am i overreacting?
I had my baby shower last weekend and only half the people who rsvp'd showed up and only 2 small things ere purchased off my registries. My sister came and brought us a pack n play that she had purchased for her step-granddaughter...it Was supposedly never used, but she put it together before coming and noticed that it was dirty. It was obviously used, but honestly I didn't care. I can clean it and this is baby #4...we love hand me Downs. Anyway she also gave us a card that had written in it that she was giving us a $100 shopping card. She then pipes up after I opened and read the card, that she gets to go with me for sisterly shopping time...so she is keeping the card till we get to go....ummmm OK.
Here's the thing....I have a home daycare and recently lost 3 kids from one family, so my income sucks right now and since I'm scheduled for my c-section in 45 days I can't fill my spots. So...we are obviously stressed out and not sure how to pay all our bills with just my hubby's income. She offered to help us out because we have helped her many times. Well then instead of helping she said we should just move so our rent is cheaper...we said that's not really an option as we are in a lease, we already squeeze a soon to be family of 6 into a 1700 sq ft house, and it takes a ton of $ to move. Well now she is treating us like we are irresponsible. We made plans to go shopping this Saturday and she is like "make a list of the items Maddox truly needs". Uhhhh...okay...but you said you were giving us $100 to shop for him. Not that we are going to blow it on frivolous things, but she is making what was given to us as a gift into her controlling us like we are teenagers. Oh and did I mention that the "new" pack n play is broken??? I asked for the paperwork that came with it, so we could see about ordering a replacement part and she treated me like I was ungrateful. I am so upset over the way she is treating us that I almost don't want to go "shopping" with her. Am I overreacting or does it sound a little off?
***sorry this was so long***
Here's the thing....I have a home daycare and recently lost 3 kids from one family, so my income sucks right now and since I'm scheduled for my c-section in 45 days I can't fill my spots. So...we are obviously stressed out and not sure how to pay all our bills with just my hubby's income. She offered to help us out because we have helped her many times. Well then instead of helping she said we should just move so our rent is cheaper...we said that's not really an option as we are in a lease, we already squeeze a soon to be family of 6 into a 1700 sq ft house, and it takes a ton of $ to move. Well now she is treating us like we are irresponsible. We made plans to go shopping this Saturday and she is like "make a list of the items Maddox truly needs". Uhhhh...okay...but you said you were giving us $100 to shop for him. Not that we are going to blow it on frivolous things, but she is making what was given to us as a gift into her controlling us like we are teenagers. Oh and did I mention that the "new" pack n play is broken??? I asked for the paperwork that came with it, so we could see about ordering a replacement part and she treated me like I was ungrateful. I am so upset over the way she is treating us that I almost don't want to go "shopping" with her. Am I overreacting or does it sound a little off?
***sorry this was so long***
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And believe me I understand hand me downs lol this is baby #5 for us(hubby has 2 with ex) and they're ALL girls so there's plenty of hand me downs in our family lol BUT a broken pack n play? And trying to pawn it off like its new or barely used? Ugh! You'd be better off hitting up Craigslist and yard sales.
@mama_luvs_her_girls thank you! Hopefully she will prove me wrong tomorrow and it will be fun. I so don't need anymore stress!