Or is my mum?

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Parents have been away for a fortnight, asked us to look after house, been ever other day as they have fish to feed, sorted their mail, taken their bin out, picked up parcels- all fine. Rang them today as an important parcel they'd been waiting for had arrived, had a little chat about their hols were. So it goes on like this,

Mum "will we see you on Sunday at all".

Me " oh yes that'd be lovely, children have especially missed you, won't be around early or anything, let you have a lie-in/ get sorted".

Mum "well don't come when moto gp is on as we'll be watching that".

Me "oh right ok"

Mum "I'll text and let you know when is a good time".

I was just properly stung by this, I would never invite someone round and then specify when they couldn't come as I'd be watching a bloody tv programme! They always do this with something sport-like on a Sunday, which I think is rude generally but accept after them being in work all week they might want to watch something in particular.

Just found it really rude today especially as I'd been round so much looking after their house for them and that as we usually see them twice a week we were all looking forward to seeing them/having a catch up. Aibu to be pissed off about this?

I think it's nice that they enjoy something so much.
I am a granny and much as I love my dgs I don't always want him marauding around the place with my three year old trashing the playroom or dropping biscuit crumbs all over my clean floors.
As another poster stated, if anyone knocks on my door during the Liverpool Chelsea game on Sunday I shall not be answering it

My mum never ever lets the phone ring, even if she is busy, so she'll try & carry on doing whatever it was when she answered the phone, including watching television so I'll get, "Hmm, hm, huh? oh I'm just watching Call The Midwife blah blah it's really good, do you watch it?" "No (that's why I've rung now ), shall I ring you back?" "No, no, ohh it's so sad, that baby's going to die etc etc, Hmm? Say again?"

If she's on the phone & the doorbell goes she answer the door, still on the phone, "Oh come in Sally, I'm just talking to Witch - Witch, it's Sally" & try & continue two conversations at the same time

So you are expected to fit round their TV watching, and you find it rude, but do it, so they don't realise you are being put out by it.

I'd text along something like "hi Mum, we cna't make it except when you aren't free on Sunday so we'll leave it this week."

Really, they don't think there's anything wrong with making you fit round what they want to watch on TV as you always fit round making it clear you have nothing better to do that day.

Start being busy. If they want to see you, you tell them when suits you, if it doesn't suit them, then tough.

(and I wouldn't be quite so available next time they go away to look after their house, unless they do the same for you).

Sorry I'm going to side with your mum BUT only because it's a race. I've recorded f1 due to swimming lessons and it's annoying when I find out the result before I've had chance to watch it. If it was any other program I would catch up at a later date without even thinking about it.