3 thoughts on “Sanctimonious Puritanism, Pure and Simple”
I think the daughter in question has a lot of damn gall to make demands on her parents who are doing her the favor. Let her hire a babysitter and “zero tolerance” them. And good luck with that.
The daughter is the villain here? Nobody has any idea what the real situation is.
For all we know, the mother is an alcoholic who drinks to excess every night. (I know she says she wants “one glass of wine,” but we all know alcoholics never lie about how much they drink, right?) Maybe the daughter is trying to keep her mother involved in the child’s life, but knows that alcohol has to be off limits.
Or maybe the daughter – who, quite possibly, knows her own mother better than WE do – knows her mother is a lightweight who can’t handle even one glass.
Pretty funny how three of you jumped to judge the daughter for…being judgemental.
On another note, refering to the last comment, are you saying it is hard to hire a babysitter who won’t drink? What kind of neighborhood do you live in?
Going off all the information given–without speculating beyond it–I think Amy and the daughter are both out of line.
A glass of wine with dinner does not make one an irresponsible caregiver. Or an alcoholic. In this case, I’d tell my child to find a caregiver up to her standards for long-term situations.
If the grandparents are known to be a couple of hopeless drunks (and we’ve been given ZERO reason to believe this is the case), then why are they being allowed to babysit, especially overnight, in the first place?
And did anyone else put quotation marks around “art classes” when reading the column itself? Heh.
I think the daughter in question has a lot of damn gall to make demands on her parents who are doing her the favor. Let her hire a babysitter and “zero tolerance” them. And good luck with that.
The daughter is the villain here? Nobody has any idea what the real situation is.
For all we know, the mother is an alcoholic who drinks to excess every night. (I know she says she wants “one glass of wine,” but we all know alcoholics never lie about how much they drink, right?) Maybe the daughter is trying to keep her mother involved in the child’s life, but knows that alcohol has to be off limits.
Or maybe the daughter – who, quite possibly, knows her own mother better than WE do – knows her mother is a lightweight who can’t handle even one glass.
Pretty funny how three of you jumped to judge the daughter for…being judgemental.
On another note, refering to the last comment, are you saying it is hard to hire a babysitter who won’t drink? What kind of neighborhood do you live in?
Going off all the information given–without speculating beyond it–I think Amy and the daughter are both out of line.
A glass of wine with dinner does not make one an irresponsible caregiver. Or an alcoholic. In this case, I’d tell my child to find a caregiver up to her standards for long-term situations.
If the grandparents are known to be a couple of hopeless drunks (and we’ve been given ZERO reason to believe this is the case), then why are they being allowed to babysit, especially overnight, in the first place?
And did anyone else put quotation marks around “art classes” when reading the column itself? Heh.