I'll try to make this quick.
It is DH's birthday today, I bought him a weekend away next weekend at a naice hotel not far away. We have two kids, nigh on 6 and 4, it is very rare we don't do things as a family so this would be a treat.
My parents who live nearby are having the kids, and this is the source of my anxiety. (I do suffer from depression and anxiety so am not always the most rational )
My parents have a big outdoor swimming pool, with no railings. They are very cautious with it, no running next to it, swim vests on when playing outside, no-one allowed in without an adult etc. The kids know these rules and are good with them.
But I'm getting anxious. I'm worrying that the kids will let themselves out and fall in the pool, slip under the cover and not be seen. I'm worried that my disabled mother couldn't get in the pool quick enough if something happened. I'm worried that my dad might get distracted by a project in the garden and let his guard down.
All of these things can be mitigated against...cover off, French doors locked when adults not ready to go outside etc...apart from the human factor. The distraction or whatever.
My sister may well go to stay with them too in which case she would help and I would feel far easier, but I am beginning to wonder if I should ever have booked it! I keep catastrophising...but I can't tell if that is 'me' or a genuine concern I should be this freaked out by. Would others let their kids go to stay in similar circumstances?
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AIBU?
Aibu to consider not going as I am so anxious?!
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witsender · 30/07/2016 07:02
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