I send my misses for a month to HK at the time when she thought it was great for me to join a HK operator
This was for a job with better terms than EK's! After week two, without me being there, and she staying at a friends nice appartment the holiday feeling was wearing of quickly and we stayed where were I was
Suggest the same rent / steal or borrow an appartment or house in Dubai for a month and you be away for most of the period like you are on tour
Good luck