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My Inlaws have gone too far
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 45265" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Dara, maybe the best thing you can do is not rely on mother in law to babysit for you, either. After all, if Niece dropped Sammy down the toilet while mother in law was at your house, how responsible is mother in law with Sammy?</p><p></p><p>Niece may be a really nice kid, it doesn't sound like her fault. It DOES sound like mother in law is wanting to be helpful to everybody, in theory, but in practice just doesn't want the workload and so dumps it.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't leave my kid with someone like that.</p><p></p><p>Also, to be beholden to someone like that is not good. Having to owe her some sort of favour for her babysitting for you - it would be better to stay home, because it makes it that much harder for you to say 'no' to her.</p><p></p><p>Something husband & I have done on an anniversary - we postponed our ACTUAL celebration to a more convenient time, but on the night itself we ordered takeaway something nice, sat on the floor in our pyjamas and had a quiet dinner ourselves, just the two of us, with the kids in bed and the phone off the hook.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 45265, member: 1991"] Dara, maybe the best thing you can do is not rely on mother in law to babysit for you, either. After all, if Niece dropped Sammy down the toilet while mother in law was at your house, how responsible is mother in law with Sammy? Niece may be a really nice kid, it doesn't sound like her fault. It DOES sound like mother in law is wanting to be helpful to everybody, in theory, but in practice just doesn't want the workload and so dumps it. I wouldn't leave my kid with someone like that. Also, to be beholden to someone like that is not good. Having to owe her some sort of favour for her babysitting for you - it would be better to stay home, because it makes it that much harder for you to say 'no' to her. Something husband & I have done on an anniversary - we postponed our ACTUAL celebration to a more convenient time, but on the night itself we ordered takeaway something nice, sat on the floor in our pyjamas and had a quiet dinner ourselves, just the two of us, with the kids in bed and the phone off the hook. Marg [/QUOTE]
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