Ok, so last night my x is watching my OS while I am in school for 5 hours. 10:30 comes around and I go home expecting him to have dropped off my son with either my mother or my sister, and he's no where to be found. I call his mom and his sister, nobody knows where he is, so I drive around town and find him at the Matrix-it started at 10:00 and my son is 5 years old!!!! Not to mention that it's just not a show for a child of that age. So, I went in the movie theatre, whisper, "what the hell do you think you are doing?", picked up my son and went home.

Before this, I had let my son spend time with my x's mom, then my son came to me and told me that Grandma had said that he should live with her instead of with me. Then I let him spend the night and about 11:00, I got the worst feeling in the world about leaving him there and couldn't get rid of it. I picked him up at 11:30 and now I am to them "a selfish person who is so rude to us"(meaning his family).

I don't know about any other parents out there, but if I feel deep within myself that my child is in trouble, or that something may happen, nothing will stop me from protecting my child. My ultimate decision has been not to allow my son to spend the night anymore and to limit his time with people who are brainwashing him with ideas that I'm a terrible mother and that he would be better off with them.

Am I crazy?? I don't think so.

Personally, I would not let my son spend the night with anyone except his Dad. But, my son also always wants to come home with me no matter what. I'm seperated from my husband and my son didn't even want to stay with his dad. Son won't sleep if he doesn't see me before he goes to bed. He feels safest with me.

If I were in your shoes, I would have done the exact same thing. My in-laws are now asking to have my son spend the night. It's not going to happen. Stick to what you believe is right for your son.