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October 2012 Moms
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MIL vent
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This was last weekend.
She wanted me to bring William who was unvaccinated at the time to her moms nursing home crawling with old people sickness germs. Flu is running rampant there right now. I said no... Not til he has had his shots, since its flu/cold/RSV season and she pitched a fit!! Said I was being selfish. What the **?! Me? Because I am trying to keep the baby from getting sick?! How about her for not caring and being fine exposing him to that? She went on and on about 'why was it ok for me to take him to petsmart but not to see her mom...?' Really? Don't question me! And there are way less people at petsmart than crowded into that nasty nursing home that smells like dirty diapers! And then, that same day, we had tickets to an event that we had to be there at 6:30, his sister wanted to meet the baby so we said ok, come by Matt's moms house at 4. She was like 'I am busy is 5 ok?' And we said, sure... But we HAVE to leave by 545 so be there or too bad. She was like ok! So at 515 when she still isn't there, we call her and she's like 'I am busy and am running late' we reminded her we had to leave at 545 and she was like ok. Be there ASAP. So anyway, at 545 when she STILL isn't there, we start loading him into his car seat and MIL pitches another fit 'Katherine isn't here yet! Can't you leave him out of his seat so she can hold him?' Us 'no... We specifically said multiple times we have to leave at 545...' And she kept going on about how we were being selfish and not sticking around so Katherine could hold the baby!! WHAT.THE.**?! Is she freaking for real?! How dare she call us selfish? We bought tickets for the event, we told them well in advance she couldn't be bothered to be punctual, why should we Waste our money, and mom and dads by missing the concert? The concert was the whole reason we drove to Augusta, 4 hours, literally for one day! And anyway, he is my child, not hers, if I make a decision regarding his health or anything else, she needs to respect it and back the ** off! Not question me and throw a hissy when she doesn't get her way. Sorry, I don't play those games. I can not stand her. She is a manipulator and I don't handle that well.
WWYD?
She wanted me to bring William who was unvaccinated at the time to her moms nursing home crawling with old people sickness germs. Flu is running rampant there right now. I said no... Not til he has had his shots, since its flu/cold/RSV season and she pitched a fit!! Said I was being selfish. What the **?! Me? Because I am trying to keep the baby from getting sick?! How about her for not caring and being fine exposing him to that? She went on and on about 'why was it ok for me to take him to petsmart but not to see her mom...?' Really? Don't question me! And there are way less people at petsmart than crowded into that nasty nursing home that smells like dirty diapers! And then, that same day, we had tickets to an event that we had to be there at 6:30, his sister wanted to meet the baby so we said ok, come by Matt's moms house at 4. She was like 'I am busy is 5 ok?' And we said, sure... But we HAVE to leave by 545 so be there or too bad. She was like ok! So at 515 when she still isn't there, we call her and she's like 'I am busy and am running late' we reminded her we had to leave at 545 and she was like ok. Be there ASAP. So anyway, at 545 when she STILL isn't there, we start loading him into his car seat and MIL pitches another fit 'Katherine isn't here yet! Can't you leave him out of his seat so she can hold him?' Us 'no... We specifically said multiple times we have to leave at 545...' And she kept going on about how we were being selfish and not sticking around so Katherine could hold the baby!! WHAT.THE.**?! Is she freaking for real?! How dare she call us selfish? We bought tickets for the event, we told them well in advance she couldn't be bothered to be punctual, why should we Waste our money, and mom and dads by missing the concert? The concert was the whole reason we drove to Augusta, 4 hours, literally for one day! And anyway, he is my child, not hers, if I make a decision regarding his health or anything else, she needs to respect it and back the ** off! Not question me and throw a hissy when she doesn't get her way. Sorry, I don't play those games. I can not stand her. She is a manipulator and I don't handle that well.
WWYD?
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Re: MIL vent
I would send her a picture of your siggy and say "This is what we think".
For real though I am sorry about this, I would just ignore her.
He is a mama's boy, but to his credit, he didn't give in, although he wasn't super thrilled with me for putting him in that spot, even though he agreed with the decision.