My family appear to have fallen out with me over babysitting issues.
I have a wedding to go on Saturday and would like to enjoy the evening child free. So I advertised for a baby sitter. I didn't bother to ask my side of the family as I have previously been let down A LOT and I knew they busy in the first place. They had posted all over FB the other day about how mum was at work but dad and little brother will be at a bbq and mum will join them after work has finished.
My sister went nuts at me because I didn't ask them first.
I didn't ask my sister because she has a 4 year old and 6 month old and the baby sitting would be when the children are in bed. So she would be unavailable anyway. She wouldn't understand my predicament anyway as for her entire parenting life, whenever she needed a babysitter my mum has re-arranged everything in order to do it. If I ask, she makes excuses as to why she can't.
My favourite example was when I asked if she could look after my children for the night and she said she couldn't as she was working. No problem. However the night in question, she then posted photos all over FB of my niece and nephew who she was babysitting
My family are now refusing to speak to me and I know when they eventually do, it will be how hurt they are etc etc etc.
So did I actually do anything wrong in the first place by bypassing everyone and finding my own private sitter?
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NeedACleverNN · 22/06/2016 21:31
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