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Waddlelikeapenguin · 05/07/2017 23:49

Finally caught up!
fam you did good

BabyCakes7419 · 05/07/2017 23:51

Hi Fam, just another person wanting to say bloody WELL DONE, what a nightmare couple of days you've had but you have handled all the crazy so amazingly well!

I still can't get over how WORKzilla has behaved, she literally NEVER asked you to mind her children during the holidays!!! Yes, her husband mentioned, in passing, they might need a few favours during the holidays but that does not equate to minding their children every week of the holidays, how she ever assumed it did is beyond me! And her behaviour once she discovered that you weren't going to be minding her children because, you know, she NEVER ASKED YOU TO and you never agreed to do anything of the sort, has been completely despicable.

I had a run in with a neighbour a while back who blatantly lied to me among other things and then treated me like crap for ages, it was horrible and upsetting and I did worry about what our mutual neighbours and friends would think. However, I soon discovered that nobody was interested in what was going on between us, it didn't affect my relationship with anyone else. And it will be the same for you and the other mums who know you both, I'm glad to hear some of them have been in touch to see how you are. Just keep doing what you have been doing, you bloody rock!!!

FrToddUnctious · 06/07/2017 00:03

I just had another thought. Workzilla says they can't afford to pay for childcare, but didn't you say until recently she was at home? So they were managing on one salary and if she's now working but can't afford childcare, the childcare would either cost more than she earns or more likely she thinks she should have to keep every penny of her earnings by making you and the other mug mum provide free childcare. Cheeky beggar.

deffoncforthis · 06/07/2017 01:26

It seems like a quite focused attempt to find someone who can be pushed around for her financial gain.

Does the other "child care provider" she has browbeaten into working for her for free also have anxiety issues?

Doubledeckers · 06/07/2017 07:07

Great summary Bunty

Doubledeckers · 06/07/2017 07:11

Well done Fam , you've handled it very well and the supportive texts you've had from other mums show that they believe you. Enjoy the school hols.

rollonthesummer · 06/07/2017 07:25

If she tries to have a go at you again, put
Her on the spot and say 'who did you have paid childcare lined up with that I made you cancel?'

She won't have an answer and will make herself look ever more silly than she does already.

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 06/07/2017 08:10

I can't get over how hysterical WORKzilla is getting over providing childcare for a nearly 14 year old and a 10 year old. Isn't s that what X boxes are for?
13 year olds are hard enough to get out of bed in term time, imagine trying to prise one out of bed at 6.30am in the holidays!

TheMaddHugger · 06/07/2017 08:13

If / when she has another go in public mention her New 'Hairdoo'

Mulledwine1 · 06/07/2017 08:35

I can't get over how hysterical WORKzilla is getting over providing childcare for a nearly 14 year old and a 10 year old. Isn't s that what X boxes are for

Well, quite :)

I discussed this with my 14 year old DS and although he's atypical in that he is always up by 8am, he was disgusted by the notion that I might make him get up by 6.30 to be dropped off with someone with much younger kids!

LazyDailyMailJournos · 06/07/2017 08:41

Good luck for today's school run. Hold your head up high, big smile and keep calm. If WORKzilla tries to accost you then sail straight past her and ignore.

Veronicat · 06/07/2017 08:51

Crikey. She's got more front than Brighton.

Fluffyears · 06/07/2017 08:54

frTodd all her money has been spent on going to Disneyland.

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steppemum · 06/07/2017 09:03

Hunky Dory, I did think that!

ds is 14. He would be appalled at having to get up at 6:00 on a holiday morning, that is earlier than school!
he would be appalled at having to go to someone else's house to be 'baby sat'
he would be appalled if the big family holiday was to Disney, and moan the whole time we were there!

dd1 is 12, and to be honest, I would feel uncomfortable leaving the 2 of them every single morning for the whoel holidays. We do leave them occasionally, ds will be on his own all day Sunday when we go to London, for example, but I would prefer not to leave them every morning all holidays, and Workzilla's younger one is 10, my dd is 12.

Spadequeen · 06/07/2017 09:03

My 13 and 11 year old would!

Spadequeen · 06/07/2017 09:04

Love to go to Disney that is, not get up at 6am. Unless it was to go to Disney!

FrToddUnctious · 06/07/2017 09:17

Disneyland is obviously beyond her means if she can only manage it by bullying people into free childcare.

Kintan · 06/07/2017 09:18

I do still wonder if WORKzilla's husband told her he had sorted it all out with you and you'd agreed to do it - and maybe now he doesn't dare tell her he only mentioned in passing that they needed 'a few favours'

juneau · 06/07/2017 09:28

I hope the school run went okay this morning. You've shown yourself to have grace under fire OP, something that cannot be said for WORKzilla! I agree she made herself look like a wailing banshee. Most people aren't stupid. They can tell who is in the right and who is in the wrong, and the fact that she's now touting around for other people to care for her DC for free just goes to show how unreasonable, manipulative and self-centred she is. I'm glad no one has stepped up to help!

PeppaPigTastesLikeBacon · 06/07/2017 09:40

I hope today went ok. I haven't done anything trying to read all 4 threads plus the Mexican house theif thread!

You have done the right thing even if it has bought all this nastiness out. Hopefully she'll get the message and just leave it now (although the updates have been fab and I selfishly want it to continue) and concentrate on trying to find an actual solution instead of begging for childcare favours

ArchieStar · 06/07/2017 10:19

Well done fam!!!!

What a deluded woman she sounds. Why wouldn't a 14 and 10 year old be able to look after themselves for a few hours 🤔🤔

take your pick OP you deserve it!!!

HotelEuphoria · 06/07/2017 10:31

Well done Fam, you did great!

The biggest puzzle for me in all this, is that I still can't get my head around why she can't leave a nearly 14 year old with his sibling for a few hours a morning during the school holidays.

It's bizarre when you think people my dad's age (ok I am 50) left school and started full time work at 14, and in some developing countries children younger than that fend for themselves on the street.

Motoko · 06/07/2017 11:11

I do still wonder if WORKzilla's husband told her he had sorted it all out with you and you'd agreed to do it - and maybe now he doesn't dare tell her he only mentioned in passing that they needed 'a few favours'

No, when WORKzilla was moaning at school, she told people that Fam had offered, and insisted, that she look after them, even though WORKzilla already had childcare in place.

kaitlinktm · 06/07/2017 11:18

I do still wonder if WORKzilla's husband told her he had sorted it all out with you and you'd agreed to do it - and maybe now he doesn't dare tell her he only mentioned in passing that they needed 'a few favours'

Also, I think OP said that WORKzilla was present when Mr WORKzilla mentioned it in passing.