His Brother-In-Law Got Upset That He Doesn’t Come To Visit, But He Lives In An Isolated Town That’s Expensive To Travel To
This 28-year-old man and his sister, 30, have never had a great relationship.
For years, there has been tension, and at best, they were civil with each other.
“We were never really close, and this is due to both massive differences in personality and certain grievances and wounds on my part toward her, which I’m still trying to work through,” he said.
Both he and her sister are in wonderful marriages, and each of them has a child.
His sister and her husband moved to a tiny, isolated town about 1,200 miles away from him.
“It’s so remote that the nearest airport is four hours away. From what I’ve seen and heard, it’s extremely boring,” he explained.
Recently, he was catching up with his brother-in-law and told him that he had gone to see his parents and some extended family members about 500 miles away. He added that he and his wife were looking into airfare for a trip to the United States. His wife is American, so they usually visit her family about once a year.
At this, his brother-in-law seemed hurt.
“He quickly opened up about how frustrated he is that we and anyone else never once visited them, even though they visited us plenty of times,” he shared.
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In response, he told his brother-in-law that he doesn’t have a lot of vacation days, so he has to use them wisely and usually chooses to visit his parents and his wife’s family over anyone else.
Then, his brother-in-law got angrier, saying he felt like he “‘wasn’t a priority'” and he was upset that no one seemed interested in coming to visit.
After that, he told his brother-in-law that it was his and his sister’s choice to move to such an isolated town, which was difficult and expensive to travel to. Apparently, flying to visit his sister and brother-in-law would be twice the amount he pays for airfare to see his wife’s family in the United States.
He continued and told his brother-in-law that it wasn’t reasonable to demand that people buy expensive plane tickets and then rent a car and drive four hours to their town or drive upwards of 20 hours if they wanted to skip flying altogether. His brother-in-law was furious and said he only cared about himself and was being insensitive.
Do you think he’s wrong for refusing to visit his sister and brother-in-law?
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