Monday BF 4/6
Apr 9, 2015 23:00:45 GMT -5
Post by angelsnight on Apr 9, 2015 23:00:45 GMT -5
I know it is Thursday, but I don't want to make a new thread just for this. It is so frustrating how much my brother and his wife do not take our kid into consideration when planning things. I know I know, the world doesn't revolve around me and my kid, but if you want me at things, you need to be a little considerate. We're going out Monday for his birthday and they said dinner will be in one of three cities, and either at 5, 6, or 7. Ugh, we start LO's bedtime at 7. Please don't make us choose between not coming, or bringing a cranky kid to a restaurant at her bedtime. I know it's his birthday, but he is an adult, I would think he could plan his day to have some consideration for his niece who is oh so cranky over everything these days.
In a couple weeks is his birthday party and it's at night at a yacht club or something...it's his 40th so him and his friend who is also turning 40 are celebrating together. OK fine, we get a babysitter, but they invited all of our sitters. It's no biggie, my inlaws are watching her, they were happy to be invited but they would rather watch her so we can go and have fun. When I told SIL this, she was like or you could just drop her off at your other SILs, its on the way. Yeah, it's a 40 minute drive at almost her bedtime, to stay the evening with her aunt and uncle she doesn't see that often, and her two very hyper cousins who will be in her face all night, they'd have to try to get her to sleep in a strange place, with no place for her to sleep, and then we would have to wake her when we pick her up. Umm, no thanks.
But it shouldn't surprise me, this is the same brother and SIL that set their wedding for 12 days past my due date last year. Had I not been induced and went past my due date, I would have missed their wedding. They were understanding, but why set your wedding for a time when you know your sister might not be able to make it? They didn't have their hearts set on that date since they were all over the calendar prior to settling on that one. Thankfully I had a good recovery, but as it was I was exhausted, had to get my post partum body into a dress and take my two week old baby around 100 people because we weren't ready to leave her with anyone.
I know its a different world when you don't have kids, and I don't expect them to revolve around me, but the lack of consideration just irks me. I wanted to punch my brother in the face when he was judgy judgy about us having three different strollers (a jogger for walks and jogging, a lite one for my car and a lite second hand one for my husband's car). He couldn't understand why you can't just switch from car to car. I so can't wait until he has kids if he has them. Then I can either laugh when he gets more than one stroller, or laugh when he forgets to switch it to the right car and is stuck somewhere without it.
Edit, kudos to you if you read all of that
In a couple weeks is his birthday party and it's at night at a yacht club or something...it's his 40th so him and his friend who is also turning 40 are celebrating together. OK fine, we get a babysitter, but they invited all of our sitters. It's no biggie, my inlaws are watching her, they were happy to be invited but they would rather watch her so we can go and have fun. When I told SIL this, she was like or you could just drop her off at your other SILs, its on the way. Yeah, it's a 40 minute drive at almost her bedtime, to stay the evening with her aunt and uncle she doesn't see that often, and her two very hyper cousins who will be in her face all night, they'd have to try to get her to sleep in a strange place, with no place for her to sleep, and then we would have to wake her when we pick her up. Umm, no thanks.
But it shouldn't surprise me, this is the same brother and SIL that set their wedding for 12 days past my due date last year. Had I not been induced and went past my due date, I would have missed their wedding. They were understanding, but why set your wedding for a time when you know your sister might not be able to make it? They didn't have their hearts set on that date since they were all over the calendar prior to settling on that one. Thankfully I had a good recovery, but as it was I was exhausted, had to get my post partum body into a dress and take my two week old baby around 100 people because we weren't ready to leave her with anyone.
I know its a different world when you don't have kids, and I don't expect them to revolve around me, but the lack of consideration just irks me. I wanted to punch my brother in the face when he was judgy judgy about us having three different strollers (a jogger for walks and jogging, a lite one for my car and a lite second hand one for my husband's car). He couldn't understand why you can't just switch from car to car. I so can't wait until he has kids if he has them. Then I can either laugh when he gets more than one stroller, or laugh when he forgets to switch it to the right car and is stuck somewhere without it.
Edit, kudos to you if you read all of that