MIL (yes, sorry it's a MIL thread) lives 2 hours drive from us and came up to stay for the weekend. She arrived at 9am on Saturday and was due to stay until this morning. (Not UK, so it's Monday morning here).
A lovely weekend was had by all with the exception of her talking to DH as though he is still the 17yo who moved out of home, but I' m used to that
Both DDs worship her, and it's particularly lovely to see DD2 (20 months) interacting and playing with her, as MIL didn't get the chance for all that with DD1 as we were overseas.
Last night MIL said she would be leaving early in the morning, probably around 7.30. No problem there, she's always keen to get on the road early. She said goodnight to DD1 and said she'd see her in the morning.
We got up this morning at 7... and she was gone. I'd heard her moving about at 5:30ish when I was up with DD2.
DD1 was devestated. "I didn't get to say goodbye, Nana said she'd give me a cuddle before she left" etc etc. A crying 5 year old is not a great start to a Monday morning,
DH reckons she does it (it's not the first time - she did it before and told DD she left early because she missed her cat 
), because she thinks it will avoid a fuss. Except it doesn't, it just means she doesn't have to deal with seeing an upset child.
WIBU to tell DH to ask her not to do it again. To either say goodbye the night before, or wait until we are up leave? It's not like we get up late, the whole house is always up by 7:30 at the latest.