I’ve been to Vegas four times, was married there. Didn’t really want to get married there, but he did. So I made him plan it. I wanted an Elvis impersonator, I got shot own as they are expensive.

Now he wants to go again. He being my husband, he’s been there six times now, including just last November when he went for Comdex. He wants to take a vacation and Vegas prices are dirt cheap right now, so of course its the only option on the plate, his option. Any places I mention get shot down, then he goes and pouts because “you don’t’ want want to go, fine, but I dont want a vacation where we’re driving around everywhere.”

I want to go to Seattle, NYC, DC, Florida. I wanna see the Coral Castle in Florida, I’ve never been to Florida, I’m a sorry excuse for a Ohioan. I just want to go ANYWHERE else. I’ve seen Vegas. It’s fun, we eat FANTASTIC at the 5-star places while we are there, but… I’ve seen it all already. (see our last trip?)

We’ve had this tussle for a few years now, I’ve been there, I don’t mind going every few ys, but EVERY Y? Sometimes TWICE a y? Come on.

He likes going because he likes the Vegas, and if I so much as roll my eyes at the prospect I get him in a pissy mood for 3 days.

We were talking Florida, then all of a sudden he comes home with a Nevada map, now It’s Vegas. And I’m going to have to go to make him feel better, because he hates going alone. And I’m going to have to act like I like it too otherwise he’ll get pissy there.

I want to get a car and GET OUT of Vegas, one of the last times we spent three days doing ghost towns and stuff, that was cool, saw Death Valley and junk, which he sees it as “us just driving everywhere is not relaxing”. I can’t see walking endless miles through busy streets and crowded casino and sitting on butt wing table chairs relaxing. I don’t want to get in a swimsuit for one, I’m the size of a house, and two, I can’t be in the sun since I had almost a killer sunburn a few years back and nly got sun poisoning, I was in pain for a week solid. So he whines about that too, “Oh you never will go to the pools there.” No, I will but they better damn well have shade.

I suggested Reno or Tahoe, Just for a change of pace, Shot down. Denied. Now If I even MENTION s a place he gets all huffy. Damn. I am really sick of Vegas.

I’m a museum person, My trip to Germany (which may be without him at this point, he keeps promising me “you get to pick the next trip” but then keep s slipping trips to Vegas in under my nose and eats up any money we had saved.) I want to go to DC and see the Smithsonian, last time we went we barely got to scratch the surface. In Germany my main thing to visit is museums I have a few backstage passes essentially to get and go touch some medieval beadwork, stuff I’ve only ever seen in books.

But no, he wants to go to Vegas and I’m not allowed to even MENTION other options. So people, tell me what Do I suggest ewe do while we are there thats different?

We’ve seen BlueMan Group twice, and loved it because theres no way not to, it’s faboo, but wanna see another show. We’ve eaten at a host of 5-star, including TWO Emeril’s. We don’t do roller coasters… all we do every time is sit at the roulette table (we love roulette) and walk, walk, walk, and eat, eat, eat. (He s a THREE meal a day person, by the end of the week we eat so often I have bagels two meals of the day, I’m just so SICK of food three days into it.)

He wants to do a cruise, I hear if you are bigger than Christina Aquilera it’s hard to get around. I’m not looking forward to just sailing around and not get to actually SEE anything since my ass is stuck in a room the size of a closet.

I think I’m doomed to a life of separate Vacations. Sigh.