“Invite” with 3 days notice to drive across the state for a major holiday
I (36F) am low contact with my mom (60F). She and my father retired early and are loaded. They own 3 homes and are in the process of selling #2 and moving back into #1 full-time.
I work full time and am in the busiest season of my life. I just bought a house and rescued a dog who’s turned out to be a handful. My husband (37M) recently started a new job with very little vacation time, after a layoff and long period of unemployment. In the last year we’ve both been dealing with new medical diagnoses and the accompanying expenses, on top of being strapped for cash due to the house and being on a single income for a while. I also have to travel for work a lot.
Enjoy this text I got from my mom earlier this week:
>If you can board DogsName, you’re welcome to visit us around long weekend. Our movers are delivering boxes on July 1 or 2 and we’ll be unpacking the long weekend. ..you can help too 😜
>Good to have family ☺️
I’d loooove to try to find a place to board my dog 3 days before a major holiday and pay for it myself with money I don’t have, in order to drive 4 hours to help you, a retired person with nothing but free time, unpack your boxes of hoarded belongings. I’m flying home from a long, tiring work trip on July 3, but I definitely want to turn around and spend what’s left of my long weekend off of work helping you move in a heatwave. After you didn’t make a peep while I was moving just last year. No offers to help, not even asking how it went. You’ve incentivized me soooo much, how can I resist your offer?
Obviously I left her on read.