to have stayed at home tonight?

[suiledonne]

DH's brother announced his engagement this weekend and invited us for drinks to celebrate tonight - both families will be there.

The problem is that we are the only ones with young children. We rarely go out but when we do it is MIL who babysits for us. If we had known in time I could have asked one of my sisters to do it but not at such short notice.

I explained when they told us that we might have a problem getting someone and they just said 'just sort something out'. The best DH could come up with was if I went out first for an hour and then come back and let him go.

I just couldn't be bothered to get ready, drive to a pub I don't know miles away for the sake of an hour and to be honest I am a bit annoyed that they didn't give us a bit of advance warning (apparently they have been engaged for months but planned to announce it this weekend) on the quiet so we could have arranged something.

I'm just a bit that they are all out enjoying themselves and I'm not.

Hmmmm YANBU - everyone is allowed to sulk but, I don't think you should be angry with them, like you said about having small kids, they probably underestimated the issue iyswim?

Are they going to a proper adult bar or just a pub? If the latter, could you not have taken DC with you just for one evening as its a special occassion?
If not, and a last minute babysitter was impossible, i think you should have done the swap over, or just let DH go as its his brother. (which you might well have done, you didnt say )

Sorry if it wasn't clear. I couldn't ask my sisters because I knew they already had plans for the weekend not because I decided it is too short notice(it's a Bank Holiday here)

DH went on his own. They couple were going for a meal first so only getting to the pub after 9 so couldn't take the dcs along (they are 4 and 18 months)