Mom says her son can’t go out because her daughter will be ‘upset’

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Share the situation in a post on the British based forum MumnetMom explained that they have an 8-year-old and a 9-year-old, whom her husband takes care of during school breaks when he works from home three days a week.

She said that her son is often invited to a friend’s house once or twice “for a play date” during the school weekend. But her husband refuses to release him this time because their daughter “begins to whine she is bored and wants to go to her friends for a game date.”

“Sometimes it is feasible, but sometimes it is not, and if it is not, she will be upset,” the mother said of her daughter. “DH (dear spouse) has said it is too disturbing for his work and does not want to deal with it.”

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Curious to hear other people’s opinions asked the mother: “AIBU (am I unreasonable) to believe that this is massively unfair at DS (dear son).

Comments in the post were flooded by people who claim that it is unfair to expect her husband to look at both children while working and accused her parents to expect the 9-year-old to keep the 8-year-old maintained.

“I think what is unreasonable is that your husband does childcare instead of working,” said one person. “Know his work? It is people like your husband who will get the rest of us” actual workers “who are withdrawn to the office. Get proper childcare.”

“There is no way that he will take care of 2 DC (dear child) while working,” another chimpy in. “It’s a recipe for disaster. It sounds like he relying at 9yo to watch and entertain 8yo. Can you organize a baby on that day?”

“I think 8/9 is a little young to be completely care for themselves while Dad works,” commented a third. “Best to focus on actual childcare; book some holiday clubs, a little annual leave from each of you, and it doesn’t seem so stressful.”

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Among the stream of commentators who complained that her husband should not be multitasking work with childcare were also people who claimed that their son should go to play date, while their daughter must accept that she will not always get her way.

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“Ah of course, a 9-year-old and an 8-year-old need constant entertainment and input from an adult and everything else is neglect … 🙄” said one person. “OP (original poster), I think your daughter’s whine is what needs to be addressed. It is not always possible to do everything quite fair for both children, and she is not too young to understand it.”