*Whine Wednesday*

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• TinyPinkBug member

  December 2011

  The kids have an awful chest cold that their little cousin gave them for Christmas.  He was so sick he spent Christmas Eve in the ER but was fine enough to travel 2 hrs to my MIL's the next day to share his Christmas cheer with everyone.  One of the kids were supposed to spend the day with their Grandma tomorrow but now I am keeping them home since they are sick.  Told MIL and her response was that they must have caught a cold on the way from her door to our car on Christmas day since they weren't wearing heavy coats.  It was about 45 out and it is about 10 feet from her door to the car, they were wearing fleece coats.  It just bugs the crap out of me how she firmly believes you catch a cold from exposure to cold air instead of from virus and bacteria.  She is also already on my annoyed list from x-mas eve when we took her somewhere and she thought she lost her keys, we spent an hour trying to find them at the place when the kids just wanted to get home and to bed.  Turns out they were in her purse the entire time, her daughter found them a few days later.  Which then made it our fault for not knowing we should have checked her purse for ourselves.

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• jnk062602

  December 2011

  My bday was Dec 2.  But MIL calls me up Monday and says that her and GMIL want to do lunch to celebrate my birthday.  Which is super nice of them and totally unexpected - we have never done this before.  We just don't see each other all that often, I usually push for once a month (and it is only for a couple hours max) so that dd has a relationship with them, DH would be fine only seeing them at holidays.

  But then she says - Since Josh is home, he can watch Ellie while you come out to eat with us.  I just find this SO WEIRD.  Now, if we saw each other all the time, I wouldn't think so much about it.  But I feel like I am the only one fighting to keep dd having a good relationship with dh's side.  I even said, well DH is working Friday so we (ellie and I) could both come that day.  And she said, well maybe Wednesday or Thursday then.  WHY?!?!

  Whatever, I called back and suggested Thursday and then said that DH had errands to run and the gym, so that I would be bringing DD.  Bond with your grand-daughter gosh darnit!  I just really don't get it.  I mean, my parents see dd all the time, and still basically push me out of the way to get to her.  MIL could see her so much more, but she never initiates or takes us up on offers.

  Side note - DH thinks MIL is wanting to get me alone to ask me to be in the delivery room for ds.  Apparently she was hurt about not seeing the actual delivery of dd.  (she was there before and immediately after, we just had everyone but my mom step out of the room for the actual pushing part)  I do not think this is her intention behind setting up lunch, but we shall see if it gets brought up tomorrow.

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• MrsWhiteonWhiteSt

  December 2011

  Same as you M. My kids have awful colds/cough. They've been up the past 3 nights coughing themselves awake and then stuffy and miserable all day. It's rough... really rough.
  

  

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