Im usually not one to complain or winge, but being 27 weeks pregnant hormones are through the roof. Anyway, tonight my brother who lives with me, my partner and our son, invited his mate, his girlfriend and their son over (whom i have never met before) my brother did ask and i said that was fine. However when they got here, their son (3-4 years old), immediately took off and started helping himself into our bedroom (door was shut), fridge and pretty much everything...kids are kids and curious, but what annoyed me is his mum or dad didn't do anything to stop him or at least follow him around the house. Their son helped himself to our food and i said to them, i think your sons hungry do you want me to give him some dinner and she said 'nah he will be right' meanwhile hes trying to eat anything he can get his hands on. They didn't watch or acknowledge their son at all, he was trying to shove things in power points, hitting my son, climbing on top of furniture and if i wasn't watching him, anything could have happened. Now as i said im 27 weeks pregnant watching not only my son but now complete strangers son and his mother and father couldn't have given too hoots. Then after a while i finally got my son settled in bed and i went to walk into the living room and saw with my own eyes this mother giving her 3-4 year old son a can of jack daniels (alcohol), he only had a sip (which isnt the point) then she realised i was watching and said 'no thats enough'....at that point, i told my brother they can leave....i know every parent is different and every parent has their own way of parenting....but i was pretty appalled by their lack of respect for anothers home, their laziness to actually watch their own child and then to hand that child a can of alcohol
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I would have sent them on there way too. I'd also be reporting to child protection in the morning. If that's what they gave the child while in your home it's 100 times worse behind closed doors.
There are so many of these people it makes me want to scream!
If you know who they are report them and get Docs involved, regardless your brother can have friends over again when he's got his own fucking house.
We all learn the hard way, my last lesson was the friend of a friend of a friend... Why do people have to be such douches.
Now you know who they are say NO next time he asks. If he asks why tell him the truth, but I would tell them both now so they don't even bother to ask again. If he really wants to see them tell him to go visit at there home not yours.
I can't handle parents and kids like this, I feel like they have no respect for someone else's property. Also don't be afraid to speak up if it happens again with anyone else. Ask both parents not let him/her go into your cupboards and rooms etc (maybe you have poison or a rat trap). I have had to ask friends to not let their child draw on my leather lounge and was looked at like I was the weirdo for being too materialistic.