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When looking forward to something and it’s cancelled

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numberonepartyanthem · 07/11/2026 15:48

Just had our babysitter cancel on us for tonight and really needed a night out with DH. Have been looking forward to it all week and have been on a diet and saved up my points for tonight to have a nice meal and glass of wine.

we’ve been having a tough time lately (life, redundancy, bad health in the family) and so it feels a bit like it was going to cheer us up but it isn’t now,

the source of the problem is once again someone else in the family who has form for causing problems by just being an irresponsible baby and not an adult, and because of this we now can’t go on a much needed way to relax unwind and be together

last weekend we had an opportunity for a babysitter but husband decided to stay in with his sister so I went out with my big bro. he had a minor cold and I was a bit miffed he couldn’t just come out but he said he didn’t want to get worse, as he has a busy job and we have small children

im feeling bitter that I haven’t had time with my husband properly for ages, I literally feel like crying and I know it’s a bit silly. Rant over

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Imaginingdragonsagain · 07/11/2026 18:21

I think it’s fair enough the babysitting by was cancelled, it sounds like their day has been chaotic

Thedam · 07/11/2026 18:21

numberonepartyanthem · 07/11/2026 18:09

It’s a dog training issue. I didn’t realise how bad it was but the dog has injured someone , not fatal but scarred for life on a limb, not the face by

If the sibling has let you down - this is on the sibling

Thedam · 07/11/2026 18:22

numberonepartyanthem · 07/11/2026 18:09

It’s a dog training issue. I didn’t realise how bad it was but the dog has injured someone , not fatal but scarred for life on a limb, not the face by

This sounds incredibly serious!!!!

Do you not feel comfortable paying for a sitter?

numberonepartyanthem · 07/11/2026 18:28

Thedam · 07/11/2026 18:22

This sounds incredibly serious!!!!

Do you not feel comfortable paying for a sitter?

no but I will now,

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Thedam · 07/11/2026 18:30

numberonepartyanthem · 07/11/2026 18:28

no but I will now,

Make sure your husband is actually bothered about going out though as could be a waste of money

BoredZelda · 07/11/2026 20:32

Thedam · 07/11/2026 18:30

Make sure your husband is actually bothered about going out though as could be a waste of money

This. If he was bothered, he would be sorting a babysitter.

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