So Bro in law got married this weekend to a lovely woman.
DH and I were asked last minute and without any proper briefing to pick up one daughter from his exes and then ended up parenting her all weekend. My kids ended up policing the 13 & 16 year olds drinking. The older one had a complete meltdown. The previous lovely new stepmum ignored them all weekend as did their dad. There's clearly been a huge famy fracture that we know nothing about.
We spent Sunday tidying up the village hall.
we now have their dogs to look after for a fortnight with no proper instructions or equipment (dog bed, tags for our house, no if hours left unattended, etc)
We're getting updates about the amazing honeymoon, the lovely photos, etc but we have had nothing from the grown ups thanking us for our contribution to their exhausting weekend. Even the left over booze & cake was whisked away!
The 13year old has dropped me a lovely message, I'm really angry on her behalf her dad and stepmum spent more time and money on their stupid dogs than that poor kid. We rustled up a last minute outfit because the poor kid had nothing special to wear just her older sisters unwashed, ill fitting clothes.
Two days later I'm still furious about the way the little girl & DH & myself have been ignored or not communicated with. The dogs are just a constant reminder and i've had to take time off work to get a grip of them.
Aibu to be angry?
AIBU?
To be angry about this weekend.
PublicLaundry · 11/10/2022 15:57
Am I being unreasonable?
1501 votes. Final results.
POLLgirlmom21 · 11/10/2022 15:59
Yeah I think YABU to be honest. They got caught up in the wedding whirlwind and now they're on honeymoon. They'll thank you when they're back, I'm sure.
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Explainthis · 11/10/2022 16:44
You are really not BU at all. We can gloss over the dodgy logistics but not over the way the two DCs have been treated by the happy couple. Really sad.
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