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[quote=Anonymous]OP, there is SO much to respond to in your whole post, but the one statement that really rankles me is the passive aggressive  “I would never ignore someone”.

No, you would not ignore them, but you also see no real problem with cancelling a play date that has been planned for WEEKS, so you could go shop at an expensive store with your husband. You know, the appointment that you could have had last week when your play date wasn’t. It sounds as though many Saturdays where you could have been “by appointment only” have passed.

She’s not sitting around on her day off to wait for your texts and anxiety - sounds like she has a life of her own and is out there living it. You chose shelving over her, at a moments notice after YOU confirmed the date... I’d be less than enthused to respond to you quickly, either.

You had other options today. Your kids know each other, and although you’ve never done a drop off date, you could have asked if dropping off your child was an option.

I know your husband works so many hours, but it sounds like this woman does as well... and your household burden isn’t hers to carry.

Oh and to reiterate - you cancelled. You have NO IDEA what else she had on her plate. Her lack of response might be about you - or it might be because, just like you, she is out living her own damn life and not getting sucked into flakey drama over play dates.

Oh, and you weren’t being “helpful” by bombarding her immediately with other dates and time. You were trying to mop up alleviate your own guilt. You wouldn’t be icy, becaus it seems you don’t even have the backbone to tell your husband that no, you have plans until 1pm, but would love to go shelf shopping then.

As an aside... are you normally pretty flaky? I don’t even understand being home and note being able to handle deliveries, etc. I WAH AND watch our toddler; when we moved into our house we started completely fresh, and it didn’t cause that much disruption in our life.

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