If your DH / DP travels for work

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Do you make a fuss of them when they get home?

I was just speaking to a school mum who thinks I'm absolutely rotten for not collecting DH from the airport this evening and letting him get the train.

Is it normal drag the dc around doing collections and welcoming home the returning hero?

After 5 days of wrangling the dc and working I don't manage more than a hello and a hug when he gets in before telling him he's incharge of the kids and taking myself off for a run or something

We both travelled a lot pre covid. I've done it once when we've both been away for a couple of weeks and he wanted to watch a sports thing that was kicking off just after his plane got in but definitely wouldn't bother for a normal trip. I already spend enough of my life on the train to Heathrow!

We kind of make a fuss of each other.
He gets home around midday on a Friday. We meet in town, have a lovely lunch then walk to pick the DC up then walk back through town and get them a milkshake, go bowling or to the cinema. It's one of the things I really missed during lockdown.

We both do some work travel. Sometimes DH would collect me, very seldom I'd collect him. We're no too far from airport, so often use taxi, and DH sometimes used car park.

No. But when dh travelled he was lucky enough to get a chauffeured car from the airport. No way would I have been driving 2.5 hours to Heathrow. If he had to make his own way home and was to get a train I may have picked him up at the train station (10minutes away) but only if it suited me- my work, dinner time, dc bedtime etc. I did always make a bit of a fuss when he did get back though as we did all miss him- nice meal cooked (hotel food is apparently not that great night after night 🤷‍♀️ ) and his favourite beer in.

Depends how long we've been away. Anything over 3 months generally gets a trip to the airport. Anything less and the traveller makes their own way to the door of the house, and brings presents for all those who remained at home.

A little bit, but depends on how long they're away for and how often. DH (pre-covid) used to travel once or twice a year max, but he would be away for 2-3 months at a time, so I did make a bit of a fuss when he came back. If he was only away for a few days and it was a very regular occurrence, I definitely wouldn't bother.

I've been known to pick DH up from various train stations, but I wouldn't say it's the norm and I'm doing it for the convenience of getting him home quicker to help me out