Last night, I emailed my mom & asked for an oatmeal cookie recipe. She replied with the recipe, & said that my dad thinks I should make the cookies & invite then over to eat them & see Reese. So, I called her this morning & invited her & my dad to come & visit this afternoon. Well, I just got an email from my mom. She didn't mean to send it to me, she meant to send it to her sister. It was basically an email complaining about how they don't get to see Reese, & that it is "so sad" that they have to invite themselves over. She was miffed that they called on Saturday & wanted to stop by (with 20 min notice). I said no FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER because Reese was sick, we were all still in our pajamas, and I just wanted her to rest. Oh, and because I wanted us to have some time alone since we had been with family NON-STOP the prior weekend. I am so selfish. My parents see her all.the.time. And every time they come over, they stay for HOURS. My mom is going to be watching R when I go back to work in 3 weeks, & her sense of entitlement to her is the exact reason I see this turning into a disaster. I emailed my mom back. I'll post it in a reply since I'm on my phone & I can't make paragraphs. It should be interesting when she comes over later. Thanks for letting me vent. I am so pissed right now!
Re: Grrrrrrrrr!
That is ridiculous!! I would be pissed too, if it makes your mom feel better you can tell her that she has seen Reese more times than I my mom has seen Austin and he is a year old.
I think my parents have seen Austin a total of 2 weeks his entire life.
I'm so sorry, Dani! Maybe it's actually a good thing that this misdirected email thing happened because now you can address the situation now. I have also realized how petty g-moms seem to get with the arrival of the grandkids. I sort of feel like it's the wedding all over again with the drama starting!
Bri's mom invited herself over this past Saturday night with little notice because she said that she needs to see the baby at least once a week so that she gets to know her. Everytime my mom has babysat for us, Bri's mom needs to, too, to make it fair. It's ridiculous.
My mom has said fro mthe beginning that she was babysitting when I go back to work. Then Bri's mom needed in on the action, too. Luckily, she went back to work part-time for the first time in 2 years so now the schedule will be: Monday I'm working from home, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday my mom has her and Friday Bri's mom has her. When I tell this to my mom on Sunday, she got all upset because I'm taking 2 days away from her. What?!? You have her the most! She tried to say that it's not fair that Bri's mom gets her on Fridays because that's the best day of the week. Like Caroline will know the difference between a Tuesday and a Friday.
Don't get me wrong: I am extremely grateful for all the love and especially the help in the child care department, but the pettiness is out of control!
~Kimberly & Eric~ April 21, 2008 ~Tensing Pen ~ Negril, Jamaica ~ My Blog: One Sunset at a Time
~Kimberly & Eric~ April 21, 2008 ~Tensing Pen ~ Negril, Jamaica ~ My Blog: One Sunset at a Time
That is ridic. I would be pissed.
FWIW, I posted a video on K's share site of K playing with my mom and it caused all kinds of drama with my dad's side of the family. I actually gad to say, "don't be mad at me because you live 4 (or 15, depending on who) hours away and she lives 10 minutes away."
Katy and Brett ~ Runaway Bay, Jamaica ~ October 4, 2008
That's crazy. I'm sorry you're having to put up with that! My mom is constantly around too and if I ever heard her complaining about not seeing G enough I would flip!