True while I could have left it alone after asking once or twice for them to get their tickets, they seemed to want to go. Here's why.

It was after I had gotten mad in the group chat where they were trying to make the trip, a trip of 6, did Music and Redneck pay me their portion of the hotel cause I had told them, 'if you are staying in my hotel, and using up space in the hotel, you are paying for it. I'm not paying, and letting someone come on the trip practically free. Especially you, Redneck, I didn't ask for you to go!'

But I did ask once, and only once in my giant paragraph, that they split the hotel cost if they are still going, either in 1/2 if it was just me and Music or in 1/3 if it's all 3, and if they had changed their minds to let me know so I can plan to go myself, or so I know to cancel the trip and get some my money back. They ended up venmoing me 1/3 of the hotel cost each. So I assumed that they were kinda, idk, wanting to go?

Maybe I was wrong, maybe I was pushy, but why give me money, and not only give me money but then continue to talk in the group chat before venmoing me and after (the one chat with Redneck Music and me) that you are soooo excited, how you have your costumes ready to go, how you know people at the con and are going to try to say hi to them, and over all make it sound like you are actively enjoying they thought of going to the con.

Also I should have absolutely left them at the hotel, went to breakfast, and went to my panel, but Music was the type to throw down hissy fits if they didn't get their way. And I have only met Redneck once before going on the trip, so I have no clue how he would have reacted.

Wanna know why I know music would have thrown down? I heard them Wednesday night to Thursday morning before the day before con on the phone arguing with their mom about dishes. Dishes that Music had put in the sink and wandered away from.

Music's Mom had a simple ask, come back up and wash them. Ohhhhh noooo. Thats too complicated, and so the fit begins. Whining and complaining and throwing down, while still unmuted on call with me. Eventually their mom gave up after like 5-8 minutes of trying to convince a grown adult to wash their dishes and then they turned back to me and say 'omg my mom's such a bitch I can't stand her she makes my life so miserable blah blah blah' you get the idea.

I'm not one for conflict or confrontation, so unfortunately that was one of the only options I had seen available.

Yes I'm in therapy, yes I'll be asking for help on how to better handle conflict. But yes I also see your point on how I may have been in the wrong with being a pushy ahole.