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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so aggravated at my mother. My husband is in the hospital from a car accident. We have two kids. Heaven forbid she change her freaking schedule and her perfect retirement routine. That would just be too anxiety provoking. She might even have to, gasp, drive 30 minutes here and back to help. So I'm lugging two young kids to the hospital, running out of food and cooking plain pasta. She can barely be bothered to text, "it's not serious, is it?"

She actually does care. But since she babysat last week for 8 hours she feels taken advantage of and doesn't want to come help. but also guilty now for not stepping up. She even said to me, [b]"I don't want to come over because I have plans with my other granddaughter and she catches everything. I don't want to come to the hospital and risk getting sick." [/b]Lamest excuse ever. Just freaking tell me your too burned out from your little sitting job last week. I may not understand but at least you won't compound the situation by playing coy.

What is wrong with that generation? Seems like everyone I know who's over 60 has an attitude of "I did my work in life, I got my money, you're on your own". So selfish! I cannot imagine having a family member or friend in the hospital and not offering to help or bother calling.

Newsflash to you baby boomers, you might regret your attitude when you're old and alone.
Also, if you're not going to step up, at least call. don't text.[/quote]

That is a valid reason. Older people should not visit hospitals unless they have to, because they are more susceptible to communicable disease. Her not wanting to spread anything to other kids is valid too. You're being selfish by expecting help. Solve your own problem.[/quote]

Are you OP's mom?  Did you miss the part where this is a freaking emergency?  Sometimes, people need to lean on their family when there's an emergency and their family needs to get their heads out of their asses and help.
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Not if it compromises their own health, no. In case of a "freaking emergency," OP should have a trusted babysitter (or 3) that she can call. And she should plan for that.[/quote]

Does OP's mother have some kind of immunodeficiency that precludes her from interacting with people and going out in public?  She has no problem being with her other grandchild, so how is she compromising her health by baby sitting OP's child?  She wouldn't have to go to the hospital.  Does it occur to you that it might be more of a comfort for the OP's child to be with the grandmother during this stressful time than with a "trusted" babysitter?

Good Lord, don't break your legs jumping off your high horse.   :roll:   [/quote]

I'm PP. She probably likes those kids more too, and wants to protect their health as well as her own.That's also fine.[/quote]

I hope none of these people ever go out in public, lest they be exposed to germs that might endanger their fragile health.  Heaven forbid they go to the library and check out a book that some other kid has taken home and sneezed on.[/quote]

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