Her Mother-In-Law Begged To Babysit But Then Didn’t Show Up To Watch Her Newborn On Time, So She Revoked The Privilege And Had Her Mom Babysit Instead
This woman recently had a baby, who is now 2-months-old, and everyone has been extremely happy about the new addition to the family.
So, both her mother and her mother-in-law have been really excited about the idea of getting to babysit. Her mother-in-law, though, brings up the idea constantly.
Still, while she appreciates the offer, she is currently a stay-at-home mom. That’s why she really just has not needed a babysitter yet.
“And it’s gotten a little bit annoying being prodded about it, even though I know it’s not my mother-in-law’s intention,” she said.
But, just yesterday, she decided that she wanted to run a couple of additional errands aside from just getting groceries. She also figured it would be easier to get everything done without bringing the baby along.
So, she decided to reach out to her mother-in-law and finally take the woman up on her offer.
She first just asked if her mother-in-law wanted to watch the newborn, and her mother-in-law said of course.
However, her mother-in-law claimed it would have to be after she dropped off the other grandkids at home at 11:00 a.m.
That was completely fine with her, too, and she just asked her mother-in-law to let her know once the kids were dropped off– since her mother-in-law lives about 30 minutes away from her.
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“And I knew my mother-in-law would probably hang around and talk with her daughter for a bit while there, so I wasn’t expecting a message until 11:30 a.m. or 12:00 p.m.,” she explained.
Well, hours passed by, and by 2:00 p.m., she still had not heard from her mother-in-law. By that point, it was also too late for her to get all of the errands done, which is why she just told her mother-in-law never mind.
Her mother-in-law apologized and offered to take the baby the following day. However, she told her mother-in-law no and decided to ask her own mom to babysit instead.
She did this even though her mom did not get off of work until mid-afternoon, leaving her with less time to get her errands done.
She realizes that it would have just been easier to allow her mother-in-law to babysit her newborn.
“But I felt like my mother-in-law had disrespected my time– although I don’t feel like she did it on purpose– and I made my decision for the sole reason that I didn’t want to reward her for it,” she vented.
Still, ever since basically denying her mother-in-law an opportunity to babysit, she’s been left wondering whether that was a jerky move or not.
Can you understand why she got frustrated by her mother-in-law’s flaking? Do you think she did the right thing by having her own mom babysit instead? What would you have done?
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