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To not want to go pick up husband from airport?

25 replies

Pinkpinot · 29/09/2013 10:44

He's been to a wedding abroad
Had a great time by the sound of it and probably spent lots of money, on top of hotel/ airfare etc
He's going to ask that we pick him up, to save taxi fare, or inconvenience of train etc, when in reality he probably he will be hungover and just wants a lift

Ds is keen to go to airport, I really can't be bothered, 2hour round trip
Am I being a miserable cow?
It probably says a lot about my marriage that I'm not racing there because I'm so keen to see him Sad

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2tiredtocare · 29/09/2013 10:45

Pretend your phone is broken

Bowlersarm · 29/09/2013 10:46

Yes you're being a miserable cow!

If it were my DH I would do it gladly and be pleased to see him, and vice versa.

Especially if you have a DS keen to go.

oscarwilde · 29/09/2013 10:46

Tell him you are too hungover to drive there and backSmile

manticlimactic · 29/09/2013 11:12

I've just read one of your previous threads. Hmm

Tell him to make his own way home.

mysteryfairy · 29/09/2013 11:14

Can he drive? If so go and get him but say he can drive the return journey.

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Pinkpinot · 29/09/2013 11:17

He's just phoned and I'm pissed off now because he told me and he wrote in the diary that his flight got in at 1. It doesn't it gets in at 5,which means by the time he gets home there will be nothing left of the weekend for ds

Ha- which thread manticlimactic?

Sometimes I just need a reality check on what's normal
I think in a nice normal relationship you'd be keen to go

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Hassled · 29/09/2013 11:20

Oh I don't know - I'm in a good happy relationship but still don't think 4 hours in a car on a Sunday with a small child in tow would be much fun, and would probably suggest DH made his own way home.

whois · 29/09/2013 11:21

My DP used to be away an awful lot. Sometimes I would name a 3h round trip to pick him up, other times he would get the train and pick him up from the train station. That always seems like the most sensible thing to do if the train is Ok.

Original poster
Pinkpinot · 29/09/2013 11:22

It's just 2 hours hassled

Anyway I'm not going
Gonna find something to do with ds

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ipswichwitch · 29/09/2013 11:30

It gets in at 5 if its on time! If there's delays you'll be hanging about the airport trying to entertain DS then facing a long trip home with tired DS and hungover DH. Balls to that I say. I might have done it at 1pm but not 5 on a Sunday night. But then I am pregnant and highly irritable so possibly not the most rational person to ask Grin

manticlimactic · 29/09/2013 11:32

Well there's a couple I could choose Pink Grin

Nancy66 · 29/09/2013 11:35

I NEVER pick mine up from the airport.

It's a hassle. parking is a nightmare, journey is horrific and delays are inevitable. Jumping on a train is much easier for all involved.

ThingsThatMakeYouGoHmmmmmmmmm · 29/09/2013 12:30

Happy marriage = Miserable cow..Grin

Unhappy marriage = YANBU.....GrinGrin

CupOCoffee · 29/09/2013 12:34

Two hours isn't too bad. Id do it for my dh and for my children to go to the airport if they were excited about it. I assume they are excited about seeing him as well?

But then i don't know the back story. Its sad that you clearly are not happy.

MrsMcEnroe · 29/09/2013 12:36

Well I haven't read your other thread (or threads?) but I wouldn't take my DD to pick up DH from the airport because she would be horribly carsick...!

I'm guessing there's a huge backstory here, and that you are pissed off about the time and money that he has spent, and that he didn't give you any choice in the matter, so let him get the train home.

Sounds as though you have some bigger decisions than this to make though ...

Terrortree · 29/09/2013 12:51

Sometimes I pick him up. Sometimes I don't. My Marriage is mighty fine AFAIK.

But he always gets a taxi to set himself as CBA to get up that early in the morning!

I don't know how old your son is, but if the pick up is at 5, then one hour to drive home, then get dinner sorted, get ready for work/school tomorrow (if appropriate), makes for a hassle on a Sunday evening.

And that assumes that his flight will be on time, his luggage will turn up, you can bear to talk to someone who smells of 100 people's farts in an enclosed space for an hour.

Nope, would not pick up unless you're madly in love. Emphasis on the mad.

TalkativeJim · 29/09/2013 13:11

Shame, you made a window to pick him up at 1 based on the calendar.

You're busy later on.

Sallyingforth · 29/09/2013 13:13

It seems to me that you have much bigger issues to face than whether to pick him up or not.

MrsDavidBowie · 29/09/2013 13:14

No I would never pick dh up from the airport...a 2 hour round journey here.
£35 in a cab.

everlong · 29/09/2013 13:40

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tastychocs · 29/09/2013 14:59

I've never picked up my husband from the airport, nor has he picked me up. I did once offer quite early on in our relationship, and he looked bewildered and wondered why I'd want to make an unnecessary, stressful journey and that he was perfectly capable of taking the train/tube home himself. We're very happily married.

differentnameforthis · 29/09/2013 15:10

I guess it depends on whether you would expect HIM to pick YOU up in the same circumstances.

Redcliff · 29/09/2013 15:16

I am is a great relationship and my OH would never pick me up from an airport - my friends don't get it but I do.

bragmatic · 29/09/2013 15:34

We wouldn't pick each other up. We're normal.

bragmatic · 29/09/2013 15:35

Plus, y'know, he's coming back from a wedding. Not Afghanistan.

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