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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

It’s the freaking traffic out to Dulles and back. I can leave work early to rush my kids out of school/make them miss their activities and then spend 90 minutes driving with squabbling kids, and serve takeout for dinner  - OR you can read a book in a taxi for 30 min and be welcomed into my home for a home cooked meal and relaxed kids happy to see you. [/quote]

Take out?! The horror. Your kids are 1 and 4. What activities are they missing?  It’s a PITA but you go and pick up your dad. He visits with the kids while you are stuck in rush hour traffic. The world won’t end if bath and bed gets pushed a couple of hours.  Or as others suggested, see if DH can get out early to pick them up from daycare and you do the ride alone.  It’s not an age thing. It’s polite. I visited a friend this summer and insisted on getting an Uber. She insisted back on picking me up then dropping me off at the airport. It was more time for us to talk and hang out.

And yes, I have kids and spent years when they were young sitting in rush hour with them melting down so I get it. You do this for family. [/quote]

[b]NP. No thanks.  No one should have to cater to the olds when they could just make it easy for everyone[/b]. [/quote]

+++ a million.

PP, does it make you feel good about yourself being a mortar and torturing your kids?   Also, kids are different. Now that i have 2, i am telling you my older one would go insane if we changed up her schedule and pushed night routine even by one hour.  The younger is as mellow as a kid can be no matter what.

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