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Bit of a problem.....

cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
edited June 2008 in General Discussion
neighbor lady asked my daughter to watch her grandchild for what she understood for a week. daughter said she would......now here is the big problem....now its turned in to 4 weeks......my daughter is upset....i am not happy about it as she helps me moves machinery when needed and when not needed by me she is working with her horse...she is like me cant be inside a house....needs to be outside working,,ectect.....what pizzes me off is the grandmothers husband was home all the time my daughter was watching the kid...which would be his step granddaughter...he is the preacher of our church...not like he has a lot going on other than sunday morning.....wife is not understanding my daughters or mine side of the deal.....not sure how to handle this deal...any ideas?
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  • kyplumberkyplumber Member Posts: 11,111
    edited November -1
    abandonment?

    all I can come up with is WT F!!?

    How do you dump your kid off for a month?! especially after stating it is just for the weekend.

    I would call a day care and see what the going rate is, and retro the meter.
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  • kristovkristov Member Posts: 6,633
    edited November -1
    This is a grandchild so where is the child's actual mother?
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  • reloader44magreloader44mag Member Posts: 18,783 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Congrats on the new addition to your family[;)]
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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by kristov
    This is a grandchild so where is the child's actual mother?


    the kid is just here visiting grandma....the kids mother lives in another state i guess.
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  • reloader44magreloader44mag Member Posts: 18,783 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cowdoc
    quote:Originally posted by kristov
    This is a grandchild so where is the child's actual mother?


    the kid is just here visiting grandma....the kids mother lives in another state i guess.
    Give the kid back to Grandpa. END OF STORY.
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  • kristovkristov Member Posts: 6,633
    edited November -1
    Hell Doc, if I had known that you were such a soft touch for taking in kids I would have dropped my youngest girl off at your farm and let you raise her. She is a shy quiet girl, loves animals and is studying to be a vet.
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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Kristov your youngest and my daughter sound alot alike....only younger..she will be freshman in highschool this fall....i have quizzed her a few times about what she wants to do after highschool....asked her if she wanted to be a vet and go to school for that....i am guessing thats whats she will do.
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  • kristovkristov Member Posts: 6,633
    edited November -1
    Olivia (daughter #2) just finished her freshman year at a local community college and will be headed up to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in the fall. Unlike her older sister Christine, who rolled out of here at age 18 heading for Stanford with a big smile on her face, Olivia is a shy girl who is not comfortable with going to school so far away from home. U.C. Davis is near Sacramento and we live in SoCal so it is going to be tough for her and she is not happy about leaving.
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  • zipperzapzipperzap Member Posts: 25,057
    edited November -1
    A sucker punch is a violent and unfair act where the one being attacked is caught completely off guard, especially by deception, or an attack executed to disable another, targeting a place on the body that is not normally targeted in a "fair fight". One example is a blow on the back of the head, known as the rabbit punch.

    A sucker punch does not necessarily have to be a punch; it generally means any unfair physical attack.

    Receiving a sucker punch can be both painful and embarrassing.

    ... sounds like you've been gotten good!
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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cowdoc
    quote:Originally posted by kristov
    This is a grandchild so where is the child's actual mother?


    the kid is just here visiting grandma....the kids mother lives in another state i guess.


    You don't even know? I'm playing solitaire with an incomplete deck, here. Something's missing in this picture.

    I callz-it likes I seez-it. Joe
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  • select-fireselect-fire Member Posts: 69,539 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cowdoc
    neighbor lady asked my daughter to watch her grandchild for what she understood for a week. daughter said she would......now here is the big problem....now its turned in to 4 weeks......my daughter is upset....i am not happy about it as she helps me moves machinery when needed and when not needed by me she is working with her horse...she is like me cant be inside a house....needs to be outside working,,ectect.....what pizzes me off is the grandmothers husband was home all the time my daughter was watching the kid...which would be his step granddaughter...he is the preacher of our church...not like he has a lot going on other than sunday morning.....wife is not understanding my daughters or mine side of the deal.....not sure how to handle this deal...any ideas?


    Your wife would understand it when she gets to watch the kid !! OR take the child to Church Sunday and thank the Pastor, rush out of the church without the child. You know , important business.. someone just called on the cell phone..
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  • NC shooterNC shooter Member Posts: 45 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    The child is there to visit grandma... grandma's been gone for a month!??? Grandpa is in the house AND IS A PREACHER!

    plain and simple... take the child back to the grandparents house, knock on the door, and when he opens it... say "Here's your grandchild back. I've done my christian duty, NOW YOU DO YOURS!"
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    Make contact via phone with the grandmother, find out what the heck is going on...If you cant get in touch by phone with the person who asked you to watch the baby, then get in touch with the grandfather...Make sure there are witnessess present....

    Dont just "dump" the kid on the grandfather...you dont know the custody arrangements yet so he might not be allowed around the kid..Find out what happened to the grandmother, and why isnt she around...

    Did she not phone at all?...Were you not given contact info and where the grandmother would be?..no emerg numbers?
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,697 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A healthy white girl-child is worth 17,350 Rupees in the Muslim State of Djibouti, Africa.
    Take the child to Africa and sell her.
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  • bpostbpost Member Posts: 32,669 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Kids and live stock are the same too me. List the little germ factories on the auction side of the site and make it a three day auction with freight paid.......
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  • bigtirebigtire Member Posts: 24,800
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by NC shooter
    The child is there to visit grandma... grandma's been gone for a month!??? Grandpa is in the house AND IS A PREACHER!

    plain and simple... take the child back to the grandparents house, knock on the door, and when he opens it... say "Here's your grandchild back. I've done my christian duty, NOW YOU DO YOURS!"


    +1000
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  • bigtirebigtire Member Posts: 24,800
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
    A healthy white girl-child is worth 17,350 Rupees in the Muslim State of Djibouti, Africa.
    Take the child to Africa and sell her.


    Does not sound like a white family to me.
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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    no no no ....the kid is just here visiting grandma and grandpa...the grandma works during the day...she asked my daughter to watch her while she is at work....daughter thought it was just for a week...then found out is was for a month.....it also upset me that they was talking a month....i had no problem with her helping for a week but not a month also upset me a little when daughter said he was at home all day..i was with the understanding he pry has things going on also but guess not....oh well it is straightened out now i guess will watch her grandchild for the week and all is fine.
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  • Wolf.Wolf. Member Posts: 2,223 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    Maybe Grandma doesn't want the baby around step-Grandpa for a reason. Or maybe the guy said, "Hey...this ain't MY grandkid! This is your problemo, not mine!". Or, maybe the daughter is a druggie out sport f#$&ing all night everynight during barhopping marathons.

    Anyway, your daughter bought into the deal and it's her business, not yours. Hopefully she'll learn from this. She not only has taken on a huge amount of work, but also a huge liability I'm sure she never considered.

    Obviously, she should have spoken up when 5 days turned into 22 days. But, she didn't. Tell her what you think and leave it alone. I agree that what she should do is to go over there, explain what's wrong with this picture, get the two of them to fess up as to what's going on and if it stinks, say today's the last day. If step-grandpa is just being a dick, she needs to end this child care thing immediately. Whether she has the gumption to do it or not remains to be seen.
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