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<blockquote data-quote="rejectedmom" data-source="post: 57715" data-attributes="member: 2315"><p>Oh goodness this sounds like something out of my past. My husband when he was in charge usually went to sleep on the sofa while the kids did whatever popped into their heads. I was always left with the mess since husband "had to go to work in the morning" Leaving it for him to clean up didn't work because he just simply wouldn't do it and I would be the one stepping around it all day. His was old school patriarcal thinking that never completely moved into the age of enlightenment. He is a better grandfather than he was a father but he is still not perfect.</p><p>Twice he left my 8 year old grandson on the beach alone to come back to the house for something. He thinks it is OK because the house is just over the dune plus 150 feet away. But you cannot see the beach and there are no lifeguards and lots of strangers and grandson is usually outgoing and impulsive. I lost it the first time husband did it and set my sister in law out to watch the boy. Even with that reaction husband did it again. So I called my daughter told her about this issue and suggested that she talk to husband if she had a problem with this. She hasn't done anything about it yet. I have the children for a week again in August and husband is on vacation to "help" me take care of them. If daughter doesn't talk to him I will have to watch them every minute since husband has proven that he won't and I couldn't bear anything happening to them especially on my watch. -RM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rejectedmom, post: 57715, member: 2315"] Oh goodness this sounds like something out of my past. My husband when he was in charge usually went to sleep on the sofa while the kids did whatever popped into their heads. I was always left with the mess since husband "had to go to work in the morning" Leaving it for him to clean up didn't work because he just simply wouldn't do it and I would be the one stepping around it all day. His was old school patriarcal thinking that never completely moved into the age of enlightenment. He is a better grandfather than he was a father but he is still not perfect. Twice he left my 8 year old grandson on the beach alone to come back to the house for something. He thinks it is OK because the house is just over the dune plus 150 feet away. But you cannot see the beach and there are no lifeguards and lots of strangers and grandson is usually outgoing and impulsive. I lost it the first time husband did it and set my sister in law out to watch the boy. Even with that reaction husband did it again. So I called my daughter told her about this issue and suggested that she talk to husband if she had a problem with this. She hasn't done anything about it yet. I have the children for a week again in August and husband is on vacation to "help" me take care of them. If daughter doesn't talk to him I will have to watch them every minute since husband has proven that he won't and I couldn't bear anything happening to them especially on my watch. -RM [/QUOTE]
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