I feel like a total cow right now. Basically, my friend has a(male) housemate. Said housemate is separated and has a son.Last week we had a very rare evening out- three of us, all single mums, left our children asleep at her house, with the housemate babysitting- for about 3 hours. He had to be coaxed to babysit, and only agreed to do so when my friend promised- without asking us- that we would babysit his son- in the daytime- once each.
I felt I had to go along with this, but didn't think it fair. So I just hoped the whole thing would just get quietly forgotten.
Unfortunately, the man in question has now found himself caring for his son most of the time (the boy's mum is having some problems). He texted me earlier asking me to look after him all day tomorrow.
Well, I have not been feeling too great mentally. Anxiety, depression, insomnia. Struggling to hold it together. Things have been pretty stressful lately, and I was looking forward to a quiet day pottering around w/ DS tomorrow. DS is 18 months and his son is 7- a lovely boy, but I thought- "God, there goes my peace when DS has his nap, we'll have to get out of the house and Do Some Activities- I don't even know what to do with older kids!"
So I'm afraid I lied and said I'm ill. I would have loved to help this bloke out, but I just don't feel I have any spare capacity. AIBU?
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maledetta · 16/09/2011 20:48
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