Sorry that happened to you alleycat. :speechless:
Geese...I am having a tad of a bad night as well. My son, who stood me up Thanksgiving morning (which triggered my symptoms big time since), just called. I saw it was him, and turned off the ringer. I knew what he wanted. He wanted me to keep my grandson tomorrow while he and my grandson's mom work. My daughter usually keeps the baby, but she has plans.
Now, the really hard part...I want to keep my grandson so badly, it hurts. I love him dearly; we are very bonded. I haven't had time with him in several weeks. But I can't buy the gas to get there, I am so broke. My son would never offer to pay me, even though he knows I am practically destitute. And he has treated me so badly, I do not want to do anything for him. I also do not want to be at his house, where I recently had a bad anxiety attack from the emotional abuse he has been dishing out there and elsewhere for several years now.
I am not strong enough now to override my anger at my son for my grandson's and my own benefit. It really, really hurts. I am very angry at him for even having the nerve to call me and to bring up these horrible feelings. I also feel like a bitch for not answering, for not being the "good grandmother." He didn't leave a message, so I know it wasn't an emergency...
Geese...I am having a tad of a bad night as well. My son, who stood me up Thanksgiving morning (which triggered my symptoms big time since), just called. I saw it was him, and turned off the ringer. I knew what he wanted. He wanted me to keep my grandson tomorrow while he and my grandson's mom work. My daughter usually keeps the baby, but she has plans.
Now, the really hard part...I want to keep my grandson so badly, it hurts. I love him dearly; we are very bonded. I haven't had time with him in several weeks. But I can't buy the gas to get there, I am so broke. My son would never offer to pay me, even though he knows I am practically destitute. And he has treated me so badly, I do not want to do anything for him. I also do not want to be at his house, where I recently had a bad anxiety attack from the emotional abuse he has been dishing out there and elsewhere for several years now.
I am not strong enough now to override my anger at my son for my grandson's and my own benefit. It really, really hurts. I am very angry at him for even having the nerve to call me and to bring up these horrible feelings. I also feel like a bitch for not answering, for not being the "good grandmother." He didn't leave a message, so I know it wasn't an emergency...