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OP arranged for her friend Tammy to watch her 3-year-old daughter for a night while she went on a camping trip. Tammy, who had previously expressed willingness to help, seemed cooperative at the start. However, upon OP’s return, Tammy appeared visibly exhausted and commented on not being ready for a 3-year-old. OP later discovered a Facebook status from Tammy, expressing a feeling of losing her sanity. This left OP feeling confused about whether her child’s behavior had caused tension and unsure about how to interpret Tammy’s reaction.
The child in question is described as strong-willed but generally well-behaved, receiving positive feedback from daycare teachers. Despite the initial positive communication, Tammy’s unexpected exhaustion and the Facebook post raised concerns for OP. To express gratitude and potentially address any issues, OP plans to send a thank-you card and is considering sending a small gift.
So keep on scrolling down below to read the whole story narrated by OP and make sure to read it till the end otherwise, you won’t be able to understand the whole story here.
1. OP has been separated from her husband for about 9 months and he’s in the military so OP has her daughter with her full time when he’s deployed, and it’s fine with totally fine with OP as she loves her daughter.
2. OP said he was deployed most of the summer and he came back for a month and has gone again since August, OP believes she has to be mentally and physically fit to be a better parent. Moreover, OP said when they share custody it’s easy as she has a few days off.
3. OP says she has found some money for a babysitter so when she wants to get to dinner or see a movie she could have that little me time, she also said that she couldn’t pay for an overnight babysitter and she doesn’t have any family in the area but she does have some good circle of friends.
4. OP’s friend Tammy has an 8-month-old son who is very close with her cousin, who has a 4-year-old daughter. Tammy in the past reached out to OP and said she would be here if OP needed anything while her ex was gone.
5. She and her husband live in a big house with a huge yard so OP thought it wouldn’t be a big deal to ask her if she would mind watching her daughter for one night
6. So OP dropped her off on Saturday at 9 am and she went to hit the road she went on a hike and set up a camp there and relaxed by the fire for the evening, her friend Tammy texted her with the pictures of her daughter playing with her cousin’s kid. The next morning when she got up she got a text from Tammy saying when are you coming back? She’s not a very flowery communicator.
7. OP said to Tammy that she was planning another hike after breakfast but she didn’t respond OP took this silence as a green signal and went on another hike as she planned
8. OP hit two accidents on her way home and gave Tammy all the updates along the drive when she got there OP’s daughter was downstairs and Tammy was upstairs sitting on her bed with her son, and she was looking exhausted.
9. When OP thanked her for watching her kid she continued looking away and that’s when OP thought that maybe it was too tiring for her to watch over a 3year old and her son
10. When OP went home she saw her Facebook status that she had posted about two hours ago when OP went there, in the status she stated that she was “losing her sanity”
11. OP said she was sure that her daughter played a role in how her friend felt last night
12. OP explained to users that her kid is a strong-willed kid who is well-mannered
13. Now OP says she doesn’t know how to feel about this as Tammy was acting very strange last night and asked users if she crossed any lines and she doesn’t know how to express her gratitude
14. So OP decided to send her a thank you card but she’s not sure if she should try to talk about how the day went
15. Too long didn’t read here you go
16. OP provided us with some edits
17. Due to the user’s response OP had some new perspective on the situation so she thanked the users for it
18. Maybe it is something to consider and maybe not
19. Your thoughts on this?
20. OP should consider doing this
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22. Maybe this was the reason for her exhaustion and it could be
23. Well this user made a point!
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