So long story short my in laws make little to no effort too see my daughter (she’s 14 months old) they only live a ten minute drive away. They have visited us at our house only a few times since she has been born. We usually go to them despite my partner telling them it would be much easier if they came to us as there house isn’t baby proved and they have no toys. They also refuse to turn the heating on in the winter and wear coats in doors. So in the winter months it’s safe to say we haven’t visited them. Today we had arranged that they come to our house, just for an hour or so as it would be nice to see them as we haven’t at all this December so far. Me and my partner both work till 4pm, we told them 4:30/ 5ish works best for us. Before I left for work this morning I cleaned the house and made and prepped some Christmassy nibbles for us to have (while running round after my daughter) we also crafted some handmade Christmas cards for them. At 3pm I get a text from my partner… they are no longer coming. They had said they didn’t want to come at 5pm as this is when they watch the chase and eat dinner and that they will be round at 6:30, my partner explained this would be no good as it’s when our child has a bath and goes to bed. But nope they weren’t willing to be flexible in the slightest and even suggest we just keep her up. He suggested they just eat tea later, but apparently this wasn’t something they were willing to do so they didn’t come, and we are apparently being the difficult ones.
They are expecting us to go to them on Christmas Day (we went to my family last year) and things like this just leave a sour taste in my mouth. Why should we have to spend Christmas Day with grandparents who don’t care or bother the rest of the year, when my own parents would literally move the moon for their grandchild and do so much for us. Anyways rant over.