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Getting slightly annoyed…

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Chunkiestchunkever · 27/10/2024 00:06

so, it’s half term and mum wants my son to spend some time at theirs for a few days and then to bring him back before half term ends. I don’t really have an issue with it as we’re all often busy as a family so I can understand that my mum wants to spend time with her grandkids when she gets time, so I asked my husband and he basically said he wanted to spend time with the kids during half term and didn’t really want them to sleep outside. However, he wouldn’t mind if they went to their grandparents’ for the whole day and to be brought back in evening/night time. It’s because he works long hours out of the house and when he gets back he’s always shattered and spends most of the day sleeping/super tired and sometimes cranky. My mum had a bit of a hard time processing this and started saying a whole bunch of stuff that started to annoy me like that we’re being unreasonable, giving too many conditions etc but I don’t think she understand how our day to day lives are and during half term my husband wanted to spend time with his kids but is fine with them going over to their grandparents for the whole day instead…are we being unreasonable?🤔

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Noseybookworm · 27/10/2024 00:48

How much time is your DH going to spend with your son realistically if he works long hours and is exhausted when he's home? Is he taking time off to spend with your son? If not, I don't see the harm in letting him stay a couple of nights with his Gran. What would your son prefer?

mamajong · 27/10/2024 00:53

What does your son want to do? I'd let him decide personally.

KizzyDora · 27/10/2024 01:08

Has your husband taken annual leave to spend quality time with his children?

Frozensun · 27/10/2024 01:16

Ummm, how many work days? He gets home shattered, sometimes grumpy and sleeps all day. What’s the plan for quality time? Is it the evening after he’s worked? Does he work the next day? What’s different during half term compared to term time?
And what does your son prefer to do?

autienotnaughty · 27/10/2024 02:28

So is your dh off all week? I'd say one night is reasonable but as long as they live reasonably close a day together is also fine.

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