Is it a thing for older people to be picked up from the airport?

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Anonymous wrote:Normally I'd say that refusing to take a 10AM flight due to personal inconvenience and choosing a flight that gets in at 5:30 instead, during rush hour traffic and conflicting with your work schedules, is incredibly rude. But since it's the day after Thanksgiving and traffic should be light, yeah, you should pick him up. I do think it's fine for him to wait an hour or so if you need to handle daycare etc. first. But I assume your DH can do that?

we didn't know that it was going to be the day after Thanksgiving - now my brother is going to pick him up (but will have to drive 1+hour each way)
My DH does not handle the dinner time / bedtime on his own.

That is a much bigger problem.

Time for him to learn to do it himself or he can drive to the airport.

[Anonymous]

I don't think you HAVE to do this. But yes, are you really working late? Your kids are in daycare that day? Most are closed.

You and your DH leave work early. He goes to get the kids and take them home, feeds them, and orders takeout for the adults.

You go to the airport and pick up your Dad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is the only region I have ever lived in where people seem to really push back against picking guests up. So I think it's regional vs an age thing. Or maybe people in DC are just less kind than elsewhere.

Same. We always pick up guests. It would be rude not to offer.

[Anonymous]

I think it's generational and lack of empathy (and in some cases cheapness). It's nice to pick-up and drop-off family/friends if you are able. But during rush hour on a workday in the DMV, especially if you have to pick-up kids at that time - No.

My dad was like that. I once went to a cousin's wedding where my dad insisted a family member drive us to the airport. My dad kept saying we didn't need to take a taxi and they would really WANT to take us to the airport. The other cousin (brother of the groom) declined to take us (understandably) because he had a 6+ hour drive home in the opposite direction. So the groom, the morning after his wedding, drove us to the airport. I was so embarrassed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Normally I'd say that refusing to take a 10AM flight due to personal inconvenience and choosing a flight that gets in at 5:30 instead, during rush hour traffic and conflicting with your work schedules, is incredibly rude. But since it's the day after Thanksgiving and traffic should be light, yeah, you should pick him up. I do think it's fine for him to wait an hour or so if you need to handle daycare etc. first. But I assume your DH can do that?

we didn't know that it was going to be the day after Thanksgiving - now my brother is going to pick him up (but will have to drive 1+hour each way)
My DH does not handle the dinner time / bedtime on his own.

Grabbed yourself a winner I see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Normally I'd say that refusing to take a 10AM flight due to personal inconvenience and choosing a flight that gets in at 5:30 instead, during rush hour traffic and conflicting with your work schedules, is incredibly rude. But since it's the day after Thanksgiving and traffic should be light, yeah, you should pick him up. I do think it's fine for him to wait an hour or so if you need to handle daycare etc. first. But I assume your DH can do that?

we didn't know that it was going to be the day after Thanksgiving - now my brother is going to pick him up (but will have to drive 1+hour each way)
My DH does not handle the dinner time / bedtime on his own.

That is a much bigger problem.

Time for him to learn to do it himself or he can drive to the airport.

Seriously. What kind of loser can't do dinner for his kids?! Bedtime was much harder for my DH because my kids HATED bottles, but he would still willingly suck it up so that I could go out with girl friends regularly.

[Anonymous]

Can your DH not pick up your dad if he can’t do dinner/bedtime? He needs to pick a struggle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Normally I'd say that refusing to take a 10AM flight due to personal inconvenience and choosing a flight that gets in at 5:30 instead, during rush hour traffic and conflicting with your work schedules, is incredibly rude. But since it's the day after Thanksgiving and traffic should be light, yeah, you should pick him up. I do think it's fine for him to wait an hour or so if you need to handle daycare etc. first. But I assume your DH can do that?

we didn't know that it was going to be the day after Thanksgiving - now my brother is going to pick him up (but will have to drive 1+hour each way)
My DH does not handle the dinner time / bedtime on his own.

That is a much bigger problem.

+1. What does this even mean?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's the day after thanksgiving -- are you really working a full day? When my kids were that age, they loved coming to the airport to pick up their grandparents. I'd leave the 1 year old home with DH, and you and the 4 year old pick him up. Feed the 4 year old in the car.

I love this idea!

Feed the 4 year old in the car? Are you serious? That's a terrible idea.

Most kids can eat PBJ in the car. In my family, we would happily have a less than ideal dinner occasionally in order to pick grandpa up from the airport.

That's not a "less than ideal" dinner. That's downright horrific. The child can wait for dinner until he gets home.

This is so melodramatic. PB and J in the car is fine. Whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can your DH not pick up your dad if he can’t do dinner/bedtime? He needs to pick a struggle.

LOL, Point!

[Anonymous]

I always pick up family at the airport.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can your DH not pick up your dad if he can’t do dinner/bedtime? He needs to pick a struggle.

LOL, Point!

I’m in favor of not picking up but if you opt to, what about this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I always pick up family at the airport.

[Anonymous]

It’s an age boomer thing I don’t get why they have to be picked up and coordinating that mess and parking and getting out of airport when they could literally get their luggage if any hop in Uber hop out. I don’t expect family to wait for me and specifically ask not to be waited on since it’s more effective

[Anonymous]

For your mom or dad? Rude if you don't pick them up.