She Agreed To Babysit Her Son’s Kids While His Wife Was In Labor, But After They Got Rowdy, She Asked Her Son To Come Home And Help While He Was Still Waiting For His Baby To Be Born
This 71-year-old woman and her 72-year-old husband recently found themselves entangled in a family dispute with their 39-year-old son and his 36-year-old wife.
Their son and their son’s wife had recently celebrated the birth of their fourth child, who was born nine months prior.
The birth process had historically been lengthy for their son’s wife, as she had to be induced for the last two, inclusive of their most recent child.
On the day of the birth, she and her husband were in charge of their three elder grandchildren: a boy of five, a girl of four, and another girl aged two.
The induction began at eight in the morning, but by one in the afternoon, there was little progress. Faced with the task of tending to the energetic trio, she proposed to her son that he come home for a few hours to assist, as it seemed the birth might stretch on.
Their home was a mere half an hour away from the hospital, enabling their son to return pretty quickly if the labor escalated.
She recognized the significance of the birth event for her son and his wife and was not aiming to deprive him of that.
“My son took great offense to my request and told me to [deal], bribe the kids with treats or whatever worked for us, and that there was no way he would leave his wife’s side unless there was an emergency with one of the kids like they were admitted to the hospital or something,” she explained.
She reminded her son that the children were his and his wife’s responsibility and that he couldn’t expect her and her husband to provide round-the-clock childcare if the birth continued for days.
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He retorted that if they weren’t prepared for such a commitment, they shouldn’t have agreed to babysit, as the duration of labor is unpredictable. He assured her he would arrange for a replacement, then abruptly ended the call. Three hours later, a substitute arrived, allowing her and her husband to go home as they had wanted.
The following day, she and her husband offered to babysit again for their son for a few hours, but their offer was refused. The replacement couple from the previous day stayed until the birth was complete and their son was back home.
After this incident, she and her husband noticed a change in their son and his wife, as they no longer asked them to babysit and had hired a professional sitter instead.
She thought that the new babysitter was an utter waste of money, as she is free of charge and happy to babysit. Additionally, her son and his family stopped coming to their house a lot after the birth drama unfolded.
She tried to initiate a conversation with her son and his wife about the situation. They felt disrespected, alleging that she didn’t allow them the tranquility of experiencing childbirth.
“My husband and I agree that they are overreacting, since she did not, in fact, give birth until seven the next morning, 23 hours after being induced, and our son could very easily have helped us with the kids for a few hours,” she said.
Now, she finds herself contemplating whether she was, as her son claims, in the wrong for asking him to help with the children during his wife’s slow-progressing labor.
What do you think?
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