Irrational?
First a little back info-
I've been with SO for about two years now. We have a one month old son together and I love both SO and DS very much. SO has 3 daughters from a previous relationSHIT [total c**t BM]. SD3, SD4,and SD9 come over every weekend. Well, when we first got together I was, somehow, designated babysitter. Of course when everything is new in the relationship you act like everything is fine and dandy, no matter how you feel about it [or maybe that's just stupid me]. I should of never let him believe that I was okay with it. I let it go on like that up until recently when SD9 went home and told BM that I abuse her [I've never laid a hand on this girl]. I then told SO that they were absolutely NOT to be here unless he is here. Even more so because I am a first time mother, with a big history of anxiety and depression, and I do not want to be more overwhelmed than I have to be with my situation.
So here's the problem-
At first SO was pretty miffed that I said I don't want to babysit anymore [I can understand that] but then he seemed to accept it as I was pretty damn adamant about it. As I'm typing this I'm sitting here with SD3 [she is playing] waiting for MIL to 'pick' her up because he went ahead and left for work without even asking me if I was ok watching her. Now MIL is a good woman but she is a flake and SO knows this. I don't have any problem with SD3 when it's just me and her but she is very busy as 3 year olds are and I have my baby at a constant rate [breastfeeding]. I can't get up to get her out of the fridge [or whatever] every two seconds.
So am I being irrational about being irritated with this? I know I got myself into the whole babysitting mess but it's been a few months since I told him I won't do it anymore. I don't want to fall back into the same miserable routine.
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Remind him that's it's not OK
Remind him that's it's not OK to leave his children with you. If he had to go to work, he should have made arrangements to drop her at MIL's on his way. Not only is he taking advantage of you by leaving her there, but of his own mother by making her come there to get the child. Totally inconsiderate.
I'm glad to hear that I'm not
I'm glad to hear that I'm not over-reacting. MIL is [of course] running WAY late and it will be near bedtime before she shows. I called SO at work and let him know that I was extremely displeased with the situation and he assured me it would not happen again [as if he won't try].
I will just have to make sure that I have 'prior' engagements about the time he has to work while skids are here.