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Right or wrong.

(62 Posts)
Humbertbear Tue 21-Sept-21 06:53:51

Fleur20 is correct - his child, his problem. We help when we can and you should not be at their beck and call.

Hetty58 Tue 21-Sept-21 02:50:48

Crikey - how dare your son act that way? I'd be very annoyed with him. No car - get a cab!

justwokeup Tue 21-Sept-21 01:43:42

I may be completely off the mark but I wondered if your OH is DS’s father? DS is being unreasonable and may be upset that you prioritised OH over himself and his family. Having said that you were absolutely right to stick to your guns. You could have stayed in all day and not been needed. I agree with Cafe that he should take a taxi if necessary.

welbeck Tue 21-Sept-21 01:15:51

you are not his staff.
he needs to have contingency plans; get a taxi, or ask friends or neighbours to drive them to doctors.
anyway, with a tummy problem it's usually advisable to isolate.
perhaps you do too much for them with childcare, and they've started to take you and your services for granted.

Hithere Tue 21-Sept-21 01:01:10

Was there any reason why he couldn't take his two kids to the doctor?

You have the right to decide what to do with your own time.

Ro60 Tue 21-Sept-21 00:36:12

Your son is wrong - you are the Grand parents- and surely a child wants it's parents when they're ill.
Hope he's calmed down x

nanna8 Tue 21-Sept-21 00:19:14

He is a rude man and you have your own life to lead. You did your bit raising your own children, he has to take responsibility for his. I hope he has apologised to you because he owes you one. You sound like a lovely, caring grandma and he is so lucky to have you. Not worth falling out over but stick to your guns !

CafeAuLait Tue 21-Sept-21 00:13:34

Your son is wrong. You don't have to be at his beck and call and are allowed to have an outing. You do a lot for them already. Your son can take an uber or taxi if he doesn't have his own transport. 100% on your side here.

Fleur20 Mon 20-Sept-21 21:15:19

I trust you got a proper apology.
His child....his problem.
He is very lucky you do the child care you already do.
If he throws another tantrum like this you need to reconsider the entire arrangement.

freedomfromthepast Mon 20-Sept-21 21:13:39

You are not wrong in taking time for yourself and saying no.

Grandmabatty Mon 20-Sept-21 21:10:04

Of course you weren't wrong to say you had plans. Your son did back down later though and presumably was stressed in the morning,so I would be inclined to forget this.

Edge26 Mon 20-Sept-21 21:03:47

Today my OH had a day off work so we could have a day out together. He has to book well in advance. I look after my 2 GS's on Wed and Fri afternoon when my DIL is at work, ( son is in bed as he works nights ) ,Over the weekend my one GS has been a bit poorly with a stomach bug. This morning my son rang me to tell me that the doctor was going to ring sometime in the afternoon and if he had to take him to the surgery could I give him a lift. ( DIL works on a Mon pm, so he looks after the boys, she is at home with them Tues and Thurs ) When I said that we were going out for the day he went ballistic and said that I should be there for the GC as it was more important. It upset me as I do often go out of my way to help out, and I was looking forward to the day out. I didn't back down and we went out for the day. When we got back early evening I had a msg to ask if I could ring my son as he wanted to ask a favour. I did this and asked him what the favour was but he said it didn't matter as my DIL had come home earlier. Basically he just wanted to have a go at me and accused me of being a bad parent and grandparent and saying I was selfish and I should put them first before my OH when things like this occur. My OH and I haven't really done a lot together like this because of Covid etc and was looking forward to this. What do you other Grans think please, was I right or wrong.