As I was walking home from school with my daughter yesterday, a friend of mine pulled up in her car. She lives a couple of streets away and has a daughter my daughters age. They met in Preschool. We all have been friends since then. I dont see her often, but we chat we see each other. She stopped to show me her new dog. She asked if I had plans for today. I said no. She then went on to tell me she has an all day class today and that her babysitter cancelled, and could I watch the girls. I said sure, no problem. She said the class was from 9-6 today. She would drop the girls off at 8:45am. Well at 9:30 I called there,no answer left a message. Now it is 11am, I have not heard from them.
Part of me hopes that she is just not being an airhead and forgot to call me(maybe other babysitter was back on). I really hope nothing bad has happened.
I could not imagine making arrangements and just blowing them off like it was no big deal.

By Vicki on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 10:59 am:

Yes, I think it was very rude!!

By Debbie on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 11:21 am:

Very rude. It was so nice of you to agree to do it. Now, you are sitting around worrying about her, wondering what is going on. Next time she asks you to watch her girls, I would say no!

By Jackie on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 11:23 am:

I just left another message..so we will see.
This is the first time she has asked me to watched her girls in like 2 yrs, so its not like it happens often.
But still...I am not waiting around. I mean I am home, but Faith is taking a nap soon. My 7 yr old daughter is disappointed. She was really looking forward to friend spending the day with her.

By Jackie on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 11:35 am:

OMG...They just got here. The father dropped them off. So here is the story. The father was working today, as why she asked me to watch them.He apparently knew I was watching them when he had to leave for work. He did not know the mother told me 8:45am. He said he had no clue, that she left this morning and didnt say anything about it. He just knew he was to drop them off at my house when he went to work.
He asked if it was ok if they still stayed, and I said yes.
So I understand what happened. I just dont understand how you can be so spacey.

By Kate on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 12:05 pm:

What I think is super rude is to FIRST ask if you have any plans and THEN ask if you can babysit. She sets up in such a way that it's then hard to say no! Not fair!

By Dawnk777 on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 12:38 pm:

Wow. You would think she would have said something to her husband. Also, I think it would be better to ask right away if you could babysit, but I think I'm guilty of asking about plans first and then getting into why I'm asking, too.

By Ginny~moderator on Saturday, January 20, 2007 - 10:06 pm:

It is both rude and "something else". You called twice - where was daddy when the phone was ringing? And if she knew daddy wouldn't bring them until later in the morning, why did she say 8:45? The whole thing is a bit "something else".

By Jackie on Sunday, January 21, 2007 - 05:06 am:

Well at least the day is over LOL..
The dad was outside fixing his car. He said he couldnt go to work until he did some adjustments on his car.
My friend called me twice during the day to apoligize. Apparently the husband stopped by where her class was and talked to her.
My friend kept asking me if I was mad. I said I wasnt really mad, just confused. I went on to say that when somebody tells me 8:45, and then shows up after 11 I begin to wonder if something happened.
She said it was lack of communication on her part. All is well. All the kids had a good time so that is really what matters.
I had a bad migraine all day, so it was nice all the kids kind of entertained themselves.

By Kaye on Sunday, January 21, 2007 - 09:47 am:

Glad it went okay. Really some people just communicate better with others and that includes spouses. It sounded like she took the blame and almost apologized so I would let it go. What I would walk away with is this, you know she can be flighty and no she doesn't communicate well, so next time don't let her get to you (or say no upfront..lol)