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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think you should be offended, nor do I think your brother is using you. Some families do actually care about each other and help each other out without charging by the hour.

He saw a need - that they were away on business and asked you to do him a favor and put his two kids to bed each night - basically a couple hours of your time. The pluses would be a paid for airfare, your son would be able to spend time with his cousins and you would get two weekends to all visit together without having to pay airfare to get there.

By using miles, this makes it financially doable for him. He could get a local babysitter cheaper than two airfares if he has to pay full price. First he thought maybe he would see if you could combine helping him out and a visit if he made it free for you.

If you don't want to do it, just say so. But I hope you don't ever ask him to do anything for you. If you are going to see helping a sib as a business transaction and expect him to fork out all kinds of extra money because you only fly direct or you only fly first class or whatever your demands of the moment are, then don't expect him to be there for you in a time of need.

This is so opposite of how my family works. We would gladly help each other out.

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Except that he is not offering that to her...[/quote]

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