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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is so ridiculous and is really bringing out the worst of DCUM.  THE BROTHER SAYS HE WILL COME TO HER!  All the bullshit responses about how big Europe actually is and how long the train rides are is irrelevant.  The bottom line is OP doesn’t want to be the least bit inconvenienced by the brother and his kids even though he says they’ll come to whichever city they happen to be in just because the little nieces and nephews are annoying and a visit will cut into a museum or shopping trip.  That’s it.

Just call a spade a spade.  Those of us with normal functioning family relationships and the least bit of warmth in our hearts can’t imagine reacting this way to the brothers request. It is extremely selfish of OP and her daughter to deny him.[/quote]

No it is relevant that Europe is big. It’s stupid to spend hundreds on flights or days on trains to see someone for one day when they will all see each other in another month. It’s stupid to screw up a special trip with your graduating daughter for this nonsense, Normal functioning families do not do this. The type of families that do do this are the ones with dysfunctional entitlement, anxiety and FOMO.[/quote]

THE BROTHER ISNT ASKING THAT OP SPEND AN EXTRA SECOND ON ANY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION!!

Sorry, but maybe if I yell it it might sink in?[/quote]

It's time for you to take your meds. The point is that it makes no sense to spend your vacation thinking, communicating and changing your plans to accommodate this. The so-called mental load. Perhaps you should take your own advice and learn to read?![/quote]

Oh please.  The brother is simply asking, as kindly as can be apparently, that they get together on one place of OP’s choosing at OP’s convenience.  What you’re suggesting is that, no, no matter how small the inconvenience might be and no matter what degree the brother is happy to accommodate, OP should just tell her brother to piss off.  Yea, that’s gracious behavior.  Yea, that’s how you shouldn’t treat your sibling.  Gotcha. [/quote]

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