eeboater
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I have one to run by you... see what you all think.
My brothers girlfriend and her parents have been anxiously waiting for my wife and I to have come up with a free weekend so we can travel north and spend the weekend with all of them in their two camping trailers they have on some permanent sites. One of the trailers is the girlfriends grandparents trailer.
They, of course, also want us to bring up the boat with us (whooda thunk?). Well, long story short, this wouldn't be an entirely cheap weekend for us. Hauling the boat up there, plus using the boat alone will cost us probably 150-200 bucks. In addition to that, many of you may know already, but we have a St. Bernard. Being a big, heavy dog he cannot stay outside in hot and humid weather. So, naturally I asked if they would mind if our dog stayed in the trailer with us.
Well, now they're himming and hawwing about him staying in the trailer with us. We've already kennelled him 6 times this summer... at 95-130 bucks a pop, its starting to add up, and we're not interested in kenneling him another time as it would turn the cost up to 330 bucks for the weekend (without eating!!!)
So now I'm stuck in a crappy predicament. Either:
A. I tell them we can't go, and dissapoint them, thus looking like a prick.
B. Tell them we can't go unless you let us keep our dog in the trailer which has A/C, thus looking like a prick.
What would you guys do?
My brothers girlfriend and her parents have been anxiously waiting for my wife and I to have come up with a free weekend so we can travel north and spend the weekend with all of them in their two camping trailers they have on some permanent sites. One of the trailers is the girlfriends grandparents trailer.
They, of course, also want us to bring up the boat with us (whooda thunk?). Well, long story short, this wouldn't be an entirely cheap weekend for us. Hauling the boat up there, plus using the boat alone will cost us probably 150-200 bucks. In addition to that, many of you may know already, but we have a St. Bernard. Being a big, heavy dog he cannot stay outside in hot and humid weather. So, naturally I asked if they would mind if our dog stayed in the trailer with us.
Well, now they're himming and hawwing about him staying in the trailer with us. We've already kennelled him 6 times this summer... at 95-130 bucks a pop, its starting to add up, and we're not interested in kenneling him another time as it would turn the cost up to 330 bucks for the weekend (without eating!!!)
So now I'm stuck in a crappy predicament. Either:
A. I tell them we can't go, and dissapoint them, thus looking like a prick.
B. Tell them we can't go unless you let us keep our dog in the trailer which has A/C, thus looking like a prick.
What would you guys do?
