I’ll try not to be too outing and this happened over two months ago now but I’m still a bit annoyed.
I’m a first time mum to a 2 month old baby and have one DSC. We have a couple down the road who we’re not particularly close with but have had a couple of play dates with in the past as the male has a child the same age as my DSC who he sees EOWeekend. He & his partner of 4+ years have recently had some issues and so she has moved out.
5 days after having my DC via c section, my partner received a message from the man suggesting they come to visit that evening. I wasn’t feeling too up to visitors (my own family had only just visited the day prior) but agreed as I know my DSC likes his child & didn’t want him to miss out on a play date. I also know that people enjoy visiting a new baby so partner & I squared up the house etc.
At about 7pm, 30 minutes before couple were due to arrive he messaged DP to say DC was just finishing his dinner & then he’d be dropping him round. At this point DP obviously asked what he meant as we’d presumed they’d all be visiting and CF DNeighbour replied that he was intending on dropping his son off for the playdate as the ex was coming round to “work things out” DP obviously explained there had been a miscommunication and we’d be unable to take the little one for a playdate.
It’s been 2 months and it’s been radio silence, I think we’ve inadvertently offended them. I think it was a little cheeky in trying to palm off a child that you only see for 4 nights a month anyway so you can have an empty house for the evening, especially on somebody with a tiny baby.