We lift share with another family as our children attend the same activity, taking it in turns to drop or pick up. Pick up time is 9.30pm on a Friday night, so not ideal. Therefore, we really relish the weeks we're not on pick up duty and no doubt the other couple do too! The driving is usually shared between myself and the two dads. The other mum rarely, if ever, gets involved and certainly not since she's been pregnant (she's about 5 months).
This week it was our turn to drop so I popped a bottle of wine in the fridge before setting off, looking forward to a nice meal and a few drinks on my return.
When I arrived to collect the other child, the mum said her DH was ill "so (heavy sigh) I suppose I'll have to pick them up!" I briefly considered offering to do both runs then remembered my wine and decided she was pregnant not sick. Instead, I made a few sympathetic noises and said I'd see her later. However, her attitude made me wonder if I was being a bit mean and said as much to DH when I got home. He said we COULD text and tell her not to worry but then spotted the wine and decided we were hardly asking her to climb Mount Everest and got pouring!
For clarity, the activity is a 5-10 minute drive from either house with a slight detour to drop the other child. The DC are old enough to come out by themselves, so no need to even get out of the car.
When she dropped DC home later, I feel she made a point of saying what a rough day she'd had due to DH being ill, then having to come out to pick up the kids which got me wondering again.
If I was left in any doubt that she was pissed off, she's now updated her Facebook status to "feeling shattered" saying how much she appreciates all her DH does now she's had to do everything this weekend, not to mention being an unpaid taxi driver!
AIBU to think she's being rather precious and that being pregnant does not excuse her from fulfilling her family's role in this longstanding arrangement on this one occasion?