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am i being unreasonable?

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TheBigMansWife · 28/12/2019 14:58

hi please excuse the grammar and punctuation etc. i am dyslexic..
anyway i am looking after my niece for 10 days and have asked my brother to send in food or money for food to feed her while he goes on holiday, he flies out today and he knows that i am totally skint, its just after xmas and i am a mother of 3 and my partner is incarcerated so i have been really really struggling to make ends meet and he is aware of this.. however he went ballisitic at me today for asking him to remember to leave stuff for dinners for his daughter as i am already having to make different dinners for us all as iv not enough in the cupboards fridge or freezer to make us all the same until i get my wages which is in a fortnights time.. he is going off his head at me and asking why i have left this to the last minute before mentioning anything to which my response was that it its his responsability to mention it not mines especially when he knows iv nothing and i honestly thought he would send stuff through for her as he knows the situation, and now he is sending me horrible texts making out that i ruin everything for him and saying that he has had to pay to get his car fixed and that he owes money out here and there etc, i dont want to ask my mum for help as she is nearly 60 and she has high blood preasure and she is going through a lot at the moment so i dont want her knowing how tough things are as i dont want her worrying about her adult kids .. he is now saying that im just trying to cause trouble the day he is due to leave and making out that im saying he is a bad dad etc because im saying he needs to leave stuff. which im not i just cant afford to feed her ... anyway he has now sent my niece round with a big bag of of food and i felt terrible when she gave me it. i feel really bad for asking am i being unreasonable?

EstherMumsnet · 28/12/2019 19:53

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