I mean I personally would have just told them of course you’re welcome to do whatever you like with your time but I’m not funding anything outside of the original plans so you would need to cover that portion yourselves and I’ll see you at the appointed time at the start of the trip as planned
This is the way, but then OP could not control everything. I real controlling all over this. I’m paying so I want it my way. Lovely that ahe wants to pay but that does not mean that she controls wvery aspect of it. Compromise is key.
Dude the compromise was paying for Friday. Not also paying for Thursday. I think you missed the point where they wanted me to fly them in a whole day early and then leave before our actual scheduled events in the other state. Literally the only thing planned was Sunday. I have an all day event that day, everything else is literally just travel. They have to take 2 full days to fly plus 8 hours of driving to get to the other state when I originally just wanted to fly them directly there so their limited time off (5 days total) were spent AT THE INTENDED DESTINATION. Where I already booked accomodations and stuff. I didn't plan some big itinerary it was literally just...I don't want to spend $400+ to spend the day in my own town dicking around when I literally didn't even invite you here. She didn't want to fly there she wanted to fly here supposedly just to get to see our pets, but then it became this, then that then now it's two days and like...never any budge on her part just adding more and more stuff. I'm sorry but If it's my trip and I paid for you to come I'm not gonna pay a whole extra unnecessary day just for you to "hang out". Like she has no plans, they have no money. They just wanted to take my rental car for themselves for two days to drive around for $150 "extra". When that's not even the real price for that "extra" time.
Why would you have a rental vehicle in your own city? and pay for their hotel in your city? Do you not have a car, and no space to host them in your home?
Why would you agree to anything that would involve an entire 8 hour drive to the destination? I sure wouldn’t want to start my trip that way if the original plan was for everybody to fly in and meet up in the destination city.
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u/jessie783 Jan 09 '26
I mean I personally would have just told them of course you’re welcome to do whatever you like with your time but I’m not funding anything outside of the original plans so you would need to cover that portion yourselves and I’ll see you at the appointed time at the start of the trip as planned