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Staying with daughter really confused

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Smileless2012 Wed 21-Dec-22 09:11:53

I'm not surprised you are feeling confused grannygranby and probably upset too. Reading your post was upsettingflowers.

dragonfly makes a good point about couples without children being set in their ways and not used to sharing their home with others.

You say your D's behaviour was better after you'd broken down and cried so it does look as if she and her H too, are unaware of how they come across.

It must feel like an eternity but this will come to an end when you're able to go home, so try and look forward to that happening, and in the mean time, take each day as it comes.

I'm sending you a BIG but gentle (((hug))).

Nanamary19 Wed 21-Dec-22 09:05:16

Oh, my heart goes out to you reading this, and I didn't want to pass without sending you a warm hug.
Hopefully, you're back to full mobility and in your home soon xx

ShazzaKanazza Wed 21-Dec-22 09:04:40

I’m so sorry you are going through this grannygranby it’s brought a tear to my eye. I just hope you recover soon and can leave and go home. I can’t give you advice as I think you seem like you are contributing as much as you can. Just wanted to wish you well. 💐💐💐

MerylStreep Wed 21-Dec-22 09:01:25

What a very sad / awkward situation to be in. Is there no way that you could go home with support from friendly caring neighbours?

Maya1 Wed 21-Dec-22 08:53:37

I'm sorry to hear of your accident granny Granby. I hope you soon are well and back to full health. It seems to me that you are doing everything possible to contribute to your stay with your dd and sil. The amounts your mention plus the shopping are more than reasonable.
I do not want to be disrespectful towards your dd and sil but they seem unfeeling and lacking empathy towards your situation.
Try to take it day by day and soon you will be back home with your dogs.

crazyH Wed 21-Dec-22 08:53:29

Daughters and Mothers 😫 frankly, I doubt my daughter would take me in, if I was in a similar situation. I would probably have to go to a Nursing home or pay someone to come in and help me. She works. And tbh, I wouldn’t want to stay with her. She can be good, but when she is bad, she is horrid. Due to some words wee had, I am keeping away from her and I doubt I’ll see her over Xmas..
Just ignore the harsh comments. You need her now.

dragonfly46 Wed 21-Dec-22 08:51:15

Oh dear this makes me so sad.
I have found some couples without children get very set in their ways and hate changes to routine.
The incident with the cheese must have made you feel rotten.
I am not sure what advice to give except maybe come on here and get support.
Hopefully it will not be too long until you get home.

grannygranby Wed 21-Dec-22 08:40:23

I recently had an accident in the woods walking dogs with DD. I fractured my shoulder in three places and she got me to the hospital in her car. As we couldn’t risk the wait for ambulance. I was and am in great pain. The hospital said I could not cope alone and I went to my daughters to stay.
And I am so confused.
On one hand very grateful to be taken in by her and husband. (In their fifties no children large house comfortably off) but she is very bossy and rude and I don’t know how to deal with it so I am reaching out anonymously and safely as one doesn’t want to say negative things about daughter to friends.. too difficult. And she is doing so much. She really is.
Ok one issue or it could be a book, money. I am on a state pension but also have a small business which is hardly covering its costs. Otherwise I just have a state pension and we know how small that is. I have some savings which I live off as income not sufficient though I live quite frugally after years of low income. I inherited some money from my mums estate when she died.
So I have been here three weeks today. I have twice put £200 in her bank account as contribution. and I paid..for shopping once when I went with her. The point is husband once accused me of knowing there was some cheese in the fridge so must have been snooping. I eat what I’m given, am very praising but have no agency. It is a nightmare. Went to Lidl yesterday with her I asked for a couple of oranges some nuts and biscuits for my room as I am very unstable and it’s a long way to the kitchen and I don’t feel I can help myself with confidence. I Spend a lot of time in bed as it’s warm and the only place where arm doesn’t hurt too badly on lots of painkillers.
Last night over dinner they implied I was selfish and greedy. Sometimes they get takeaways, husband pays, I don’t know if he knows how much i have put in her account.
They have a dog and I have two which they are also looking after and DD takes them for a walk every day ( we used to do this before the accident) but I’m not allowed any influence on what and when they eat. Still overall grateful.
If ever I say anything she tells me I am rude and demanding. I’m not.
She is a perfectionist and a doer not a talker. But she does things in a bad tempered way. Sometimes in the evening after a drink but not drunk she is very loud and jolly so I get the two extremes, there seems to be no middle register.
I need help to get me through this till I am able to leave (and drive and go back home) she keeps telling me I am lazy etc etc I just don’t know the answer.
I start physio in January till then the humerus hopefully starts to fuse, I can nearly dress myself everything just takes ages. I am 77 and have lived alone over twenty years.
I have a son in another city but he is sole carer of wife and three daughters three of whom are disabled one of the severely disabled with muscular dystrophy . But my daughter keeps taunting me for not asking him for help.
I try and stay strong and cheery but need some cheery support if possible.
I did break down and cry and complain one morning last week and she behaved a bit better after. But it is so draining. Kind words and advice really appreciated