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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 617681" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>What a witch with a big old B Katie is! I am totally SURE that she has told Evan that this is a big party for HIM. Personally, I think you are handling it as well as you can. I think you need to sit the grandkids down WITHOUT their parents and tell them that Nana doesn't do the birthday parties because she has so many of them and it is more than she can afford to give them each a party. Then I would pick a day and have a party for ALL the grands' bdays all at one time. Maybe spring or fall for cooler weather or summer for outdoor fun. Heck, get easy child and Nichole to drive and take them to a water park Cinci has an awesome FREE one, or they did, and if you just go and take a table there isn't a fee to have a 'party'. I did this at least five times, incl once for a friend's child when they were stone cold broke and that one cost me under $25 for seven adults and about a dozen kids. NOT JOKING! It would be the special birthday for all of them, and they would be told the party and the fun were the gifts, and there would be no unwrapping. </p><p></p><p>I think that it may be time to think about having Kayla spend more time with you. She may soon be willing to talk about what her parents have done to harm her and her siblings and that may be what you need to get someone involved to get those poor kids away from their parents. I know you have raised your kids, and you are in zero shape to foster or raise hers, but I still think they would be better off outside of that home. </p><p></p><p>At least you can see that she isn't going to change significantly. You can anticipate her behavior and set your boundaries to stop as much as is possible of her koi. She is an idiot and does not deserve those kids or their loyalty. I would stop letting them shop at your store because they clearly should be helping YOU right now, not trying to get you to support them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 617681, member: 1233"] What a witch with a big old B Katie is! I am totally SURE that she has told Evan that this is a big party for HIM. Personally, I think you are handling it as well as you can. I think you need to sit the grandkids down WITHOUT their parents and tell them that Nana doesn't do the birthday parties because she has so many of them and it is more than she can afford to give them each a party. Then I would pick a day and have a party for ALL the grands' bdays all at one time. Maybe spring or fall for cooler weather or summer for outdoor fun. Heck, get easy child and Nichole to drive and take them to a water park Cinci has an awesome FREE one, or they did, and if you just go and take a table there isn't a fee to have a 'party'. I did this at least five times, incl once for a friend's child when they were stone cold broke and that one cost me under $25 for seven adults and about a dozen kids. NOT JOKING! It would be the special birthday for all of them, and they would be told the party and the fun were the gifts, and there would be no unwrapping. I think that it may be time to think about having Kayla spend more time with you. She may soon be willing to talk about what her parents have done to harm her and her siblings and that may be what you need to get someone involved to get those poor kids away from their parents. I know you have raised your kids, and you are in zero shape to foster or raise hers, but I still think they would be better off outside of that home. At least you can see that she isn't going to change significantly. You can anticipate her behavior and set your boundaries to stop as much as is possible of her koi. She is an idiot and does not deserve those kids or their loyalty. I would stop letting them shop at your store because they clearly should be helping YOU right now, not trying to get you to support them. [/QUOTE]
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