to tell her that I don't want her to come along at all.
She seems completely fine with not going. Last week and over the week-end, I thought maybe she was starting to crack a bit, but today she is back to her old stoic self.
You guys are all right about this. I'll tell her no trip and get some of my family to come along instead.
