The post around a couple who wants to stay at home longer than a originally planned virus on Reddit, launching a pet discussion on the platform platform.
Shares U / Tebrownia UR / Amithea **** Subreddit, poster asks if it was unreasonable to “hit my housewives 11 hours before their flight is planned to leave.” The post was attached 11,000 upvot and 3,000 comments because 16. April posted a week ago.
Poster said, who did not share his name, he said Newsweek That she stays in the suburbs of northern Texas near Dallas.
“My friend and his wife made plans to visit us this summer for a weekend stay. The flight is two hours, so it’s not a really long journey for them,” she wrote in the mail.
But the tension appeared through mismatch in expectations. Redditor explained that she planned to take a personal free job after his guest’s departure to rest and recover from hosting customs.
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Before a friend booked flights, the poster’s husband unintentionally mentioned that she wouldn’t work on Monday after their visit. Her friend then scheduled a red eye flight late on Monday night, effectively expanding his stay outside the agreed time frame for the weekend.
“To answer that I will take them to the airport for 8:00 on Monday morning so I can have my day off as I planned,” the poster said.
The friend later admitted that he would book a flight on Monday, because he was cheaper, he said the poster, adding later later that “certainly won’t pay Uber”.
The wish of the guest is not surprising, such as Uber or Lyft airports in the United States cost as many as $ 79.96 from JFK International Airport, according to research conducted in July 2023. Years Financebuzz.
Label experts Genevieve “Jenny” Dreizen, COO and co-founder Fresh Starts Registry, he said Newsweek: “This is an awkward situation. But he feels like one of those situations in which someone is upset about your borders because they benefited from perceived limit.”
‘Awful friend’
A friend in viral reddittu pushed back, questioning why a couple could not stay and hang out in the house until the summer.
“I told them that they were more than welcome to leave their baggage if they wanted to explore themselves, but we will not host or play the tourist guide, adding that” now it accuses that I am a terrible friend and his wife we are AHS (*******). “
In tracking interview with NewsweekThe poster explained that tensions were retained even after the conflict.
“A few days after the blower, I gave him an invitation to explain that I didn’t think it was a good idea to stay with us when they visited,” she said. “Before I could start, he apologized that the flight reservation is on Monday without confirming that they could spend an extra day with us and to say that I am a terrible friend.”
Still, the apology did not erase all the injury.
“When I raised the fact that the wife called us ******* He denied it that she has forgotten that audio phone was on the speaker during our conversation and probably says that they are often such things with us,” she said.
Despite the drama, she tried to offer a compromise. “I continued to explain that we could meet at some point if he decided to come to town, but that I can’t stay with us. I even told him I could recommend some things I can do during my trip.”
Dreizen emphasized the importance of honoring personal space, noticing “just because you don’t work doesn’t make you available.” She applauded the posters to make the borders, criticizing a friend to make hosts “Feeling weakly about appointment and posture.”
‘Entitled’ or ‘least gracious host’
Reaction on Reddit was divided, with many users who defended the host decision to carry out a personal border.
U / worth-season3645 commented on: “NTA (not ****** …. he refuses to pay a stake in the driving? Oh no, no, no … they can understand their way to the airport … no one is abusing the hospitality and calls me caterpillars.”
Another user, in / fireflyrave, added: “Plans are made for friends to visit 3 nights (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and goes on Monday morning … Op (original poster) Just sit on your couch and staring at the whole day and that would still be her valid plans …”
Others were less cute, criticize the host’s solid position. U / Otherwise-abroad-959 said: “YTA (you’re ******) – You shouldn’t feel right on your time or transportation, but they deliberately lead them to the airport as soon as possible and expecting to sit there all day is ****** move ****** it moves.”
U / ok_sea_4405 said: “esh (everyone sucks) Your friends are not unreasonable asking you to spend on Monday with them … but sound like the least gracious host in town … you sound exhausting.”
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2025-04-23 21:00:00
