THE GRANDPARENTS ARE NOT ON YOUR SIDE!!!!
Sure they were there supporting you through your pregnancy, helping to pick out baby furniture and cooking you dinner when you had strange cravings. They went to doctor's appointments and were at the hospital when you were in labor for 24 hours. But once the baby comes, they switch allegiance and you are left on your own. The worst part is they will never truly admit it. They PRETEND that they're STILL on your side, and when you call to rant and rave about the baby, or when they visit and you have to reprimand the baby for something, you THINK they're going to agree with you but in the end you're caught off guard by their double-crossing response! They give your kids ice cream when you tell them they have to have fruit. You tell them to buy the $14.99 Elmo, and they buy the $49.99 one instead. You tell them the baby can feed herself and they nod and smile and then soon as you leave, there they are feeding her. You say the kid is in a bad mood and they ask, "well what did YOU do to her???" And there you are, left wondering if these are the same people that raised you. I don't get it.
4 comments:
LOL , like you read my mind. I love my mom but she is the worst trader ever. She always sides with the kids and always babies them (mostly my oldest who eats it up!) One weekend at grandmas undos a months worth of my work! Got to love them!!
Surrender.
Zane knows this all too well already. Those kids learn quick and they play against you. When the grandparents are over and Zane gets reprimanded. He falls to the ground crying yelling, "Grandma! Grandpa!" (IN ARABIC!). They come running and pull him out of time out and he curls up into their lap and looks victimized. Yet another Oscar winning performance.
AMEN!
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