Holiday V Rugby who is BU

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NC because if my family are on here I don't want them to read my other posts!

I love my brother and my Sil equally (sil was my friend first) I did tell them I was going to ask the people in my phone anyway.

Brother is a MASSIVE rugby fan, used to play, watches and is generally obsessed. From chats with my sil he is a good husband and since children only goes to one club match a year (used to be a season ticket holder) BUT religiously watches (no longer attends) six nations and world cup matches at his old club. He says this is his hobby, he has cut it down loads and it matters to him. Sil has always accepted this.
However
Sil wanted to go away for a few days this half term. Brother said great he would love to (he did not say any day he couldn't go) SIL books three nights away at a cottage about three hours away and tells brother.
Brother says great but they will have to leave very early Saturday morning as he wants to watch the England match (Semi final) at the club.
SIL is furious that they will lose their last day, Brother says she knew it was a world cup year and a semi final against the All Blacks is massive and he wants to watch it with friends (sil won't watch kids too small)

So who is BU?

Sorry odd things going on with my nc

If anyone is interested I thought I'd update.
Thanks for all the replies interesting 50/50 response.

Anyway the date was on the family calendar (it's a rugby calendar and he had highlighted it) although brother agrees he didn't say anything. Compromise is that I'm going to drop down sil sister on the Friday evening and pick up brother and take him home. In return brother is going to a. Book another weekend with family b. Drive me to gatwick next week. Thanks all.

Ooh, tricky.

I think he should be able to watch the match, and I suppose watching with his friends will make it much more of an event. Does she really care about losing the last day? I'd be glad to be on the road early before the traffic!

It would certain be going in the bank for when I wanted a special concession, but I'd let him have this one I think.

Just missed your update. That sounds like a plan, well done OP!

I bet the husband is enjoying the game!

Well, it did go rather quiet when it became clear that the DH had done nothing wrong and the dates were properly entered in the shared family calendar ahead of the booking.

(posting on this now, so that perhaps itnmightbget people thinking about their plans for next Saturday when there's an even bigger fixture!)

Anyway the date was on the family calendar (it's a rugby calendar and he had highlighted it) although brother agrees he didn't say anything.

Ah. Your sil should have checked that before booking. Seeing as that is basically the point of a family calendar.

I personally don't understand her DH's obsession with / love for rugby. But that's the man she married....
Your sil was being unreasonable.

But their solution seems to be pretty great... Soo: 👍👍 They're evidently all reasonable adults. (which is ime rarer than one might assume.)

Until the update I was going to say he is BU, as half term included days when several rugby matches were on and he shouldn't have said it was ok if he knew it wasn't. If there's a family calendar, it's both of their faults. She should've checked and he shouldn't have agreed to something that he knew potentially clashed with a date in the family calendar without adding caveats.

God I absolutely LOVE how much a sport means to the players!

Sorry. Wrong rugby thread