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[quote=Anonymous]So my sis is a sweet person and a loving mom and wife. 
But she has this habit of foisting her three young kids off on relatives and disappearing for hours and hours with no contact.
She does this to my mom and siblings who live in our hometown all the time.
She'll say she's making a quick run and then return 5 or 6 hours later.
When she visited us recently she did it again repeatedly to me even though she knew I have a high risk pregnancy and am on bedrest. She'd sleep late leaving me to make breakfasts and get kids dressed. She'd disappear at night leaving me to do the dinner, bath, and bedtime routine. My DH works nights. Mind you, it was our 10th anniversary...the whole reason other family came up in the first place. During our vow renewal my 7 year old niece came to the front and interrupted the toasts to ask me to give her something to eat. Her mom said and did nothing. When I was trying to prepare food for the gathering and later, while we were eating, I had to beg the kids to go to their mom cause I was exhausted and it was our special day. 
She did it to my mom yesterday. 
It was a religious holiday (a Muslim holiday with the same level of celebration for us as Christmas) and my mom's birthday. Still my sis planned a slumber party for my niece then brought a gaggle of giggling 8 year olds plus her own three kids to my parents' small home. They were 40 minutes late and the celebration was delayed until they arrived. Then all of these kids tumble out of the car and take over what the rest of us thought would be a private, religious family event. Everyone was stunned.  
Mom said they kids were sweet but loud and everyone was relieved when they all left. They left my mom with a big mess to clean up and gobbled up most of the birthday cake. 
Don't want to offend my sister, but I'm trying to decide if I should say something tactfully about this kind of stuff. I know as the mom of 3 she and her DH have their hands full, but it feels as if she's taking advantage and being a bit rude.[/quote]

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