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SS wants airplane ticket home $500

livinthedream's picture

Submitted by livinthedream on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 7:14am

SS wants to fly home to stay at BM's for Thanksgiving but last time I checked its a recession...at the drop of a hat. DH said NO! SS asked in the email if you cant afford it ,then it can be my XMAS gift. I dont even get that much for a gift. DH just went to see SS in college 3 wks ago & it cost us $250. MIL wants SS to come to family holiday dinner. Of course, we arent going since she is carbon copy of BM.Im so happy that DH put his foot down. I reminded him that we dont need to go into credit debt for this.

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Submitted by Storm76 on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:05am

Yay! So glad your DH put his foot down - if BM wants to see SS she should pay for the ticket! If DH looks like he may buckle, remind him that you guys are teaching SS a valuable lesson about money - you need to save up for big stuff, which means setting priorities for your spending, oh, and debt for events that should have been anticipated are BAD!

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Submitted by Pantera on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:29am

I agree. Either SS needs to save money or BM needs to pay for it. Its nice to hear that DH put his foot down.

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Submitted by stepmom2one on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 8:45pm

No don't go into debt for this. If he is in college he can come up with the money on his own.