My inlaws' habit of pushing through with their own agenda without even consulting me persists. Tonight they announced that they were taking my children to the Newport Aquarium tomorrow.
Back up to a few days ago...my inlaws are so worried about my SIL going into early labor with Little Lord Fun Sink that they don't want to schedule any overnight visits with my children for the three weeks leading up to the due date, which is actually fine with me because they're assholes and I don't want my children exposed too much. (Plus, hello, morons--if you get a call in the middle of the night while our children are sleeping over, just call Mr. Twinks or me and we'll come over and sleep at your house...easy solution). Anyway, they were insisting that the girls spend the night tonight because it's the last night they feel comfortable having them over, but Mr. Twinks and I said no because we're trying to get them into some good habits before school starts, and bedtimes at home aren't going well, which leads to behavior problems during the day...so, sorry, no, they can't spend the night. So my inlaws said they wanted to spend some time with the girls on Monday. I said fine.
Tonight we had to go to the big August birthday dinner at Uncle Larry's house, where my FIL just announced that the outing for tomorrow is a trip to the Newport Aquarium ("to do something educational," Fun Sink couldn't help but add). They didn't ask. They announced. I have a problem with this because:
1). I hate that road up to Cincinnatti.
2). When the girls do the Newport Aquarium, I want to go with them.
3). We're trying to form good habits and we need E to nap at home.
4). Want to take my children somewhere? Great--but don't tell me! Ask!
Mr. Twinkle said it might be hard to get back before E's naptime. They said they'd pick the girls up earlier. We went back and forth and back and forth and Mr. Twinkle and I said no every way we knew how, and my inlaws threw back another scenario to make the Newport thing work. Finally Fun Sink said, "Well, why don't we leave Newport at around 1:30 and she can just get her nap in the car?" I looked at Mr. Twinkle, exasperated, and he said as clearly as he could that we want her to nap at home. It's not hard to understand, and yet they think they own us and our children, and can just take them to destinations that are hours away anytime they want.
Then Fun Sink got all passive-aggressive and noncommittal about a pickup time. I actually think she has a mental illness. Who thinks they can take someone else's children to the Newport Aquarium, or anywhere else, without asking? And I'm sure she thinks I'm the mean one for saying no to it.
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