NEED ADVICE

Future Mrs. Posted: Sep 16, 2007 12:27 PM

NEED ADVICE

My step sister's child is having a bat mitzvah on the west coast.
DH and I have ZERO vacation time left, so we would need to fly out Friday night, and return on Sunday (no making a fun trip out of it)
Airfare is a FORTUNE. Would it be really bad if only I went.....alone without DH?
It is more of an obligation then a desire to go. It is not a wedding, but a bar mitzvah
Would you find that strange?
Please be honest.

hayleyandsteve Posted: Sep 16, 2007 12:34 PM

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I wouldn't find that strange.... I REALLY wanted to go to my friend's wedding on the east coast and I contemplated going without DH! (but it ended up being too expensive even with just me going)

Happybride2005 Posted: Sep 16, 2007 12:40 PM

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i think your step sister would understand. with a wedding and the honeymoon, u don't have that many days. explain it to her. no, its not strange

Future Mrs. Posted: Sep 16, 2007 12:49 PM

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one more thing that I have to add.....they came to my wedding with their 4 children. That is a lot of plane tix that they bought to come to my wedding.
That is a lot of plane tix.!!!!!!!!

On the other hand, that was a wedding. THis is a BAR MITZVAH.

THey have an older child whose bar mitzvah we attended 2 years ago....we flew down there....but I don't remember it being so incredibly expensive. The tix are over $1200 for the 2 of us.

EverlovingEv Posted: Sep 16, 2007 12:56 PM

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I'm sure she'll be a little hurt but I hope she understands if you explain it to her. Just make sure you go. DH is not a requirement but I think that you are.

Brian and Marie Posted: Sep 16, 2007 01:37 PM

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Don't find it strange one bit. I just had a similar situation. My little sister has been dating her marine bf for 6 months when they decided to get engaged and then quickly married b4 he deployed to Iraq. We were back from our honeymoon a week when we heard the news (DH had no time left from work). So I flew to NC by myself for their improptu Wed afternoon wedding on the beach.