Things That Are Bothering You, Got You All Hibbeldy-Jibbeldy, or just downright pissed, RIGHT NOW!

[Michigan Planner]

4 hours in the car by myself? No problem.

4 hours in the car with my wife and kids? Hell no.

 

[mhip]

4 hours in the car by myself? No problem.

4 hours in the car with my wife and kids? Hell no.

What if you don’t have to drive, it’s one of the kids?

 

[SixOhNine]

4 hours in the car with my wife and kids? Hell no.

That's why Steve Jobs and Al Gore invented iPads and the internet.

 

[edinatlanta]

4 hrs one way ? that might put me off . prob my max travel range these days .

I had to beg a CL seller to meet me an hour closer ( he will ) and i'm still dreading the trip this Saturday

She has no job (now) and likes road trips and driving in general. She has nothing and no one where she lives.

I guess being alone is more important than a major family event but what do I know

 

[SixOhNine]

I guess being alone is more important than a major family event

That's living the dream, right there!

 

[sugarbutch]

I guess being alone is more important than a major family event but what do I know

Have you considered accepting that she knows what she wants?

 

[VaderDave]

I can't see how pressuring her to come is going to lead to a happy event for everyone. If she does come, she'll probably resent being there.

 

[HRoi]

I’m always much more willing to do a road trip if I have a cool car to drive. Have you considered buying her a Lamborghini Urus?

 

[brokencycle]

She has no job (now) and likes road trips and driving in general. She has nothing and no one where she lives.

I guess being alone is more important than a major family event but what do I know

I think you're looking at it with. What you're saying is that your own blood rather sit alone on a major family holiday than spend time with you. That should speak to your company.

 

[mhip]

I think you're looking at it with. What you're saying is that your own blood rather sit alone on a major family holiday than spend time with you. That should speak to your company.

I'm telling you, I think Ed is a fun time...

 

[Fueco]

Have you considered accepting that she knows what she wants?

Her body, his choice!

 

[SixOhNine]

I’m always much more willing to do a road trip if I have a cool car to drive. Have you considered buying her a Lamborghini Urus?

Wait- are you suggesting that he buy her a cool car or an Urus?

 

[sugarbutch]

Her body, his choice!

Too soon.

 

[edinatlanta]

Have you considered accepting that she knows what she wants?

Sort of. She has her own mental health struggles and has always made interesting choices based on her own internal logic. In the past few years these choices have become substantially more interesting and even more reliant on her internal logic.

The choices that i can see are that she has become completely withdrawn from us (which is partly because of her own mental health struggles) or she has sunk further into her head and isn't aware of what else is happening around her.

While i may not be presenting her in a charitable light and may be portraying the other family as blameless im just saying the changes over the last few years are showing she's moving to the worst parts of her brain. If that makes sense

 

[sugarbutch]

Sort of. She has her own mental health struggles and has always made interesting choices based on her own internal logic. In the past few years these choices have become substantially more interesting and even more reliant on her internal logic.

The choices that i can see are that she has become completely withdrawn from us (which is partly because of her own mental health struggles) or she has sunk further into her head and isn't aware of what else is happening around her.

While i may not be presenting her in a charitable light and may be portraying the other family as blameless im just saying the changes over the last few years are showing she's moving to the worst parts of her brain. If that makes sense

Of course you should use your own judgment. What I’ve taken from our extended family’s journey with members who have mental health struggles is that we absolutely should make it clear that they are welcome, but leave it to them to decide whether to take us up on the invitation.