Posted by:
smeagol
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Date: January 12, 2011 11:45AM
We used to swap kids with SIL so that the parents could go out on a date every other weekend. Last summer SIL said she is too stressed with life to continue so we stopped. DW thought it would be a good idea to start things back up again, so she emailed sis with this:
"We're ready to jump back into babysitting again if you're feeling up to it! Let me know."
SIL replies with:
"Johnny has become a good babysitter for us, so we use him for date nights now.
Would your kids like to go to church with us on Sundays? I would be happy to pick them up. Our meetings begin at 11:00.
-sis"
DW replies back with:
"No thanks sis. Smeagol and I choose to use this time for family events. We did ask the kids and they gave an enthusiastic "no". They love their cousins though and constantly want to play with them. I realize Johnny is growing up and may not want to "hang" with his young cousins as much. We understand.
Talk to you soon,
DW
P.S. Do you have arrangements for Little Tommy when you go to the older kid's school or doctor's visits?"
SIL replies with this last night:
"Frankly, the real reason I do not want to swap date nights is because I can't trust that you will respect the religious feelings of our family and I can't trust what will be said in front of my children at your house."
The only thing we could do was try to think of something funny last night. What else is there to do? I can't think of anything good to do about this situation. Doing nothing is probably the best. Let them live their lives I guess.