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Event conflict, help me choose
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Go to the concert25 Votes - [64.1%]
Go to Musselman13 Votes - [33.33%]
Better weed at the concert. Go there1 Votes - [2.56%]

2012-03-26 12:07 PM
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I would do the concert. You can do Musselman next year - you might not get a chance to go to a Pink Floyd with your son ever again.

2012-03-26 12:07 PM
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BrianRunsPhilly - 2012-03-24 11:20 AM

I bought the concert tickets months ago and forgot about the date.

My son already said he wants me to go... 

BrianRunsPhilly - 2012-03-24 12:44 PM

I committed to my son first. It was his birthday present.

Seems pretty obvious to me anyway. It's not your son's fault that you forgot about the date. There will be many other triathlons. Triathlons aren't all that important.

2012-03-26 12:23 PM
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gearboy - 2012-03-24 4:09 PM

Buckshot - 2012-03-24 2:45 PM You are on a Tri site, what do you expect to get for votes? As for the personal commitment you made to your son and your friend, you will have to figure that out on your own. It is your conscious to wrestle with and live with once the decision is made. I guess it comes down to that. Whatever you choose, don't regret the other decision.  

I think that's a big assumption. With my vote to go with family, they are nearly even.

Why family? Several reasons - first, the commitment was to the son first, not to the friend. Second, if you share an interest with your offspring AND they are willing to share that interest with you, it is a precious thing that needs to be nurtured. Third, you will enjoy the feeling of either event. You will also have some regret for missing the alternate activity. At the end of the day, which regret will be bigger - "I could be crossing the finish line now" or "I could have spent the evening with my son at a great concert" - and keep in mind that there will be plenty of opportunities to do a HIM - possibly even later this year, but not so many chances to spend a day with your son seeing Rogers Waters perform live.

Finally, when the time comes, it is your son, not your friend, who will picking out the nursing home. You really want to stay on his good side for that one....

 

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I'll even add that if the concert came up after registering for Musselman, I would pick family time.

2012-03-26 12:27 PM
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I am not a huge Pink Floyd fan so this would be much easier for me, but...

Go with the kid for what could very well be a once in a life time opportunity. And keep a better calendar! The worst I've done is schedule two races on the same day.

2012-03-26 12:34 PM
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Personally I would talk to both parties and explain the situation.  If one of them gave you an out, I'd take it and make it up to them later.  If neither gave you an out, I'd find it much harder to disappoint my son than my friend.
2012-03-26 12:40 PM
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I would try to do both --- even if it meant the tri would suck.

 

If not, stick to where you made the commitment first and owe the other BIG time.

 

2012-03-26 1:28 PM
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2012-03-26 1:39 PM
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FoggyGoggles - 2012-03-26 2:28 PM Tough choice, but I'd have to go with not letting your son down. You've gone 19 years without doing that so far, why start now?

I'll be at the concert. Actually, I have let him down before, there was a period in my life when all I cared about was work and chasing the corporate ladder. This was just a reminder to keep those priorities in order. I can find another triathlon within 2 weeks of that date pretty easily.

Think Pink! And now I'm off to the pool...

2012-03-26 2:46 PM
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You said you're open for swapping tickets, so do it.  Scalp your four tickets for the Philly show and buy a pair for NY.  Then make a whole weekend out of it.  You might be out a bit more money, but it would be worth it to not have to see the show at Citizen's Bank Park Wink
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