Hi everybody,
I'm asking you this because you are so much better thinkers than I am!
My step-family (ie grandpa's new wife and her kids and some of their kids) are going to Nova Scotia this summer. I've seriously been considering going to college there, as the tuition is lower, the people I've talked to loved it there and were a lot more courteous than some of the staff I've seen at other schools, and I think it would be a good experience. Anyway, my point is that I am not invited on this trip. I would love to see NS and get a glimpse as to whether or not I should apply, but I simply can't do it on my own. Anyway, would it be tacky to ask them nicely if I could go with them on the train and then go my separate way for the duration of the trip? I really don't want to interfere with their trip, but I desperately want to go. I've never been on a train before, and I don't know much of how it works, and if I went with them, I could be in on part of the family discount, which would save me a nice sum of money. I would pay my own hotel and everything, of course, but they've been there many a time and could help me get the ropes down of travelling (I've never been outside of this province!). I'm pretty close to them, and if they let me go, if they didn't want me to leave them alone, I'd gladly babysit the kids and stuff like that. I know it's tacky to invite myself, or even ask if I could go. I just don't know what to do... they've been bragging about this trip forever. My grandpa is going too and I think it would be one of our last chances to do something like this... he's 84 and I don't know how much longer he'll be around.
So, should I be tacky and hint that I want to go? Or should I keep my mouth shut?
Part of me says, "They're family, and you've known them all since you were 3! Go for it!!!" but the other part of me says, "No, you can't, that would be rude and stupid of you."
What would you guys do?
Thanks,
~An Indecisive Jenn
I'm asking you this because you are so much better thinkers than I am!
My step-family (ie grandpa's new wife and her kids and some of their kids) are going to Nova Scotia this summer. I've seriously been considering going to college there, as the tuition is lower, the people I've talked to loved it there and were a lot more courteous than some of the staff I've seen at other schools, and I think it would be a good experience. Anyway, my point is that I am not invited on this trip. I would love to see NS and get a glimpse as to whether or not I should apply, but I simply can't do it on my own. Anyway, would it be tacky to ask them nicely if I could go with them on the train and then go my separate way for the duration of the trip? I really don't want to interfere with their trip, but I desperately want to go. I've never been on a train before, and I don't know much of how it works, and if I went with them, I could be in on part of the family discount, which would save me a nice sum of money. I would pay my own hotel and everything, of course, but they've been there many a time and could help me get the ropes down of travelling (I've never been outside of this province!). I'm pretty close to them, and if they let me go, if they didn't want me to leave them alone, I'd gladly babysit the kids and stuff like that. I know it's tacky to invite myself, or even ask if I could go. I just don't know what to do... they've been bragging about this trip forever. My grandpa is going too and I think it would be one of our last chances to do something like this... he's 84 and I don't know how much longer he'll be around.
So, should I be tacky and hint that I want to go? Or should I keep my mouth shut?
Part of me says, "They're family, and you've known them all since you were 3! Go for it!!!" but the other part of me says, "No, you can't, that would be rude and stupid of you."
What would you guys do?
Thanks,
~An Indecisive Jenn