It still irks me...
I can't believe how limited people make me feel lately.
Mom emailed me and this is what she told me. "Andy said he didn't think you could handle Michael and Andi both at the Children's Museum and would rather wait till someone else can go with you to help out ."
I understand that they're his kids and he's entitled to his own opinion about who's capable of taking care of his own kids but c'mon. I'm their aunt and if I'm gonna take them to places eventually, at least let me try before giving your own judgement about whether or not I'm capable. I don't know where he got the idea that I would NOT be able to handle his own kids- I have taken care of kids before, I babysat when I was in high school and college, and I've been managing a dorm for the past 2 to 3 years. I have plenty of experiences with kids. I understand if he thinks communication would be a big issue, but I've dealt with kids before that I couldn't communicate with and found ways around that and it wasn't my fault that his kids didn't learn to sign...
I just feel so useless lately and like people are putting me down/intimidating me (not on purpose but still that's how I'm feeling). 'Course it doesn't help that I'm sleeping less lately due to all this stress. Well, I should get off and try to sleep bit more tonite.
Mom emailed me and this is what she told me. "Andy said he didn't think you could handle Michael and Andi both at the Children's Museum and would rather wait till someone else can go with you to help out ."
I understand that they're his kids and he's entitled to his own opinion about who's capable of taking care of his own kids but c'mon. I'm their aunt and if I'm gonna take them to places eventually, at least let me try before giving your own judgement about whether or not I'm capable. I don't know where he got the idea that I would NOT be able to handle his own kids- I have taken care of kids before, I babysat when I was in high school and college, and I've been managing a dorm for the past 2 to 3 years. I have plenty of experiences with kids. I understand if he thinks communication would be a big issue, but I've dealt with kids before that I couldn't communicate with and found ways around that and it wasn't my fault that his kids didn't learn to sign...
I just feel so useless lately and like people are putting me down/intimidating me (not on purpose but still that's how I'm feeling). 'Course it doesn't help that I'm sleeping less lately due to all this stress. Well, I should get off and try to sleep bit more tonite.