rockzilla
Brilliant_Rock
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So, here''s the deal.
I have been traveling on my own pretty much since I was 16 (booking flights, hotels, etc.) My mom, on the other hand, didn''t get on a plane for the first time until parents weekend my freshman year of college. Yes, this means I moved MYSELF into college 3,000 miles from home...I also travel quite a bit for work.
Anyways, its been 6-7 years since that time. My mom has come out to visit me about once per year. EVERY time I have to book everything. The first few times I didn''t mind, but it is like I am the travel agent now.
At the moment, what I am dealing with is:
1)I live in SF
2)Fiance lives in LA
3)Engagement party is in San Diego
4)Mom/brother lives in Boston
So, she and my brother (age:21!) are going to fly into San Diego a few days early. They will need a hotel for a few days before the engagement party. After the party, my mom will fly up to SF and stay with me, and my brother will stay in SD with friends. In the meantime, I have things to do in LA before and after the party, so I will not be able to hang out with her all of the time. (I think she is offended that fiance and I aren''t insisting that she stay with us in his ONE BEDROOM apartment) Then she''ll fly back to Boston from SF and my brother will fly back from SD. Its as if she is trying to choose the most complicated possible option.
It would really help if she''d figure out ANY of the logistics, but she is not even trying. OR she will try for 15 minutes, get frustrated, give up and call me saying that there are NO hotels in san diego that she can find. "I don''t want to book the flight until I know the hotels" "What are we going to do about the hotels, we don''t know when we''re flying in yet" it is a hopeless cycle.
There are people who do this, they are called travel agents! I am not one of them...
Oh, and to top it all off, she has her MASTERS in Computers and Education. But she can''t even use a computer to book a few flights. And why should she if I will always do it for her?
sorry just had to vent
I have been traveling on my own pretty much since I was 16 (booking flights, hotels, etc.) My mom, on the other hand, didn''t get on a plane for the first time until parents weekend my freshman year of college. Yes, this means I moved MYSELF into college 3,000 miles from home...I also travel quite a bit for work.
Anyways, its been 6-7 years since that time. My mom has come out to visit me about once per year. EVERY time I have to book everything. The first few times I didn''t mind, but it is like I am the travel agent now.
At the moment, what I am dealing with is:
1)I live in SF
2)Fiance lives in LA
3)Engagement party is in San Diego
4)Mom/brother lives in Boston
So, she and my brother (age:21!) are going to fly into San Diego a few days early. They will need a hotel for a few days before the engagement party. After the party, my mom will fly up to SF and stay with me, and my brother will stay in SD with friends. In the meantime, I have things to do in LA before and after the party, so I will not be able to hang out with her all of the time. (I think she is offended that fiance and I aren''t insisting that she stay with us in his ONE BEDROOM apartment) Then she''ll fly back to Boston from SF and my brother will fly back from SD. Its as if she is trying to choose the most complicated possible option.
It would really help if she''d figure out ANY of the logistics, but she is not even trying. OR she will try for 15 minutes, get frustrated, give up and call me saying that there are NO hotels in san diego that she can find. "I don''t want to book the flight until I know the hotels" "What are we going to do about the hotels, we don''t know when we''re flying in yet" it is a hopeless cycle.
There are people who do this, they are called travel agents! I am not one of them...
Oh, and to top it all off, she has her MASTERS in Computers and Education. But she can''t even use a computer to book a few flights. And why should she if I will always do it for her?
sorry just had to vent