re: Paying to Park at the airport vs rousting someone to bring you

In my 20's, I always assumed and expected a friend to pick me up, and I always picked my friends up at the airport. Now that I'm in my 30's, I figure out my own transportation unless my host eagerly insists on picking me up, and I no longer go out of my way to pick people up at the airport. It's sort of a shame thing. If I can't get to your house on my own, I look like a loser who doesn't have his shite together and who expects you to take off work in the middle of the day to wipe my arse.

There's also no more "Hey bro can I crash on your couch?" in my life. If I stay with someone with a guest room and they invite to have me stay with them, great. I have a guest room as well, and I use it. If my friend doesn't have an extra room, I just stay at a hotel.