grrr
We share the school run with ds's friend, same age, who lives around the corner. They are lovely, the little boy and his mum and dad.
Last week I was on "collection", and picked the boys up as usual. When I got to A's house there was a car outside and an older couple got out. They said A's mum had been delayed so had rung them to ask them to meet me, they were his aunt and uncle. A did seem to know them, was very happy to go with them etc, but I asked them to wait while I phoned A's mum.
I asked if it was OK to hand A over and she was quite taken aback and obviously surprised I was calling, so I explained she'd given me charge of the safety of her 4 year old son, I wanted to double check that it was OK to give him to 2 people I'd never seen in my life.
She confirmed and was fine, but as A was getting ready to get into their car the woman was really grumpy with me, shaking her head and tutting, and eventually said she thought it was appalling that I was challenging a family member, a respected older family member at that, and that she wasn't impressed.
I've been stewing on it in a PMT kind of way all weekend (note to self: Get Life), was I being over cautious? I wasn't was I? A knew them but maybe they weren't allowed to see him or something? I didn't bloody know. Would you have wanted me to phone you and check if you were A's mum?