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is this normal -toiletries and stuff for weekend access

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workshy · 31/08/2012 12:13

DDs have been to their grandparents every other weekend for the last 2 years as there dad only had a tiny flat so it was easier if they all stayed at the grandparents (he stayed too)

they have kept a change of clothes and toiletries there -I have no idea who paid for them but I'm guessing MIL

he has now bought a house and the DDs will have a bedroom there, but he doesn't want them to keep stuff there for their weekend stays, he wants them to take everything to school with them for the weekend (change over is done around school drop offs/pick ups)

he doesn't want them to have a bottle of shampoo and their toothbrushes becuase he doesn't want the clutter???

is this just another way of getting me to pay out more money (not a lot in the grand scheme of things but when what he pays doesn't even cover school dinners these things matter) or is he just trying to wind me up with the tremendous faff of packing up bags on thursday evening and then having to unpack and deal with washing and stuff?

OP posts:
workshy · 03/09/2012 18:56

no, she keeps things at her house but it was a good 12 months before that happened

OP posts:
LittleSugaPlum · 04/09/2012 11:27

Well if thats the case, what i would say to him is..

"Im not messing around packing stuff up every week, getting the kids to cart it around, and then messing around unpacking it. What i will do is supply you with some stuff and you ll have to store it away if its really inconvienient for you to have it out. Thats the best i can offer im afraid.

Then refuse to discuss the situation anymore.

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