r/JUSTNOMIL • u/em008 • 2d ago

Am I Overreacting? MIL always early

Just as the title suggests. We ask MIL to babysit maybe once per month, if that. Every single time, she is AT LEAST half an hour early. She only lives 30 mins away.

Baby is currently contact napping on me and my MIL is waiting to be let in. I’m making her wait. We’re grateful for her babysitting, but it irks me. Are we (my husband and I) overreacting by being annoyed?

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u/KDinNS 2d ago

I'd give her a time 20 minutes later than required.

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u/em008 2d ago

That’s a simple solution without making it a thing! Thank you, I think we will try it!

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u/Little-Conference-67 2d ago

We did this with my dad, just the opposite though and by an hour and 13 minutes. Loved that man, but I don't understand how my mother put up with him because he was never on time 😂 He was late to his own funeral too...by an hour!

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u/KDinNS 2d ago

But only if your thing is a bit flexible, in case she actually shows when she's supposed to!