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Am I being unreasonable

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maddyone Tue 18-Jan-22 08:51:43

I’ve got no advice, but didn’t want to scroll past without acknowledging your difficult situation. I’m so sorry.

Jude2019 Tue 18-Jan-22 08:46:19

Thank you for advise I can’t meet up yet I’m not strong enough mentally this has hurt me to the core

M0nica Tue 18-Jan-22 08:27:46

Sadly, sometimes doing the right thing has a high price tag.

On the other side you need to face the fact that your daughter is being unbelievably selfish and you may need to assess your future relationship with her. If she is willing to sacrifice her father and endanger her mother's health for childcare then you need to be careful about any other help you offer and be prepared for her to fail to offer either of you any help if either of you are serioualy ill.

13Nana Tue 18-Jan-22 08:20:39

Hi Jude,
You were acting by the letter of the law to ask for a PCR, as you know Lateral Flow is for when you have no symptoms. It looks like you daughter may have reacted to not having child care and may well need to get a more formal arrangement however there will be many twists and turns for her and she may well need to come back to you anyway to help as places and days are not guaranteed. In the mean time perhaps pay to go out to coffee / lunch somewhere neutral with her and ask her how shes feeling? See what comes out and gently explain that COVID is life threatening for your husband which is why you were concerned. If she still remains unreasonable then you may have to sit back and be supportive from afar with calls and small gifts, there may be more going on that you know.

Patsy70 Tue 18-Jan-22 08:11:24

You did the right thing, in my opinion, Jude2019. They are behaving in a selfish and irresponsible way, whilst you are protecting your vunerable husband. I do hope you make a full recovery and that your daughter sees the error of her ways. flowers

janeainsworth Tue 18-Jan-22 08:09:17

You did the right thing getting the PCR test - if you hadn’t, you’d have been much more likely to have infected your husband as you wouldn’t have known to keep your distance from him.
You need to explain to your daughter just how ill you’ve been.
When she finds out just how expensive daycare is she may well realise how much money you’ve saved her over the years, and come back asking you to have the children again. And the 2 year-old will be wanting to know why he’s not going to your house any more.
I hope you manage to smooth things over.

Jude2019 Tue 18-Jan-22 07:49:49

My son in law had symptoms of COVID I asked he have a PCR test as my husband has an autoimmune disease he refused and now my daughter has fallen out with me. I’ve looked after my grandchildren for the last 2 years for 3 days a week not wanting to be paid as I love having them. My grandson is 2 and my granddaughter is 9 months. I have been diagnosed as COVID positive I can only assume it was from my grandson who had a temp. I’ve not heard from my daughter at all while I’m been very ill with symptoms. They both assumed they would just drop the kids off as everything is okay. I said I needed a couple of weeks to recover and my daughter said she will enrol both children in daycare from now on. To say I am heartbroken is putting it mild maybe I shouldn’t have asked for the PCR test. I have isolated from my husband to keep him safe.