Another plus was rather unexpected. My wife always gives me loads of hassle every year in the run up. She hates it when i go on 'holiday' with my friends each year. Last night she told me that if i ever stay at home during Le Mans i will be strangled alive, and suggested we booked next years ferry straight away.
Every cloud has a silver lining!
Sounds familiar, for some reason that now escapes me I didn't go in 2004 (after picking up again in 2000 after missing out for years due to lack of money), but after being like a bear with a sore head all weekend my wife told me that never again was I to miss LM! So whilst missing a year is traumatic, it can work out for the best
Be careful though, my wife "tolerated" Brad and I's planing and going to LM. Then, when we had a bit of money to spare, she booked a long weekend of shopping in New York for her and our daughters on the basis that I had spent the same amount on our LM trips. The reality is that we are still catching up on what they spent, so it wasn't such a bad thing, points in the bank.