am I wrong to be cross

SailorSam

I'd go mad, no way would i go away now.
Phone your parents up and tell them you're organising a family get together it's going to be in their house.

jellymid

I'd be very concerned, too. I've had a think about it, and I wouldn't fall out about it. I would feign illness to stay behind, join the party later, and never, ever ask my parents to babysit again. It might be extreme, but how could you ever be sure what they were planning?

mummyroysof3

if it was me i would be feeling upset, its like them having a party and not inviting you but using your house to do it. very rude imho

Plans_all_plans

While I can see why you might feel slightly put out, it's really not a big deal at all! And certainly not worth falling out over! If you're really not happy you could say to them that in future you'd rather they didnt invite people round while you;re not there.

If you were my DD and you threw your toys out of the pram over this, you would get no further babysitting from me!

SailorSam

Plans_all_plans wrote: »

If you were my DD and you threw your toys out of the pram over this, you would get no further babysitting from me!

And if i were the daughter the parents would never be given the chance to babysit again.

BitterAndTwisted

Actually, I disagree: it would be a very big deal to me. But I do agree with you that it's probably not worth risking having a terminal falling-out over it. The OP's parents obviously think it's no big deal or why wouldn't they have kept it quiet?

There's nowt as queer as folk

Plans_all_plans

Everyone's happy then! I'm sure the grandparents have better things to do anyway!

Mely

*Robin* wrote: »

Not much help to you, but if my parents had done that it would freak me right out! ..I would not go away under those circumstances - and would probably not be able to keep my mouth shut at the parents' rudeness either!

I would feel the same. It would put me right off going.

DaisyFlower

If you want free childcare to go away, then you can hardly dictate what your parents do whilst babysitting.

If you want to dictate to your childcare provider, then pay for childcare.

mrcow

It depends.

You say that your parents are "visiting". Have they travelled far? Are they staying with you? And if so, is it that they don't get to see these people very often?

How close are you with your parents. If it had been my Mum and my Ainties etc. then I'd be fine with it.

If I wasnt' that close to my Mum, then I'd find it a little off putting.