My Husband Left Our Family Vacation to Spend Three Days With the Guys—When He Finally Called, He Was Begging Me to Forgive Him

Darlene, five, and Cynthia, three.

Mark, my husband, had only ever asked one question about any of it.

“How much is this costing us, Sarah?”

That was it. No excitement. No opinions on the itinerary. Just the price tag.

“How much is this costing us?”

I told myself that he was tired.

Mark worked hard, or as he liked to remind me, he “needed his weekends to continue reading …