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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like a cultural difference.  I would never tell a visiting family member to take a cab or uber.  Most minority cultures are like that.  Still not you fault, your husband should have known better and explained it to you when you made the suggestion.  You and the baby should not even have been involved.  I'm on a mixed culture marriage.  The same thing happens when it comes to houseguest, taking care of families etc.  I just expect more out of adults.[/quote]

Midwestern white here.

No one where I am from would ever do what OP and "grown ass" would do either.

I think it is a DC thing.

This is a very selfish, self centered, entitled area and has been for many years, at least the past 10 years (before the orange guy)[/quote]

I'm also a white midwesterner who has lived in DC for the last 15 years. When I'm in the midwest, my family are happy for me to take a car from O'Hare to their place in the suburbs. They COULD come get me and drop me off, but we all know that the 1/2 hour I spend in the car with them is only half their trip. Why would I want to inconvenience my family member in Chicago traffic if there is another option? When my family come visit me here, they make a point of (a) flying into the airport that is most convenient for us (so DCA or Dulles because we live on the western side of DC - not BWI which takes at least an hour to get to) and (b) taking Lyft to/from the airport. My mom comes here from the west coast on redeyes pretty regularly. She flies into Dulles, takes a Lyft to our house, and by the time she arrives, we have a nice breakfast ready for her after she's freshened up from the flight. That we rely on Lyft to provide ground transportation rather than driving 45 minutes there + 45-90 minutes back says nothing about our family bonds or courtesy.

If you need your family to suffer through sh*tty DC traffic for hours to pick you up at the airport in order to know that they care about you, it sounds like your family has some issues.[/quote]

I'm a white and from Indiana.  When we're at the Indianapolis airport, we do pick up/drop offs because it's easy to get in/out of the airport, they've got a great 'cell phone' waiting lot and traffic in Indianapolis is nothing compared to here.  When people (including me) are flying into IAD/DCA/BWI, it's Uber or metro.  Even my relatives still living on a farm have no problem with it. Of course, we value practicality and know that an airport pick up/drop off is not a reflection of the love and esteem our family has for us.  [/quote]

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