Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 06:05     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
So the grandparents watch the kids overnight so the parents can “go out”? Like on a date? Where they drink alcohol? And stay out late? Quelle horreur.
Anonymous
Post 09/27/2021 05:53     Subject: Re:Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
Anonymous wrote:My parents are immigrants and I would never say that to my parents even if that’s what I was doing. We simply don’t have that buddy, wink-wink kind of relationship. Doesn’t seem appropriate in our culture.


Mine are also but complete opposite. It’s not wink wink. Alcohol is not taboo at all and no one would think anything of the grandparents watching the kids so the parents can relax and drink.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:57     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
Then everyone I know is weird.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:46     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
Not weird, just sad.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:44     Subject: Re:Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
My parents are immigrants and I would never say that to my parents even if that’s what I was doing. We simply don’t have that buddy, wink-wink kind of relationship. Doesn’t seem appropriate in our culture.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:39     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
I guess I would judge a little if they said they got grandparents to babysit so they could snort lines but only a little.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:29     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
Lucky! Can they share their parents?
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:28     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:And what is it to you? Would it be weird if they called it “date night”? Good for them.


Agree.


+2 Good for them, sounds like they have family support and some balance.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:18     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
🙄 It’s really no one’s business what the parents are doing on the weekends the grandparents are babysitting. Are you just jealous that you don’t have family that can give you a weekend off?
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:18     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
Anonymous wrote:I know a couple who asks the grandparents to babysit overnight on the weekends so they can go out and get drunk. They feel like it’s a great way to unwind for the weekend. The grandparents told me this like they think it’s funny.


They do what?! Clutch those pearls!
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:16     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
Anonymous wrote:And what is it to you? Would it be weird if they called it “date night”? Good for them.


Agree.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:16     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
Isn’t this normal? I mean the intention isn’t to get drunk but if you’re drinking you should have an overnight babysitter.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:14     Subject: Re:Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
No. Weird & bad would be to do it with the kids at home.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:14     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
And what is it to you? Would it be weird if they called it “date night”? Good for them.
Anonymous
Post 09/26/2021 22:12     Subject: Weird to have grandparents babysit so you can get drunk?
I know a couple who asks the grandparents to babysit overnight on the weekends so they can go out and get drunk. They feel like it’s a great way to unwind for the weekend. The grandparents told me this like they think it’s funny.