Ok....so last night my grown daughter calls and asks me if I can switch vehicles with her husband so that I can drop it off at the mechanic this morning for a repair. No problem! I work right next to the mechanic, so it's no hassle for me. She DIDN'T ask me to pay for it (pays her own bills and would never ask for a dime!) or anything, just to please drop it off and then drive it home at the end of the day. I drive past their house on the way home, so, again, this is no problem for me at all. I don't have to go out of my way or pay for anything.

DH looks at me last night and says, "Why can't they drop off their own vehicle?" WTF??????!!!!! I just looked at him and told him that it makes sense for me to do it because I'm right here anyway, it won't take one extra second of my time and I'm not paying for anything. DH got all bent out of shape because I was doing this for my adult daughter and her husband!

He kept pushing the issue (I think because I've disengaged from his adult kids and I don't do diddly for them anymore!) and I finally said, "Listen, Dude, they have to WORK---a concept completely unfamiliar to your children. They work on the other side of town. The car needs to be right next to my work. It makes sense for me to do this, not to mention they NEVER ask for anything and I don't mind doing it." He was a total ass the rest of the night.

Aughghghgh!!!! Sometimes he sooooo pisses me off! I mean, even when I was still dealing with his adult kids, I probably wouldn't have done this for them, so I just don't see where he's coming from. His kids have two living parents, plus the taxpayers, to help them out. My child has one surviving parent (me) and they work for everything they have. We have no other family within 3 states of here. I would do this for my neighbors, their kids, and most of my friends without giving it a second thought.

Why, oh why, can men be such idiots?????!!!!!