Well, if your airport is anything like my airport post 9/11, there's precious little "sending off" to be done. It's not like you can hang out at the gate until they get on the plane. More a matter of being together in the car, yes?

So .... does that trump serious inconvenience for you?

(Related thought .. I just realized, in planning for a vacation, that aside from my parents, I don't feel comfortable asking anyone who lives close to me to drop us off at the train station. This tells me I need to make some new friends locally, since all our other close friends have moved away. This could be a similar wake-up call for h.; because of his choices, you are no longer a viable taxi service. Something to think about.)

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