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oh man. has dh been like this before with matter re: his parents?

Anonymous wrote:No, no and no. They can drive and get rewards points with their favorite hotel. And you don't "need " a mega baptism party. Who do they expect to show up, the Pope? Catered meal at home with paper. Break out the trays of chicken Parmesan and ziti.

What's with all these grandparents mistaking themselves for royalty? Take the free ticket on Southwest or whatever airline isn't good enough or we are buying you Greyhound tix. I doubt Queen Elizabeth herself is such a pain in the a$$.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, wouldn't do it. This is setting a dangerous precedent.

And who the f*** says no to free tickets because it's not an airline they fly? That's rude! Beggars can't be choosers.

That part is just insane.

Can you just do a lunch afterwards? That's what we did - wasn't crazy expensive because it was a mid afternoon thing. What kind of party are they expecting?

DH says that because they only fly Southwest, they "don't know how" to fly another airline. Like, it leaves from a different gate! And they board differently! And they'd have to pay to check a bag! It's just too hard for them to be subjected to such a different kind of travel.

Yeah, we can just do a lunch, but they think lots of people should be invited. Maybe I'm overreacting on the cost of lunch for 20 people, I don't know, I'm kind of cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, wouldn't do it. This is setting a dangerous precedent.

And who the f*** says no to free tickets because it's not an airline they fly? That's rude! Beggars can't be choosers.

That part is just insane.

Can you just do a lunch afterwards? That's what we did - wasn't crazy expensive because it was a mid afternoon thing. What kind of party are they expecting?

DH says that because they only fly Southwest, they "don't know how" to fly another airline. Like, it leaves from a different gate! And they board differently! And they'd have to pay to check a bag! It's just too hard for them to be subjected to such a different kind of travel.

Yeah, we can just do a lunch, but they think lots of people should be invited. Maybe I'm overreacting on the cost of lunch for 20 people, I don't know, I'm kind of cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, wouldn't do it. This is setting a dangerous precedent.

And who the f*** says no to free tickets because it's not an airline they fly? That's rude! Beggars can't be choosers.

They are die hard SWA fans, as much as you can be die hard fans of an airline when you only fly every 5 years. I'd thought about springing for first class for them (finally a use for the 700,000 miles I've got stashed), but not after this!

That's extra nuts. I thought maybe your points were on SWA and they wouldn't want that one. Funny it was the opposite!

I'd be uber-pissed if I was sitting on that many miles and someone expected me to pay for a ticket on someone else. No, just no.

Yes, that makes pretty much no sense. Who demands things like this?

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Anonymous wrote:I'm finding out that baptisms are a very big thing in DH's family. They're big to me too, but not as the social event that my IL's see them as. DC is getting baptized this summer and MIL and FIL are insisting on coming, except they want us to pay their travel expenses! (They live halfway across the country). We're not poor, but we do have very expensive childcare, and this will deplete our vacation fund plus some, which means no vacation this year and possibly next year. They also want us to throw a big party for DC. DH has told me there's no other way and he won't put his foot down with mom and dad. I've offered to fly them here on award tickets, but they "don't fly that airline, dear." I just wanted a sacrament performed and now it's costing us $1500+ at the very LEAST (we don't have room in our house for them so we'd have to put them up in a hotel as well). Am I in the wrong here?

absofuckinglutely not.

this sounds like the dh in the other thread...if he won't put his foot down and say NO then you do it.

Oh, I did. But I can say no all I want, and he'll still buy the tickets. They live in a small town with barely any air service and it's expensive. I cringe just thinking of the cost.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, wouldn't do it. This is setting a dangerous precedent.

And who the f*** says no to free tickets because it's not an airline they fly? That's rude! Beggars can't be choosers.

They are die hard SWA fans, as much as you can be die hard fans of an airline when you only fly every 5 years. I'd thought about springing for first class for them (finally a use for the 700,000 miles I've got stashed), but not after this!

That's extra nuts. I thought maybe your points were on SWA and they wouldn't want that one. Funny it was the opposite!

I'd be uber-pissed if I was sitting on that many miles and someone expected me to pay for a ticket on someone else. No, just no.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope, wouldn't do it. This is setting a dangerous precedent.

And who the f*** says no to free tickets because it's not an airline they fly? That's rude! Beggars can't be choosers.

They are die hard SWA fans, as much as you can be die hard fans of an airline when you only fly every 5 years. I'd thought about springing for first class for them (finally a use for the 700,000 miles I've got stashed), but not after this!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope, wouldn't do it. This is setting a dangerous precedent.

And who the f*** says no to free tickets because it's not an airline they fly? That's rude! Beggars can't be choosers.

That part is just insane.

Can you just do a lunch afterwards? That's what we did - wasn't crazy expensive because it was a mid afternoon thing. What kind of party are they expecting?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nope, wouldn't do it. This is setting a dangerous precedent.

And who the f*** says no to free tickets because it's not an airline they fly? That's rude! Beggars can't be choosers.

They are die hard SWA fans, as much as you can be die hard fans of an airline when you only fly every 5 years. I'd thought about springing for first class for them (finally a use for the 700,000 miles I've got stashed), but not after this!