A few weeks ago, both dsd & dss were staying with us. He took dss out with him but the little girl didn't want to play rugby but wanted to come to the shops with me as I needed to pick up stuff from Harrods & King's Rd. which is a million times more interesting she said.
Fine I said, we'll have a girly afternoon and my dh said to me: If you walk past a shoe shop, could you get her a new pair as she's not comfy in the ones she's got here (we also keep dss & dsd's clothes in our house). No probs I said.
Off we went and after a really great time with her (she's only 8 but we spoke about loads of things, checked out all the make-up counters and picked up my stuff) we went to Russell&Bromley and I bought her dark ballerinas as I thought she could wear it with her school unfiform, too and satin ballerinas because she just adored them.
On the way back home we decided to sit in a cafe and enjoy smoothies and let the boys do their 'boy thing' as she said ;-)
Anyhoo, to cut a long story short. After handing them over on Sunday her Mum went spastic that I had taken her out with me and called me dp irresponsible and untrustworthy and that he cared nothing for his kids and what a stuck up cow I was and how I dared buying her crap.
I am naturally very hurt, thinking about what I did wrong. She's never liked me but this sort of attack is new and now she doesn't want the kids to see their Dad if I'm in the house. Trouble is we live together and she knows it. I cannot go somewhere else as I don't really have close friends or relatives here and I don't want to stay in a hotel or go away (no dosh).
It all got really nasty and my dp said she's furious because you get along with the kids so well.
Uhm...OKAY...I can understand that to some extent...but this behaviour is out of order. I sent her a text apologizing if I made a mistake, I only did it to make the her daughter happy, I'm sorry for upset, I'd never speak badly of her and thought she'd like it if I did something her dd would enjoy, I never dream of taking her mum's place.
No response and still vitriol. She told dp: either the kids or me.
Help! What can I do?
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Alexa808 · 10/03/2008 17:05
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