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[quote=Anonymous]My SIL has visited us a couple of weekends recently, which is great. My DH always wants to pick her up and drop her off, which is not so great because we only have one car so the whole family has to plan around making this 2-2.5 hour round trip twice in 48 hours. This meant I couldn't commit to hosting her for Thanksgiving until I had my time off Wed and Fri confirmed because she'd be expecting rides, for example. If she'd take the shuttle (around $60), we could be more flexible, but my husband thinks it is rude not to pick family up.

I'm frustrated because it's a lot of time, it stresses me out when she's like "this is when the cheapest ticket is, does that work?" and i have to calculate work commuting, kids schedules, etc around that, and she's never ONCE offered to chip into gas for the 200 miles of driving we do each weekend she visits. (We both know neither she nor we have much extra money - I know the shuttle costs, but driving isn't free!)

Now we really need to get some work done on our car, and my formerly remote job has become fully in person in another town. I have Wed and Fri of Thanksgiving week off, but we can't take it in those days because those are her travel days. Ideally we can find a place that can do it over a weekend, but I am so frustrated that the shuttle isn't an option. Do you all drive family to and from airports and stations an hour away every time? If not, how do you bring it up? [/quote]

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