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Vent: Do I have permission to kill her?
So I met one of my neighbors today. In the interest of getting Jeffery some sunshine time, we were sitting out in our common area coloring. Our neighbors were chatting in the parking lot (one I know, the other I don't, but I know both their boys who play in the same common area often). Unknown neighbor was hacking and coughing and sounded awful, so I was about to take us all in until the lady I knew asked me how the boys were doing. She knew they'd been sick, so I told her Jeffery was good now, but even after a bout with RSV, Jonathan's still not kicking his ear infection, and Monday was put on round #4 of antibiotics as a last-ditch effort before sending him to an ENT.
So new neighbor starts going into "oh my gosh, how awful!" about the RSV and how her son had that as a preemie, in and out of the hospital, etc etc. Then she walks over toward us to talk. I kindly tell her that we're just heading in for lunch, and I'd rather not get them near someone coughing (hoping she'd take the hint). She then proceeds to tell me she's going to the doctor this afternoon, but was just asking other neighbor to watch her son for her. Other neighbor says they have something going on that afternoon, so she then asks ME! WTF?!?
I tell her that I can't risk getting them around someone sick, and she says, "Oh, he's not sick, just me! He's perfectly fine!" What the hell is wrong with people?! Does nobody get the concept of consideration? And how about me just telling you that we're not out of the woods for my 7 month old baby!!!
I know she thinks I'm a ***, but I told her "no, I will NOT watch him," snatched up our stuff and ushered Jeffery inside. I'm not even safe in my own living space! I'm not a hermit, but this crap is crazy!
Re: Vent: Do I have permission to kill her?
Wait. I think I'm reading this wrong. A stranger asked you to watch her baby?
Being sick or not sick seems doesn't seem to be the most troubling part here...
Well, he's not a baby. He's about 10-12. But yes, she asked me to watch him without knowing me. Apparently just being a mother to my own boys is enough for her.
And I know that's more concerning. I just about flipped on her because of the crap we've been through, and I knew the not knowing me was part of her bad parenting issues!
"My 101 List - Updating asap, I swear!
That's what I thought, but he's a brat. She's one of those "ignore your kids until they make you mad, then scream at them" parents, so he pushes and pushes until he knows he's pushed your buttons. So no, I won't be watching him anyway.
"My 101 List - Updating asap, I swear!
Ah, got it. God, there are all kinds of things wrong here.
How is it that my BABY is going to be 3?
BFP-2/25/11; 8 Wk U/S-3/25/11-No HB, measured 6.5 wks; D&C