hi i have two kids one 8 year old and one 4 year old my oldest one is at school and younger one at nursery who is due to start school in August.
A Year ago my neirbour asked me if i could watch her son for 20 mins in my house before school then take him upto school every morning as she worked mon-thur i agreed to do this as i wanted to help out and i thought she would return the favour on a friday when she wasnt working and take my daughter to school she never once mentioned it and would just wave her son off every fridsy morning expecting me to take him to school at first i didnt mind but then her son would start taking my sons toys and hiding them as he knew this upset my son and it was making my mornings too stressful as my son has autism and would have a meltdown over it we would then go in car and he would be kicking the seats rolling down window etc and he would ignore me when i asked him to stop it i spoke to his mum about it but he still continued i evenually had enough and told her i could not take him to school anymore i made up the excuse that i had to go to my mums in mornings before school ( my mum had just suffered a stroke and his mum knew my mum was very poorly at that time) she now lets her son walk upto school with his brother.
she asked me the other day if i would be able to take her son upto school in august as her older son will be moving to high school and couldnt do it i was kinda put on the spot so just agreed but i really dont want the added stress in the mornings and she is now not working has retired early so could walk him to school herself but because she dosent drive and i di she expects me to take him to school to save her walking the 10 min journey to school.
am i being unreasonable here by not wanting to do it? i dont mind helping people out but i feel like she expecting me to do it all and never offers anything back in return.
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Lily86 · 10/01/2016 21:15
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