New Goes on Week-Long Trip with Her In-Laws. Now She Feels 'Broken' After Receiving No Help With the Baby
A woman says a week-long family vacation left her feeling "broken" after no one offered to help her with her newborn
In a post shared to Reddit, she writes that she brought her 3-month-old baby along on the trip
But in the end, she was left out of the group activities — mostly due to her baby's sleeping habitsA woman says she's feeling "broken" after taking a week-long trip with her in-laws.
In a post shared to Reddit, the woman writes that she brought her 3-month-old baby along on the trip, which was meant to celebrate her mother-in-law's 75th birthday.
"I really wish we hadn't gone," she writes, adding that there were "many people with [child-rearing] experience" on the trip, but none of them offered to hold the baby or give her a break.
"They went out to dinner without us every night. It would be like 'oh let's go to nice restaurant! At 7:30!' Well, baby goes to sleep at 7pm and the restaurant is 45 min away….one night they offered to bring us back some food, but then said oh sorry we lost track of time and the kitchen is closing now. Every other night we just fended for ourselves or ate the leftovers they brought home," she writes.
She adds that she, her husband and her child weren't included in group photos — which always took place while the baby was napping — and she wasn't asked to join on group outings.
"They didn't want to have to plan, they wanted to do things spontaneously, which is practically impossible with an infant," she adds.
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Many on Reddit are urging the woman to speak to a professional, with one writing, "Three months is SO little and they are still figuring out life. At that stage I was still in survival mode and I can't imagine traveling where I don't have any of my normal tools or routines. You're are totally justified in being totally spent!"
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