Am I Wrong for This? MIL Question?
Question by Jess Rabit: Am I wrong for this? MIL question?
My husband and I asked his sister to watch our 3 year old son so we could go on a date. She was picking up her son after work and asked us to meet her at her house, where she lives with her mother, our son’s grandmother. We left our house and went to MIL’s house. His sister still hadn’t arrived yet, so my husband took my son inside, and I waited in the car, assuming his sister would be there soon. My son is very attached to me, so I knew that if I went in with him, it would be hard for him to let me leave without being “distraught.” After a few minutes, my husband came outside to check on me. He said his mother unlocked the door for him but did not open it, and started power walking to her bedroom. My son chased behind her yelling, “grandma, grandma”, and she stopped, kissed him, then went into her room. She told my husband she was going to bed so she couldn’t watch him for a few minutes before her daughter got home. In all acutality, she has an “addiction” to online dating sites, and is frequently with different men. It was about 10:45 at night, and my son was already bathed and in his pajamas, so my husband laid him down to sleep before he came to check on me. After he told me what happened, he went back to check on him, and the door to the house was locked. Assuming his mother came out of her room and locked it, we just waited outside for his sister to arrive. The next day, she posted a really nasty comment on FACEBOOK about us being bad parents for leaving our child alone in the house with the door unlocked and said we were “un”considerate. She said she told my husband she was going to sleep and that she told him she wasn’t watching him. She is constantly claiming how great of a grandmother she is, when she only sees her grandson when she doesn’t have a date planned…which is generally maybe once a month. I ended up responding to the facebook post telling the TRUTH about what happened so the entire world doesn’t think we are deadbeats, and now she’s trying to convince my husband to leave me. I don’t know how to handle this situation anymore. HELP!
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Answer by iPAUL
I would find a new babysitter. Your MIL obviously has little interest
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