<human>: Long story short, a friend I known for the best part of my adult life asked me if I wanted to go on a trip . Doesn't sound that odd to start off with... We both have our respective SO's... We both are fairly LC with our families for our own reasons so really want to avoid them this year... Makes sense? No drama huh? 

The problem is we havent always been platonic... And, after a few years of us being NC because of this dynamic we became friends again and had a lot of banter you could say... Even though we might joke about it, we've never hooked up since we've gotten back in contact ... The problem is my friend and I are pretty comfortable with our sexually and are pretty open with each other and I'm trying to convince my SO that it doesn't mean anything, that we just joke with each other... 

So with all this in mind, I know it's pretty selfish, but I'm still thinking I need to get out of the country this xmas. Most of my friends have a fairly normal relationship with their families and want to spend the festive period with them so I'm not sure I'm going to get many other opportunities to get away.

How do I broach this sensitively with my SO? I've told him Im exclusive with him, that my friend is an idiot and can say inappropriate things, but it honestly doesn't mean anything. I've told my friend to stop saying inappropriate things to help the situation... But how can I tell him about my plans without him jumping to the conclusion that I want to spend my xmas with my 'other SO'. Am I genuinely being too unreasonable here to ask him to let me go away? I don't think I can stay in the country 'for him' to keep him happy and not jealous...

Can you condense the text into a few key points?
<bot>: Want to go away with my male friend. How do I convince my SO that we're not going to be fucking six ways from Sunday while we're gone?