On 02/05/2021 14:31, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
> > wrote:
>> On 02/05/2021 13:26, Lucretia Borgia wrote:
>>> > wrote:
>>>> Not yet. But my flight (if it isn't cancelled yet again) is in a couple
>>>> of months. That's assuming lockdown continues to ease.
>>>
>>> My nephew is stuck too. He had gone over because his mother was
>>> clearly going to die, then came Covid, then she did die and at least
>>> he was there, but now he is just sitting waiting to return. Now that
>>> we are having a third wave, likely it will be a couple of months
>>> before he can come back. I think you'll have more luck going to the
>>> US than he will here.
>>>
>> A relative by marriage, who shall remain un-named, doesn't understand
>> why I haven't just hopped over to the nearest airport and flown off.
>
> Doubtful you could ever explain Sympathies.
>
Said relative has never left the US, but some time back, called to make
sure we knew we'd need 'Real ID' drivers licenses the next time we
flew!!! Well, no. We need passports. Of which I have two.

So, yes - trying to explain would be a waste of time and effort.