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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why should he have to travel--something he doesn't like to do--because of your choices?

His generous willingness to pay for your family to fly to see him is his way of showing that he cares.

I have a dear friend who is disappointed I won't fly to Amsterdam to see her after she moved there four years ago. Sorry, I've already been to Amsterdam, so my overseas travel--and the expense and time it takes to travel abroad--will be spent elsewhere. I'm happy to meet her in London or something, but no--your choice to move far away. I'll see you here in the States when you visit family.[/quote]

Wow, with friends like this...

How dear of a friend is she? I would be hurt if I  thought I had a close friendship with someone but you wouldn't come visit me after 4 years because you've already been to the city in which I live? You aren't coming for the city...[/quote]

Maybe you have unlimited time off work and funds, but I don't. I have only had a very few internaitonal trips in my life, and I have a long list of places I'd like to go. I assure you, if I am spending time and tons of money to travel, it IS about the location, too. She chose to move. Why is it on me to visit her? She can hop a train to other places in Europe, and I'll spring for a flight to see her, but I'm not going back to Amsterdam any time soon. People who choose to move to international cities for reasons other than I-absolutely-must-have-to-for-work-and-my-livelihood need to understand that not everyone is going to jump up and down to take long, expensive flights to visit them.[/quote]

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