The Bert Show: She Doesn’t Want To Be The Godparent Of Her Friend’s Kids

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Our listener wants to back out of being the godparent of her friend’s kids.

Here’s her email:

Hey Bert Show,

I definitely need some advice!!

5 years ago I found out I was pregnant with my now 4 year old son! He was a happy surprise. (I was that 3% who got pregnant on birth control). I share this because while my husband and I were not trying, my brother and sister in law were. For years! They went through serveral miscarriages and IVF.

I felt so guilty that I got pregnant so easily that when we told my brother and sister in law we followed up with “and we want you to be the Godparents!”.

Fast forward and they ended up being blessed and now have a 3 year old son! However, I recently spent the weekend with them and I am appalled at how they parent! All they do is yell! They also call their son dumb dumb. It’s awful.

So here is my dilemma. If anything should ever happen to my husband and I, we do NOT want our son being in their care. He is such a sweet, sensitive kind natured boy and would not do well in that environment.

We’d truly like for my cousin and her husband to be ours sons Godparents. They parent just like us and I love and adore my cousin.

There has never been anything in writing about my brother and sister in law, our son hasn’t been baptized or anything..

Also not sure if this matters but it is MY step brother (I just call him brother) and my cousin is actually blood related to me.

Help!! How do I tell my brother and sister in law???