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How to tell my son on a plane he's a daddy?

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6grandc · 12/06/2019 15:02

My son is on a plane dashing to Athens where his partner has gone into labour 16 days early. The baby has been born whilst he's airborne. My daughter has tweeted the airline with no result. Is there a way to get a message to him. Would be lovely and might make up for him missing the birth!

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BertrandRussell · 12/06/2019 16:00

Oh stop the mother/mother In law bashing!
You did notice that the OP is trying to help the baby’s mother arrange this??? Hmm

Jonette · 12/06/2019 16:04

Bertrand, where has she once mentioned that she's doing this for the mother of the baby?

saraclara · 12/06/2019 16:05

Oh stop the mother/mother In law bashing!
You did notice that the OP is trying to help the baby’s mother arrange this???
Where does it say that?

(Not that i think that the OP is doing this without permission)

Jonette · 12/06/2019 16:07

I just think that if I had a baby, I'd like to be the one to tell my partner that he's a Dad - or make arrangements. If his mother rushed to tell him before I had a chance, I'd be peeved.

GoofyIsACow · 12/06/2019 16:07

Actually i think it’s lovely! I hope they get through op, how long is the flight

TrickyKid · 12/06/2019 16:07

Wait until he lands and ring him?

AllFourOfThem · 12/06/2019 16:08

Does his partner want him to be informed by someone other than her?

Jonette · 12/06/2019 16:08

@TrickyKid, when he's landed, I'm sure the first thing he'll do is ring his wife - not his mother!

SomeDyke · 12/06/2019 16:08

Oh annoying they don't have a procedure
Really? You think an airline has got nothing better to do with passengers in transit than work out a system for getting really important messages to them? Ground crew as regards really important stuff, but non-vital good wishes and good news? Get over yourself!

mummmy2017 · 12/06/2019 16:10

Let the mother do it . This is not your news to share , if she agrees call her the second You see him at the airport.

IHateUncleJamie · 12/06/2019 16:12

Oh stop the mother/mother In law bashing! You did notice that the OP is trying to help the baby’s mother arrange this???

  1. What “bashing”
  2. Where does it say that?
Kanga83 · 12/06/2019 16:12

I wouldn't be rushing to tell him. I would wait for him to land and pass him to the phone to his wife as 'she wants to know you landed safely' and let her tell him. I don't think this announcement is for a mum or MIL to announce.

BertrandRussell · 12/06/2019 16:17

“Bertrand, where has she once mentioned that she's doing this for the mother of the baby?”

Well, the mother of the baby is trying to contact the airline to make this happen too- so it’s a reasonable assumption. Particularly as the mother of the baby is her daughter so this isn’t mil enemy action!

Jonette · 12/06/2019 16:17

I'm guessing the OP is at home and not in Athens. She said the mother went home to Athens to have the baby. So the Dad is flying over to his wife's home country (Athens).

ifonly4 · 12/06/2019 16:17

Understandably you're excited, but I'd leave it for him to share with the mother on his arrival at the hospital.

Jonette · 12/06/2019 16:18

Bertrand - you've got it arseways.
The OP is the MIL. Her son is flying to Athens to be with his partner. Partner has had baby, MIL/OP wants to tell him.

Nowhere has the OP mentioned that the partner wants this to happen.

SunshineCake · 12/06/2019 16:19

If I was male I'd hate to be told on a plane over loud speaker that my baby had been born.

AHintOfStyle · 12/06/2019 16:19

BertrandRussell I think the daughter is the sister of the guy on the plane not the wife.

BertrandRussell · 12/06/2019 16:20

Oops- my mistake! I misread.

OP - only do this with your son’s partner’s consent!!

EsmeeMerlin · 12/06/2019 16:21

Does the baby’s mother want him to be told like that? Should baby news not come from her and they share the excitement together?

Jonette · 12/06/2019 16:22

It's a sweet idea IF it's with the new Mum's knowledge and consent.

QuimReaper · 12/06/2019 16:22

Well, the mother of the baby is trying to contact the airline to make this happen too- so it’s a reasonable assumption. Particularly as the mother of the baby is her daughter so this isn’t mil enemy action!

No, OP's daughter has Tweeted the airline, not the mother of the baby. Her daughter is a journalist.

Unless OP's son is having a child with OP's daughter... Shock

ilovecatsabittoomuch · 12/06/2019 16:23

@SomeDyke if you can't say something nice don't say anything at all Smile

Let us know how it goes!! Xx

Jonette · 12/06/2019 16:24

Can't believe so many of you got confused with this.

Her thread title states 'how to tell MY SON'.

Jonette · 12/06/2019 16:26

Anyway - congratulations OP on becoming a Granny again. Is it your son's first baby?

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