I was recently invited to a christening about 45 mins away. A friend of mine, who was also invited, lives 2 or 3 hours away by train but claimed that the trains weren't running frequently enough for her to be able to get to the little village where the church was in time and so asked if I could give her and her husband a lift from a train station 20 mins away from us.
This meant an extra 45 minutes of driving for me (it was in the opposite direction and we had to find parking) and hoovering the car as my dogs shed and friend's husband is very allergic. Anyway I agreed.
My husband and I turn up expecting to see friend and her husband coming out of the train station but instead see them getting out of a car driven by friend's mum, who lives very nearby. They had obviously travelled down the night before and stayed with her - so could in fact have got the train to the church village.
Anyway, we set off, attend the christening and party. I mention to my husband that we should be getting back soon for our dogs and friend says, in a baby voice, "Can you give us a lift back too?"
I suggest we drop them at the train station 2 mins from our house, but that apparently means they won't get the return train they're booked onto.
I agree (not particularly enthusiastically) and tell her we'd better go now then, at which point she and her husband disappear for ten minutes and are eventually found socialising in another room.
AIBU to think this was cheeky, especially when her own mum was apparently free all day and could have dropped them at our house to save us going miles out of our way?