I would be giving up celebrating with daughter on New Years!
Here is my vacation sitch. As you probably know, I am involved in our family business. During the summer months, I go 7 days a week and don't have time for vacations. During the winter, I work for a school district, and I am somewhat locked into taking time off when school is out, Winter break, spring break, that sort of thing. This is why I asked for this particular vacation time from W. Daughter and I would both be home, not working, no school and I wouldn't have to take time off without pay. It just makes sense. And again, wife has already taken her 7 days. I was simply asking for her to return the favor, based on our parenting plan. I wasn't approaching her to negotiate an additional vacation for her, even before I had my initial vacation scheduled. If she would have said, "NO", I could have stomached it better. Her terms, conditions and negotiating is what really puts me off. She makes me feel like she is doing me a favor, and she needs something in return for her efforts. That isn't the case at all.
