To start off with quickly, I'm an American living in America.
Last night my friend was asked by her (originally from London) neighbor to watch her 3.9 yo DS at 11:30 pm while she went the 40 miles to pick up DH from airport. Friend thought it was a bit odd as they've only spoken to neighbor once briefly, but agreed. When 11:30 came, neighbor came by and dropped off not the child, but a baby monitor and set of keys to the house so my friend could sleep while "watching" the child since it was so late. Needless to say, friend didn't sleep until the parents returned after 1 am, and worried about the child waking up because the child has barely seen her and never talked to her. So my friend called me this morning to tell me the odd story and decided it must be a "British thing" to let people that you barely know watch your child late at night from next door. I told her I doubted it, but she figures it must be a "European thing" then. So tell me ladies, would you do what the neighbor did if you were in that position?
(FWIW we both decided if it were us in that position, we would just take DS with us and let him sleep in the car and have DH find us in the parking lot of the airport because it is a VERY small airport and the parking lot isn't very big at all.)
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Is this really a "British thing"? Or a "European thing" for that matter? (a bit long)
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colinandcaitlinsmommy · 22/02/2006 17:01
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