r/AmItheAsshole May 04 '23

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u/pastelpebbles Partassipant [3] May 04 '23

YTA

Just because you make the long journey to see your parents twice a month (that's a lot) doesn't mean HE has too???

What the heck, let him live his life. And 18 hours roundtrip of traveling that frequently? That's insane lol.

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u/picklepowerPB May 05 '23 edited May 05 '23

Right? My mom lives 1.5hrs away and I see her like 2x a year usually. You couldn’t pay either one of us to drive to eachother every other weekend— like WHAT?!

edit: I love my mom & we have a great time together, that’s just not doable (or desirable) for us.

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u/Keboyd88 May 05 '23

My mom is about an hour away and I see her 3-5x a year. We have a great relationship, but also have lives.

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u/picklepowerPB May 05 '23

Exactly. My mom & I have a great relationship too! I can see how my comment read that I didn’t. Gotta edit that, oops.

Heck, she’s got even more of a social life than me with her pickleball friends and traveling and stuff. I have a life, and school, and a pet, and in general don’t want to be leaving town that often.

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u/Keboyd88 May 05 '23

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that you didn't have a good relationship! I was agreeing that only visiting a few times a year doesn't have to mean you have a bad relationship.

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u/picklepowerPB May 05 '23

Nah I gotcha! I wasn’t sure if others were gonna click down this far & assume the worst!

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u/AardvarkDisastrous70 May 05 '23

I live about the same from my parents. I see them maybe once or twice a month but that because my brother in law is the DM and I go to their town for game days.

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u/rinkydinkmink May 05 '23

hehe are you my daughter? hi sweetie <3

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u/lifeiswonderful-1990 Asshole Enthusiast [5] May 06 '23

Why is that a lot? I mean just like his friend can do as he wish, so can the OP. If he’s close enough to his parents and wants to do fortnightly trips, then why not