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AITAH for telling my wife my daughter and I are going on vacation with or without her?
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One dad felt torn between these two options when his side of the family invited him, his wife, and their 6-year-old daughter on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Hawaii.
His wife initially accepted the plans, but her anxiety issues and fear of flying got worse after doing so. In response, her husband suggested going to the doctor for medication that might help, and also told her that he and their daughter would be going with or without her.
In response, his wife claimed that being apart from her child for that long would make her anxious. The husband wasn't sure if he was doing the right thing.
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The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.
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Commenters understood his decision and offered some advice.
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The husband took the advice on board.
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Family of 3 get invited on Hawaii vacation with in-laws, husband insists on going alone with 6-year-old daughter because of wife's flight anxiety: 'She says she can't go that long without her daughter'
With the sheer number of scary stories about airplanes that have been hitting the headlines in the past couple of years, there has never been a time when those with aerophobia have felt more justified. It is all too easy for those who are anxiously inclined to think about all the potential there is for things to go wrong when they choose to fly somewhere.
That being said, the old 'flying is safer than driving' statistic still remains true, and horrible as it is to be scared of travelling on a plane, those who avoid it because of their fear are going to miss out on those opportunities that only aviation makes possible.
In this international day and age, it is not unlikely that a fear of flying is going to cause some issues somewhere down the line. The difficulty arises in others being sensitive to this, but also being able to fulfil their own desires.
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