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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, at least she was honest. And she is doing the safe and sane thing by waving the white flag and calling you to return home.

Be grateful that she’s not like my parents or my ILs, who struggle but still insist on watching our kids at least twice a year and get mad if we ask my aunt or my cousin instead. They don’t “understand” nut allergies, don’t “understand” wearing helmets on scooters and such (my kids ask for help putting helmets on and my parents act helpless), get exhausted and everything goes to pot. I honestly would rather know even mid-trip that someone is struggling. Your MIL did the responsible and honest thing.

And by the way? Going from 2 nights away to 12 and getting mad at her that she couldn’t make that leap, even with help, is rude and insane of you. And I say this as someone who is not a big MIL fan here on DCUM.[/quote]

I’m not mad at her she can’t do it, I’m mad she agreed to do it and changed her mind 3 days before. Also it’s really not that hard when you’re watching the kids 1-2 hours a day. [/quote]

So, what, you’ve never had the experience where you want to ride the rollercoaster and then when that ride is tick-tick-ticking up the hill, you panic and want off?

She thought she could do it. She tried. She hit a limit and instead of being unsafe and irresponsible, she was honest and said she couldn’t. Good for her. Boo to you.

You’re saying “it’s really not that hard” as, what, a 38-year-old in good health who has been doing this day in and day out for years? When I was 18, I routinely swam a 1650–a mile—as a race in competition. Do I think I could still swim a 1650? Yeah. But around the 400 mark I’d be like, “Oh sh…” And if I started to drown, I’d swallow my pride and signal the lifeguard.[/quote]

“Started to drown?” “Signal the lifeguard?” You’re absolutely *absurd.*[/quote]

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