Grandparents told DS to "just stop" regarding calls and texts to help rebook flights

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Anonymous wrote:Confused by the people who suggest slapping or spanking the son. Seems like he just wanted his grandparents to visit?

One person suggested that, they are an idiot.

There are idiots complaining about “boundaries”, etc.

They are an idiot because the child should be spanked for something the parent set him up for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like you fed your 8-yr old info to manipulate your parents into responding to you. Your whole family sounds dysfunctional. Leave your 8-yr old out of this screwed up dynamic.

This!

[Anonymous]

Agree grandparents sound immature but seriously why is the 8yo involved in this? At lost he should have known there was a small chance they would come but it was unlikely. Please supervise your child better. My nephews facetime their grandma but are not harrassing her . . .

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Anonymous wrote:That post was really convoluted, but the bottom line is an 8 year old shouldn’t have been jumping into this convo about travel plans and nagging his grandparents.

OP was using the kid to guilt trip her parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree grandparents sound immature but seriously why is the 8yo involved in this? At lost he should have known there was a small chance they would come but it was unlikely. Please supervise your child better. My nephews facetime their grandma but are not harrassing her . . .

Yep, the iPad would be going away for awhile after this.

[Anonymous]

Your son shouldn't have gotten involved. You should not have let him reach out about this. These were adult issues. He was wrong. You are wrong to frame it as your mom being in the wrong.

[Anonymous]

How does an 8 year old have access to texting? That's your first problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Confused by the people who suggest slapping or spanking the son. Seems like he just wanted his grandparents to visit?

One person suggested that, they are an idiot.

No, someone on the first page suggested “backhanded slapping,” a person on the second page suggested spanking. Still don’t understand what about this situation inspired physical violence towards a child from more than one person.

[Anonymous]

It sounds like you have boundary issues. Usually it’s people complaining about parents and ILs and their boundaries. You should have offered to book their ticket and then dropped it. You pressured them and then it sounds like you used your child as a major guilt trip towards your parents. Not cool to put a kid in the middle of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It sounds like you fed your 8-yr old info to manipulate your parents into responding to you. Your whole family sounds dysfunctional. Leave your 8-yr old out of this screwed up dynamic.

+1

[Anonymous]

The 8 year old should not have been involved at all OP.

This all sounds far too complicated, and the grandparents are still working and in charge of themselves. Flights are a mess right now, and it's not a great time to travel. The grandparents can decide what they want to do.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s too much happening here.

+1 I could not follow and gave up. WAY too much complicate detail.

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The 8yo was fine.

The grandfather was the immature person throwing a tantrum.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s too much happening here.

+1 I could not follow and gave up. WAY too much complicate detail.

It’s because the short & sweet version makes OP look obnoxious. I think OP inherited the cheap trial lawyer trick of muddying the water when facts are bad.

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Anonymous wrote:If my grandson texted me about travel plans, especially given the chaos you describe, I would assume his parents put him up to it to make me feel guilty. That’s what happened, isn’t it OP? You told your son to text/FaceTime your parents.

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This. Regardless, the 8 yo is way out of line. The communication should have been between the adults only.

WTF? He’s 8. And wants to help his family.

Then his mom should have taken the suggestion the first time from grandpa that the kid "stop" but he didn't and then called grandma again to talk about it. He's not being helpful, and was put in his place by an adult since his mom wasn't shutting it down. Did she even tell him that grandpa asked that he stop the first time before he got involved yet again?

“Put in his place”?

WTF is wrong with you?

Yes, I meant what I said. He's 8. He's not a full fledged adult. He was asked to stop and didn't. Are you also 8 and upset to learn that you aren't and won't be treated like an adult in every situation?

Who says ”put him in his place” about another person, especially a child?!

That is fcked up.