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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because of a unexpected death in the family, I had to fly alone with our then-4, 2 and 8 month olds on an extremely long, two pronged, international flight. It was so miserable that I cannot so it adequate justice. It was, without question, the hardest 30ish hours of my life. My kids are actually normally pretty well behaved and they weren’t intentionally bad on the flights. But, 30 hours (with a 6 hour delay during the layover because of course there was)... is just a lot. 2 of them were in diapers. Only the 4 year old could remotely be left alone to change one of them. I am literally recoiling just thinking about it. I must have looked like I was trying my best (I was), because the other passengers were unexpectedly lovely. It actually gave me renewed faith in humanity. And they didn’t even know we were headed to a funeral (and because I was needed to help out), though I did explain it was an unexpected emergency.[/quote]

That sounds horrible. I would have just stayed home with the kids. Since the death was on your husband’s side, there is no need to haul 3 young kids internationally for a funeral of someone they probably didn’t know. I’m sure everyone would have understood why you didn’t go.[/quote]

I don't know what your family is like, but not coming for a funeral (and for awhile afterwards) for a very close family member is just not something that I would do. Particularly for a tragic/unexpected death leaving a widow and young kids? Sure, if you can't afford it, that's one thing... but just because you didn't feel like making the trip?[/quote]

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