Anonymous wrote:I dunno guys. Those of us who really love their families don't end up plane rides away from them, so this discussion is moot anyway. Food for thought.

lol at "food for thought". That's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

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Anonymous wrote:I would have picked my only sibling up at any time of the day. They have already spent money flying to see you. Your DH should not have listened to your dumb, whiny, controlling a**.

Do you not understand? The sibling was OP's husband's sister. So the husband should have picked her up.

I understand perfectly. If you have ONE sibling, you pick that sibling up from the airport. That's what DH should have done. OP should not have interfered with her whiny, "We can't pick you up because it's too early in the morning and our newborn one year old makes our lives so hectic and difficult because we are really dumb idiots who clearly can't walk and chew gum at the same time - sorry sis that you spent $600 round trip on a flight you could barely afford just because you love us and wanted to see us."

The other poster is right - you don't understand.

The SIL is an entitled/selfish twat. First off, if the husband was going to make a stink, he should have picked her up. Second, inconveniencing a family with a 1 YO with a horrible pick up time is one of the more selfish things I've heard here. She spent the money on the flight - she should have flown in at a time that was convenient to be picked up at.

Most reasonable people don't want to put families out.

Anonymous wrote:Next time hire a towncar. Or there probably won't be a next time for you given this hoopla.

But for others, just hire a towncar/limo as it will make the person feel important (vs. taxi/uber/lyft) but you don't have to get up. Yes, it cost more, but it makes the complaints from the person getting picked up far less. My immigrant parents always sent towncars for family members when they couldn't make it, and there was never a complaint.

Lyft and uber offer black car service...just saying.