Tom
There is no particular arrangement as such, the problem is, I would go with her but I see no point in going when my work does not finish until around the 19th December, then we are back on the 2nd January, it does not give me much time to enjoy the hols.
I would rather go during summer holidays when we both get more time, she used to go, like the 1st year she was in country, she arrived in September, then she went back for 4 weeks from December 10th to January 14th, she loved it, it was one of the promises I made to her, she and a friend of ours both asked their husbands for danger money.
Let me explain what is danger money.
"Some girls had been told that if they come to UK, and anything goes wrong, they cannot get back, like what if the new hubby starts beating them, or what if he changes and he is a bad man, takes drugs, glue sniffing, spends all night in the pub that sort of thing"
"They said, they wanted danger money, I.e £1000.00 in a bank account just in case the Hubbys Mother make them a house slave"
They can then get home with the money, now looking back we all found this titilating and funny, that they were ever under this impression.
So I had to promise her a trip home the 1st Christmas, so back she went for 4 weeks, the problem is, she found out, that not all British Men give them to their Mothers as house servants.
Not all British men are dug takers, vampires, make you pay half the restaraunt bill, they dont beat you up, and yes, they can even be very loving and attentive.
So now, its hard to get her to go home and enjoy her christmas, the truth is as you ladies have realized is that they don't want to be parted from the British hubby, not one night not one day...that is why she will not go, she said to me "Hubby if you are not going, I am not, my place is with you"
Very sweet I have to say, and I know many of you are like this, a credit to your husbands, that is the thing with the Filipino wife, she is a blessing that is worth more than all the Gold in the world, you simply cannot buy what you have with them, even if you were a billionaire.