<p>I agree with post #56 this is not at all about cost (since OP can get cheap flight) or time (is the flight that much longer than the 6 hour bus ride my D will have coming home from Pitt for Thanksgiving?) but about feelings and family attachment. I don’t thnk that coming home for Thanksgiving will prevent the OP from becoming fully engaged in college life. Thanksgiving gatherings are about the biggest family tradition we share here in the US. Hoping that OP can work it out with her dad and stepmom.</p>