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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did OP ever answer why her DH can't pick up the dad while she stays with the kids? Or why she can't pick up her own father when DH stays with the kids? Seems simple enough.[/quote]

Before my dad bought the flight, we had the discussion about timing and pick up. We did not know it would be the day after thanksgiving and therefore normal traffic and work would not be an issue. (He just said it would be Friday at 5:30pm.) While speaking to him, I found a flight for Tuesday arriving at 10am (that was cheaper). If he chose the 10 am arriving flight, he said he would have to get up at 4am and he didn’t want to do that. I really just couldn’t understand why he couldn’t take that flight and I would be able to pick him up easily. 
The call ended at a standstill and 2 days later my sister let me know that his flight was booked and that my brother (who lives an hour away) would be picking him up. So it ended with my brother driving two hours instead of my dad taking a 10-15 minute cab or Uber (that we offered to pay for).

Also, we would have been able to figure out the pick up if we knew it was the Friday after thanksgiving. But now I’m annoyed that he was choosing to inconvenience me or my brother over himself.
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How did you not realize it was the Friday after Thanksgiving when he gave you his proposed flight info. The only person who made this into a drama and major inconvenience for your brother was YOU. He did not inconvenience you because he selected his flight for one of the lightest traffic days of the year. You can keep insisting he inconvenienced you but that doesn't make it true![/quote]

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