Should grandma go to birthday party or visit with newborn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Newborn. Not even close.

Okay.
Answer me this.
2 daughters.
Both give birth on the same day.
The daughters live at least 6 hours apart
Who does Grandma visit first?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, while I sympathize and I do believe that you’ve been on the receiving end of manipulation and bad behavior, this whole thread is a really bad look for you. There is just nothing more important than a mother seeing her daughter after giving birth, and seeing her new grandchild!

I don’t doubt that you’ve had really difficult family dynamics, but you’re clearly a big part of the problem, with the lying and sockpuppeting on this thread. It’s so cringeworthy, and makes you look like the crazy one. Best to ask Jeff to take it down.

Which she could have done the next day. Someone disagreeing with you does not mean that they are lying or sock puppets

There have been lots of people saying visiting baby was the right move, and lots of people saying keep the birthday plans. But it’s very obvious that OP has sockpuppeted a ton in this thread, and the posts that are hers are fairly obvious. She also was clearly being called out as the mom of the birthday kid long before she admitted it. Again, very obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'm sorry. But this is your sign to let your mom and sister go. Now their drama is impacting your child and your child does not deserve to grow up thinking they are 2nd place, like you did. Cut them off now while they are young before any real damage is done.

This is so absurd!!! Cutting off because your mom visited your sister who just gave birth early?! Dysfunction to a whole new level.

Ps we don’t know that OP is birthday child mom. I’m wondering if she is just a family friend.

You are likely the manipulative person in your family or their flying monkey.
From the op we know that this is part of series of neglectful behavior. It would be the healthy choice for op and her kids to drop the rope cut them off hopefully her in laws are better people

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, while I sympathize and I do believe that you’ve been on the receiving end of manipulation and bad behavior, this whole thread is a really bad look for you. There is just nothing more important than a mother seeing her daughter after giving birth, and seeing her new grandchild!

I don’t doubt that you’ve had really difficult family dynamics, but you’re clearly a big part of the problem, with the lying and sockpuppeting on this thread. It’s so cringeworthy, and makes you look like the crazy one. Best to ask Jeff to take it down.

Which she could have done the next day. Someone disagreeing with you does not mean that they are lying or sock puppets

There have been lots of people saying visiting baby was the right move, and lots of people saying keep the birthday plans. But it’s very obvious that OP has sockpuppeted a ton in this thread, and the posts that are hers are fairly obvious. She also was clearly being called out as the mom of the birthday kid long before she admitted it. Again, very obvious.

Please give examples

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, while I sympathize and I do believe that you’ve been on the receiving end of manipulation and bad behavior, this whole thread is a really bad look for you. There is just nothing more important than a mother seeing her daughter after giving birth, and seeing her new grandchild!

I don’t doubt that you’ve had really difficult family dynamics, but you’re clearly a big part of the problem, with the lying and sockpuppeting on this thread. It’s so cringeworthy, and makes you look like the crazy one. Best to ask Jeff to take it down.

Which she could have done the next day. Someone disagreeing with you does not mean that they are lying or sock puppets

There have been lots of people saying visiting baby was the right move, and lots of people saying keep the birthday plans. But it’s very obvious that OP has sockpuppeted a ton in this thread, and the posts that are hers are fairly obvious. She also was clearly being called out as the mom of the birthday kid long before she admitted it. Again, very obvious.

Please give examples

I’m not the PP but given that several posters immediately identified OP as the mother of the birthday child even though that was OP’s supposedly “neutral” retelling, and OP still refused to admit the truth, it is reasonable to be suspicious.

[Anonymous]

OP, it is VERY telling that you have said not one word of excitement or care about your new niece or nephew. That precious baby is not guilty of doing or saying anything to hurt or manipulate you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, it is VERY telling that you have said not one word of excitement or care about your new niece or nephew. That precious baby is not guilty of doing or saying anything to hurt or manipulate you.

That’s a good point. She is just focused on the attention being taken away from her child on her child’s birthday- which sounds objectively childish and self centered. I don’t doubt that her sister is an attention seeker, but in this objective situation (even though OP clearly
Couldn’t tell the story objectively, it was obvious from the first post which sister she was and which sister she disliked), it’s a no brainer that the grandma should
Visit the newborn in the hospital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's not ambiguous, the way you wrote it you are clearly the parent of the birthday child. And yes, the birth of a grandchild and that mom's request for her mom to come see her overrides a birthday party for a different grandchild.

This is assuming it's within the first week of the new baby's birth. As you surely remember, new moms need a lot of support and have a lot of hormones. She's asking for her mom to come help her. Her mom saying "well sorry, I have plans" is strange.

Now if the baby was born a month ago and the timing of this ask is on purpose to ruin your party, then that's different.

Give me a break. I’ve given birth and guess what , the grandparent can come a different day. The baby will still be new. The grandparent already obligated herself to the other grandkid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, it is VERY telling that you have said not one word of excitement or care about your new niece or nephew. That precious baby is not guilty of doing or saying anything to hurt or manipulate you.

That’s a good point. She is just focused on the attention being taken away from her child on her child’s birthday- which sounds objectively childish and self centered. I don’t doubt that her sister is an attention seeker, but in this objective situation (even though OP clearly
Couldn’t tell the story objectively, it was obvious from the first post which sister she was and which sister she disliked), it’s a no brainer that the grandma should
Visit the newborn in the hospital. [/quote]

How so?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, it is VERY telling that you have said not one word of excitement or care about your new niece or nephew. That precious baby is not guilty of doing or saying anything to hurt or manipulate you.

That’s a good point. She is just focused on the attention being taken away from her child on her child’s birthday- which sounds objectively childish and self centered. I don’t doubt that her sister is an attention seeker, but in this objective situation (even though OP clearly
Couldn’t tell the story objectively, it was obvious from the first post which sister she was and which sister she disliked), it’s a no brainer that the grandma should
Visit the newborn in the hospital.

No
She can go the next day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not ambiguous, the way you wrote it you are clearly the parent of the birthday child. And yes, the birth of a grandchild and that mom's request for her mom to come see her overrides a birthday party for a different grandchild.

This is assuming it's within the first week of the new baby's birth. As you surely remember, new moms need a lot of support and have a lot of hormones. She's asking for her mom to come help her. Her mom saying "well sorry, I have plans" is strange.

Now if the baby was born a month ago and the timing of this ask is on purpose to ruin your party, then that's different.

Give me a break. I’ve given birth and guess what , the grandparent can come a different day. The baby will still be new. The grandparent already obligated herself to the other grandkid.

💯

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, it is VERY telling that you have said not one word of excitement or care about your new niece or nephew. That precious baby is not guilty of doing or saying anything to hurt or manipulate you.

That’s a good point. She is just focused on the attention being taken away from her child on her child’s birthday- which sounds objectively childish and self centered. I don’t doubt that her sister is an attention seeker, but in this objective situation (even though OP clearly
Couldn’t tell the story objectively, it was obvious from the first post which sister she was and which sister she disliked), it’s a no brainer that the grandma should
Visit the newborn in the hospital.

😳

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Newborn. Not even close.

Okay.
Answer me this.
2 daughters.
Both give birth on the same day.
The daughters live at least 6 hours apart
Who does Grandma visit first?

Any takers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, it is VERY telling that you have said not one word of excitement or care about your new niece or nephew. That precious baby is not guilty of doing or saying anything to hurt or manipulate you.

That’s a good point. She is just focused on the attention being taken away from her child on her child’s birthday- which sounds objectively childish and self centered. I don’t doubt that her sister is an attention seeker, but in this objective situation (even though OP clearly
Couldn’t tell the story objectively, it was obvious from the first post which sister she was and which sister she disliked), it’s a no brainer that the grandma should
Visit the newborn in the hospital. [/quote]

How so?

Because in normal families, the birth of a new grandchild trumps the birthday party of a toddler. If a grandma has to choose to see the new grandchild in the hospital vs attend the 3 year olds birthday party, she will always choose to see the new grandchild in the hospital. Only in a family with strange dynamics would anything different occur. And only in families with a whole lot of resentment built up would this even be questioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, it is VERY telling that you have said not one word of excitement or care about your new niece or nephew. That precious baby is not guilty of doing or saying anything to hurt or manipulate you.

That’s a good point. She is just focused on the attention being taken away from her child on her child’s birthday- which sounds objectively childish and self centered. I don’t doubt that her sister is an attention seeker, but in this objective situation (even though OP clearly
Couldn’t tell the story objectively, it was obvious from the first post which sister she was and which sister she disliked), it’s a no brainer that the grandma should
Visit the newborn in the hospital.

No
She can go the next day.

And she can also visit the toddler the next day. The toddler will love a second birthday “celebration”. The newborn won’t be in the hospital the next day.