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AIBU to be cross that FIL wants DH to provide taxi service at 4am

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Honeymum · 03/04/2008 11:24

DH is living with FIL & MIL at the moment (working up there you see). He has a 45 minute commute from their house. FIL has told him that he must give them a lift at 4am on Monday morning so they can catch a coach (they are going on holiday). It's not to save money, but they think using a taxi (thereby advertising that they are going away) is some sort of security risk. This is nothwithstanding the fact that DH will be living at their house whilst they are away for much of the time.
AIBU? DH does loads of driving as it is. He will have a whole day at work ahead of him after a 4 am start, and this will be the day after the weekend when he will have been down to see us, 100 miles away. He feels he can't say no because he's living there, gratis (complicated situation - we didn't plan for it to happen).
Sorry to go on but I am

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BetteNoir · 03/04/2008 18:09

Honeymum - I didn't realise it meant your DH had to go back to their house a day early, hence not seeing his family.

YANBU then.

If it's not that far away, a taxi is the way to go.

LilRedWG · 04/04/2008 16:06

LOL Kew, they weren't my personal chauffeurs, just company ones - there were two of them.

One was an ex-police driver and great, but the other tended to get bored after about an hour and start fidgeting in his seat and drifting accross lanes before swerving back, which isn't fun on the M25.

LilRedWG · 04/04/2008 16:06

Honey - didn't realise that it meant your DH going to his parents a day early. In that case (and the fact that they insisted, not requested) YANBU.

horsish · 04/04/2008 23:11

I still think he should do it with a cheerful heart

tinylady · 04/04/2008 23:12

I think as a one off it is fine

Guitargirl · 05/04/2008 08:40

TBH the amount of time my Dad spent ferrying me about places when I was a teenager, I would be happy to do this, it's just once isn't it, it's not like it's every week. Even if it is less time with you, they are his family too.

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