First time poster so please be gentle!
My DD has just started Yr2 and there is another little girl who lives on our street who goes to her school too so we often see her walking with her grandmother on the way home. They are both lovely and very friendly, albeit a bit stilted as the Grandmother has no English. The other little girl started school part way through last year so is quite new.
DD and I have tried to be friendly to the little girl, her Grandmother, and her mother, when we've seen her.
The walk home involves walking along a busy-ish sort of road but is perfectly fine as has a pavement. DD often walks ahead of me as I have the pushchair and the pavement is a bit narrow to allow people to come the other way if she is walking beside me. The Grandmother has shown concern at my DD not walking with me and is clearly concerned about the road. I think this is over-concern myself but wouldn't be as rude as to say so.
The little girl's mother grabbed DH before he left at school drop off this morning and asked him about us picking her DD up from school from now on. He said she needed to speak with me as I do the pick ups. (Thanks DH!) It seems from the conversation that she wants me to pick up her DD for her as she cannot get her hours changed at work (why the grandmother can't carry on as she has been, isn't clear). The thing is, the mother only wants me to pick up her DD in the car as she says the road is too dangerous.
There's two things bothering me here. Firstly, they know we generally walk as that's how we always tend to see them and secondly, it implies to me that she doesn't trust me to walk her DD back safely!
Apart from this, I have three children so If I were to take my car to school on the days my toddler isn't at nursery then I couldn't get an extra one in anyway.
AIBU to be a bit insulted or am I being too touchy?