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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When not helping is a choice, yeah, it definitely stings.

I've had acquaintances who, when my baby fussed while I was wrangling a toddler and thus cannot tend to baby, would drop what they were doing and lend a hand at distracting the baby. We've all had moments like that, and the extra hand is so appreciated.

Contrast that to my MIL who'd watch me struggle with the baby and toddler and not lift a finger. It's definitely a choice. Forget babysitting, just the basic decent thing that a person can do for a parent who's having a challenging moment. If she'd said, here, let me hold the baby for 5 minutes so you can get a bite while your food is still warm, I'd have wept with gratitude. [/quote]

Did you ever open your mouth to ask her to hold the baby or you just prefer to whine.  Maybe she didn't help because you criticized everything she did.

A young couple lived on our street and they had a 3 year old and she was pregnant.  The same week she came home from hospital, I prepared a simple, but complete  dinner--rotisserie chicken, broccoli (prepared and ready to cook in microwave), salad, French bread (buttered and wrapped in aluminum foil) and a pint of strawberry Haagen Das and delivered it to them.  It was refused because the 
broccoli and salad were not organic.  I never offered to help her again.  She was equally rude to two other neighbors.  Maybe it's your fault.[/quote]

Np. Who would ask a MIL for help? It’s just so rude to me. Help should be offered and never asked for. I refuse to beg for help. [/quote]

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