Scruples question

[gatorsmom]

No kidding! ITA. I wouldn't even give it a second thought to say sorry and wave on the way out of the driveway. You give up a vacation to save someone from pooping their pants? Not in a heartbeat.

I'd tell the kid to make believe he was camping and then he could poop in our yard. I think just offering the yard is nice, isn't it?

Lisa
Mom to Gator July 2003
And Cha-Cha July 2005
and surprise! twins due 11/07!

[Melanie]

>If I were Family A, I probably would have opened my door
>quickly for Family B (in my house it's only a matter of
>opening the garage door opener), and asked them to lock up
>when they were done (assuming these were my good friends whom
>I trusted in my home).
>

Ditto.

[maestramommy]

I'm guessing Family A let them in the house, but it still wasn't in time to prevent the explosion. So Family A misses the plane and Family B now has to deal with poop explosion while in someone else's home?

ETA: okay, read your "what happened" post. Agree with the others. Yeah it sucks, but we've all dealt with poop explosions before. Life goes on.

[JBaxter]

Thats tough ...

We have an alarm system that we set every night and especially if we are going on vacation so it would be just locking up. My own mom doesnt know the code.

I wouldnt miss my vaction I would feel bad though.

[pb&j]

> Its just poop.

Beth, I think that's my new mantra. :D


-Ry,
mom to Max the one year old
and my girl in heaven

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[squimp]

I don't think I would ever show up at a friend's house with an urgent poop situation. It's just kinda ick. If it were a true emergency, I would find a nice quiet tree somewhere.

[momathome]

Jana, are your trees usually quiet? Ours are pretty darn noisy around here. ;)

To the original poster, what a yicky situation for everyone but I really don't think your friend should be mad at you. It was obviously not a good time to stop by and they should have respected that and stopped to use a restaurant bathroom instead. Hope you had a nice vacation!

[carryingandstrollingabout]

Hi I'm back...

As discussed above, tossing the keys is a good idea, but not something we would have done, not because of lack of trust, but because of like the alarm issue: there arr things that have to be set before we can go away overnight, and facets that have to be turned down tight. Reasonable or not, my husband is the type who would have to go back in, make sure everything was squared away, and lock up himself. Whether necessary or not, he would feel compelled to, and would. It would have added enough minutes to us already being late that it would have impacted the trip.

I'm very sorry that my friend feels let down and I hope we can stay friends after this. I haven't heard from her since I send my 2nd note of apology...

[Puddy73]

Hugs! It sounds like this has been very stressful for you.

Honestly, I think that your friend needs to get over it. It's just poop, for goodness sake. I hope that she comes around because it seems like a silly thing to throw away a friendship over.

Jennifer
Mommy to Annabelle 9/08/03 & Finn 10/31/05

"If we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane." - Jimmy Buffett

[KBecks]

If I were Family A, I'd tell Family B we're leaving, but to use the bathroom and to lock the doors on their way out.

If I were Family B, I'd realize I might be stuck with a poopy child and sending DH to run home and get the car, wipes, a new diaper, change of clothes, plastic bag, etc. etc. etc.