Is AUTHOR wrong in the post ? POST : Story: I moved across the country for work about a year or so ago, and my family has purchased flights for me to go back home for an event this upcoming weekend. This is not an unusual occurance; we (SO and I) have flown (~3 hr flight one way) to my families hometown 7 times in the past 12 weeks for events that "we cant miss." They will pay for everything and guilt trip the heck out of us for not making it if we put up any resistance. To date we have not missed a single event.

This trip requires us to miss some days of work, and unfortunately this week is a very heavy work load for both of us. Not saying we cant miss, but it would be very tough to make up missed time. My sibling also is playing a very small part in this party and according to my mother 'would be very devastated if we dont come' (she did this exact party 3 weeks ago which we did attend). I am exhausted from this traveling and have tried to express this in a calm way, and have brought up our work load, but my parents only see me as being a spoiled son who "needs his beauty rest" and is missing the last event of the year. Any thoughts? Feeling pretty bad after turning down the flights, not sure if I am being unreasonable or not.