Not to go to Spain for Christmas and new year

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My husband goes to Spain on Monday for work for the next 3/4 weeks depending on weather etc... His work has offered to pay for myself and our son (19months) to fly out to Spain to join him over the Christmas period.

I am 18 weeks pregnant and really don't fancy flying to Barcelona by myself with my son and then having an hour drive to where my hubby is working. I also have my 20 week scan on the 28th and my son has no passport.

The hotel my hubby is staying in is business not family orientated, doesn't serve dinner till 8pm - my son goes to sleep at 6pm.

Oh and whenever I have been away with my hubby on business before I have been bored stupid and can't think how I will entertain my son all day while my hubby works and then being stuck in the hotel room from 6pm onwards with a sleeping toddler.

Am I only seeing problems and should I just suck it up and go or do I have a point?

Maybe a long weekend but I wouldn't fancy doing that for more than a couple of days. Will he have anytime off at all?

I wouldn't really fancy it but if you don't go can your DH come home for Christmas or would you have to spend it apart? That would be the deciding factor for me I think.

I would love to go to Barcelona for Christmas and New Year! But, if I were pregnant, had no passport, had a scan booked, had a young son and the hotel wasn't child friendly it would rapidly lose it's appeal! I'd probably give it a miss!!

Well you can't possibly go because your DS has no passport. Christmas is moments away - you have no chance of getting one unless you do the going there in person thing. I'm assuming there's a Plan B - family, friends etc - for Christmas?

What you've described sounds pretty isolated and dull, but it means your DH is stuck out working over Christmas and new year if you don't go.

Ah well, can't be helped

If he's any kind of DH he won't mind sacrificing seeing you and your DS so you can both have a relaxed and more pleasant time at home over Christmas. Will you be able to go and see family if you're here?

S'a bit shit though, for all of you.

Thanks guys... Hubby's work is actually pretty great, he just threw a huff at me today which is why I started to doubt my decision. He should be home on Christmas Day, flying in on the 24th and back out on the 26th. Originally the job was meant to finish on the 22nd but there have already been weather delays... The delights of shipping! We do have plans with his parents for Christmas which I will be going to alone if he doesn't make it home.

We also talked it out and I think he just thought I would enjoy an expensive paid trip to a hotel, without thinking it though.