Sleepovers - prioritising friends over family  (198 Posts)
motheroflight Sun 15-Sep-13 15:45:11  I'm just feeling a bit
upset and not sure if IABU. A few years ago, DCs stayed with
their cousins at my sister's house for a couple of weeks due to
unforseen circumstances. DCs played up a lot (had just been
through some tough times, long backstory) but it became the
longest fortnight of their lives due to the hostility to which
they were subjected. It was made very clear that we were a
liability and we were not wanted there. I even heard a phone
message from sibling to GPs telling them that it was too much
and we really needed to leave as they could not stand it any
more. You would have thought that we had been there for years
rather than a couple of weeks in August. it got to the point
where we were excluded from their days out and not even offered
drinks when they were all having them. We really had nowhere
else suitable to go and felt extremely cheap. Even the youngest
child became openly hostile and rude and