It’s natural to be strange about babysitting, but emotions may run high in comparison to your in-laws. When one mom hesitates her in-laws babysit her children and is called out for it. Read the story and let us know whether the mom was right/wrong for her response.
Source: Reddit
My husband and I haven’t been on vacation alone since our oldest was born 3 years ago. We do still spend time together as a couple and go on dates but I’m not comfortable leaving the kids overnight.
My mother-in-law recently offered to watch the children so that we could take a trip without them. I automatically said no and when she asked why, I told her I couldn’t leave my children with her. I realised how rude what I said sounded so I tried to soften it by saying my youngest had trouble sleeping but my husband interrupted and said she would be fine with his parents because we sleep here often whenever we’re in Italy.
I said no again but my father-in-law suggested we take a trip to Capri because we wouldn’t be too far away if the kids needed us. My husband said he thought it was a fantastic idea. I was getting upset because I felt like they were ganging up on me and I snapped that I would never leave my children alone with them and that I didn’t want to go to Capri with my husband. We were having dinner at the time and I got up and left.
My husband followed me and we had a huge fight because he felt I was rude to his parents when they were trying to do something nice for me by giving me a break and he was offended I didn’t want to go on a trip with just him. Am I wrong?
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