school run sharing

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georginosgirl · 19/01/2011 21:10

i made friends with a lovely lady from ds school and we decided to help each other out with school runs etc , im a single mum of 3 and she has 3 and is married , her dh works and one of her younger kids is sn and on days my kids ill she asking me to still help with school run , and asking lots to help with appointments and babysitting etc , its kinda stressing me , heeellllp ,

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PaisleyLeaf · 19/01/2011 21:21

Do you mean if one of yours is sick - but you'd still be taking the other two?
Or you wouldn't be going to the school and she still wants you to take her DC?

You wouldn't be unreasonable to just say "no".

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georginosgirl · 19/01/2011 21:22

yes if one of mine is sick still sitting or taking her ds's ,

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UniS · 19/01/2011 23:09

You CAN say not today/ tomorrow/ this week. Just don't expect her to drop everything to help you at a moments notice.

prettymuchapixiegirl · 20/01/2011 07:59

I would say "No" to her, Georginosgirl, if what she is asking is inconvenient or you don't want to babysit. I have got caught in the trap a couple of times of being constantly asked to do things for someone, ie school runs and babysitting, but never getting any favours back.

Does this woman do things for you too or is she just expecting you to be at her beck and call?

bubbleOseven · 20/01/2011 08:13

presumably if one of your dc is sick you still have to take the other 2 no?

HSMM · 20/01/2011 08:35

I used to school run share. If one of us wasn't going with our own DC, the other one took their own children.

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