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Is this mean?
My husband's graduation is Sept. 7th. I wanted to fly to Chicago and stay in a hotel close by. But his mom (who i love) was going to ask their family if we could stay with them even though they live an hour and a half away! After missing him for so long, I just wanna stay as close as possible and spend as much time together as we can in two days. Plus I dont wanna drive if i have the money to fly. She's going to let me know if they are going or not in the next week or so but I wanna book a room now because i heard they go fast! Is it mean of me to go ahead and but a plane ticket and book a room for myself? I mean of course we'll meet up! I just want to have my plans figured out. ADVICE
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Permalink Reply by eyeronics on
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I don't think it would be mean at all that you want to go ahead and get a hotel near the base! When my sailor graduated we just went back to my hotel and hung out there the whole time. I know a lot of families that did that too. Your husband is going to be tired and just wanting to relax!! If you are staying an hour and a half away you won't have the opportunity to do that :/ Plus, the graduation is really early and you want to get there as early as possible so you would have to wake up much earlier because of the distance!! Just thank his mom for the offer but tell her that you would rather just get a hotel near the base and that she is welcome to do the same thing! Explain to her your reasoning if you want. Hope that helped!
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Permalink Reply by meagan5220 on
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^^ agree if you are staying that far away he will not be able to go there and relax probably the range they can stay in will probably not stretch that far! So if yall wanted alone time in a room or if he wanted to go back to a hotel and relax in civis he cannot do that. I think that they have to stay within 50 miles.. maybe less I dont know for sure.
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Permalink Reply by chelseycooper(PIR 9-7)Ship-12 on
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Thank you so much! this did help. I didnt want to sound rude or anything! haha
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I would look out for myself if I was you! I know that does seem mean but I sort of did it too! When we were going to leave for graduation a huge blizzard was coming through. I called her and was like ok listen I dont want to wait and risk not getting through this crap to get to his graduation. She was like well we arent leaving until the day we planned. So then I ended up leaving a day earlier and getting past the storm just in case. They ended up making it but I was so glad I went on my own bc she didnt tell me this but they ended up leaving saturday morning even though he had liberty through saturday night and sunday. So I got to spend time with him alone. But I would not stay that far away! You know how early yall will have to get up to be there?? We were in line at like 630 if I remember right!
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Oh wow, I had know idea it was that early. The earlier the better! Thank you for your advice!
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Yea people start getting in line really, really early!! You are welcome :)
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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He cannot go more than 50 miles away. An hour and a half is out of the way, and would be outside the regulations and out of the question. Book your room and ticket, and as nicely as you can explain you and your husband are going to have some alone time after a nice family visit. Keep the peace with the family of course, as they are your family too now, but compromise as nicely as possible.
Where is he going to A school? If it is in Great Lakes, he can visit them on liberty, as that limit is 300 miles.
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Thank you! Yeah, I love his family and Im glad his mom is excited to come but I know he's going to want some alone time. He will be in school at GL. Do you know of a good close place to stay?
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There's a lot of hotel info in the PIR forums, and when the PIR group forms. The Lodge fills up fast!
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Permalink Reply by abuon18 on
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I think the best thing to do is be honest and up front with his mom. It seems like you have a good relationship with her so I think if you explain to her what you'd like to do (because it sounds like you haven't) and I'm sure she'll understand. I wouldn't go behind her back and tell her afterwards. I think that will make her more upset and make the situation worse.
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Good idea! Thank you (:
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