So last month I found out that my one Aunt (the one who doesn't get it) was going to be house sitting for my other Aunt. Well in my Mothers telling me of this news she informs me she has taken the whole week off and would like me to drive in so that we can spend some time together. I told her I would think about it, but if I did come we would have to do it on the cheep, we couldn't afford to go out for every meal, which my Aunt was know to do. To this my mother agreed 100%.
When I mentioned it to my Husband he just gave me the look. You know the one where it says I know you really want to do this but I don't think you should, but your going to do it any way. Yeah, that one.
In my excitement to spend time with my Mother I began looking for things for us to do while visiting. I found out that the Shedd Aquarium was going to be having two free days while we were in, my mother agreed it was a wonderful idea. We quickly planed a lose menu for the week, and I copies a few recipes to take with. I was very optimistic it was going to be a great week.
When we arrived late Sunday afternoon, my Aunt had ordered pizza, my Mother had made a green and fruit salad, we all ate well that evening. After dinner my Mother and I took an inventory of the fridge to see what we needed to pickup and I showed her my recipes, we also removed the peanut butter from the fridge and cleaned the shelves. We made a shopping list and raided her house before hitting the grocery store.
I cooked most of the week and things were going rather well, until we had to go shopping. My daughter had received some birthday gifts that were too small and with out a gift recite I had to take them back to a Target and exchange them. My Aunt and my Mother insisted I return my things and they would start shopping with my daughter. Once the items were exchanged and I caught up with them they asked if I needed to get anything else. I told them that I needed new pj's but would have to try them on, we had been traveling so much lately I wanted a pair that weren't see-threw. So I left them and didn't see them again until we were checking out and heading home.
Once back at the house I was changing my daughter when I noticed the rash. It went from the back of her knees to the edge of her diaper, and she had been scratching. I asked if she had eaten anything. My Aunt said no, but that she had been scratching the whole time we were in the store. I told her this was her allergy rash and there was most likely something in the cart that she was sitting in. Her response was,"Oh, well she's just really sensitive." This after seen her reaction earlier in the week to a contaminated Oreo cookie.
I was in shock, my mouth was hanging there with nothing coming out. I had no response for a statement like that. When I posted the event on my Facebook group, some of the comments were down right hateful. She's my Aunt I love her, but I now know that I cannot trust her to be with my daughter, because she doesn't get it.
It's something I never expected from my own family. To have someone who just so doesn't get it. After discussing with my Husband we decided that seeing her at family functions was ok but that if it was going to be longer that a day or a short weekend, that was just going to be too much time and risk for our daughter.
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