Financially-strained man refuses to pay for sixth coast-to-coast flight this year to visit family on Christmas, relatives react with insulting criticism: ‘[You] have enough money’

Christmas, they say, is the most wonderful time of the year, A time for families to come together and spend quality time with relatives and loved ones. Unfortunately, as we all know, families aren't always the perfect example of solidarity, understanding, and compassion, to say the least, and that could make the holiday season an extremely stressful time.

The original poster (OP) of this story is experiencing just that. He, his wife, and their three children, who are all under 10, live far from their relatives but still make the effort to visit regularly. five times this year, to be exact.

But now they're in a tight spot. Money's running low, they're just getting over being sick, and those Christmas flight prices? ouch! So they made the tough call to skip the holiday trip this year. You'd think the family would understand, but that's not the case. Instead, OP got an earful about poor planning and disappointing everyone. Even got offered a loan, which could be a nice suggestion, but doesn't solve the whole "we're already in debt" problem.

So, while his real family disappointed - his Reddit fam offered all the support a man could ask for.

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