So this is a bit of an odd post but I need to know if I'm right to be annoyed?
My MIL doesn't ask me to do things, she tells me I'm going to do it.
So for her birthday recently she travelled up North for a meal as most of her friends are from that area which is an hour away from my home. The plan was to have a meal and cocktails afterwards, I don't drink but I do like going out and chatting etc. So a few weeks ago she said to me "you can look after your SIL while I go out with FIL". So she didn't ASK me to look after her daughter, I was told to. I had my 2 year old with me anyways so I said fine and I dropped it and forgot about it until a few days ago where MIL said "on [date in November] clear your Saturday because you're going to help with SIL's 13th birthday by teaching her and her friends how to decorate cakes." Again, she did not ask if I would be willing to do this. I don't want to upset SIL and say no but I'm getting tired of MIL telling me to do things when she should ask me instead. I have my own life and my own child and I can think of 40 things I'd rather do than spend an afternoon with really loud teenagers teaching something I'm not comfortable teaching! Plus, I have a LOT of anxiety talking infront of people so I'm the WORST person to have do this.
Do I have the right to be annoyed? And how should I deal with it? Thank you x
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Melyn · 25/09/2019 13:23
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