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No way. Gotta be beach first if you're gonna split it up. Otherwise MIL will guilt them into staying with her the whole time.
thanks- the driving isn't terrible- essentially an extra 5-6 hours (without traffic and split up 2.5 and 3). this is where I'm leaning too.
Yeah, I can see that. Still, since this is a recent injury, it might help family relations and reputation to see her first. Again, the financial assistance angle is pretty key to me. Showing up at her house first would be a token of appreciation whereas showing up later might make her think she's an afterthought. I would bet that would want them to still enjoy their vacation and urge them to go on, thankful that they stopped by first to check on her.
That's because you're a man. Women are selfish and manipulative.
2. Mexi-dad + hill-billy-mom = 7 kids
Why? Your MIL broke her wrists. Wouldn't it be polite to check in on her before you start your fun vacation since she's providing the house for you and she helped you out financially? Would other relatives think you are kissing up to her or feel guilty for not checking in on her? I'm not getting this one. A 2-3 hour drive is nothing, IMO. Hell, Cosjobs does that to go out to dinner.
it would absolutely be polite to check in on her first- total agreement.
Okay, I hear you. I figured she would be tickled to see you, thankful you made the extra drive and rational enough to let you go on your vacation. Sounds like she's wired differently than my MIL or mom.
She's an old-fashioned Catholic, that has already been established. So there is going to be guilting going on.
I read that in a swc kind of way (glossing over your over-punctuation relative to that guy).
It's like no one ever bothered to research the lyrics to "Down by the Old Mill Stream"
after wiping her mom's but I dont think either of you are going to want to "soften up the escape hatch"
that's the gossipy, back-stabbing big-family thing I glossed over. one of the SILs called wife from HI (where she lives) to ask when we'd be going down there to check/take-care of MIL. I have no doubt the trans-pacific phonecalls have already been circulating over this. another thing- the youngest BIL (50) lives with mom. so she's not alone in spooky big house wiping her ### with a stick.
my mom- lately- has developed the habit of slightly turning where she looks... which is what sounds like caused the crash- reaching/looking for something or other, turning and then overcompensating. my wife is freaked out to be in the car with her-always veering to the right when she talks to whomever is in the passenger seat.
Not when you've got several attractive women pawing all over you at booze stocked boondoggles and golf courses every day...I don't even know why a guy like you posts on a message board.
she can still wipe her butt with a stick, bob.... let's not go too overboard just yet.
