AITA for refusing to take the same flight as my mother?
I’m F31, and my mother wants to open a restaurant back home, Kenya. We are based in Europe, and she needs my help, so I’m using about 70% of my yearly vacation time to go help her. This won’t be a holiday — I’ll be working. She is paying for my flight, but she also plans to use my checked luggage allowance for her things. The issue is the flight. She wants us to take a flight with a 4-hour layover. I hate layovers because they are exhausting and inconvenient. I found another flight with a different airline that costs the same, but it’s direct and I would arrive earlier. She doesn’t want to fly with that airline and insists I take the same flight as her. She says I’m only thinking about myself and asks why I can’t just sacrifice and take her flight. The problem is that if I take her flight, I’ll also have a layover on the way back, making my journey home to Europe much longer and more stressful.
Am I the asshole for choosing the direct flight and not flying with my mother?