So my brother-in-law (I'll call him Steve) moved from Oklahoma to Oregon a few months ago to live "off the grid." Basically, he's living in a solar powered trailer on a friend's property and doing odd jobs for cash to pay for food. Well, last week, Steve's best friend passed away tragically and unexpectedly - here in Oklahoma where we are. Because we didn't want Steve to be in Oregon, alone in his trailer and we knew Steve certainly didn't have the money to get back for the funeral, I told DH that we should buy him a plane ticket. $700 later and a $200 car rental, Steve has decided that he wants to stay 2 weeks longer than the roundtrip itenerary we booked for him. So I called the airline to see about changing the return flight and was told it would be a $200 charge plus any cost above the rate we originally purchased. Um, hell no. Steve is shit out of luck. So when DH called Steve and told him this (not the shit out of luck part), Steve got angry. Wanted to know why we'd book a flight that couldn't be changed easily. So DH asked him, "even if we could change it, where do you plan on staying? and who do you expect is paying for another 2 weeks of a rental car? Not us." Steve hung up on DH. WTH? Are you kidding me? So DH texted him and said, "Have the car at Enterprise at noon tommorow. If you are going back, then I will drive you to the airport. Otherwise, you're on your own."

I cannot beleive the nerve of people - family no less. Good grief. DH started to say something to me that begain with "next time." I said "next time? There will be no next time."

ARGH!!!!!!