Childfree Woman Stands Firm Against Neighborhood Pressure To Babysit For Free, Is Blasted Online
While free might be one of the best words in the dictionary, folks gotta understand that very little truly comes for free. If it’s not money, then it’s private data or time or engagement or whatever. Makes the idea of something really being free even that more tempting.
However, folks do have to be careful with it or else they will end up coming off as super entitled like this couple who flat out demanded (and expected) their new next door neighbor to babysit their kids. For free.
Rarely does anything come for free, so you gotta be bold and demand that it does… or, pro tip: don’t
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Otherwise, you will come off as entitled by demanding your neighbor watch your kids for free just because they don’t have kids
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Suddenly, the whole neighborhood now despises the child-free neighbors for refusing to babysit
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The story goes that a woman and her husband are new to a neighborhood dominated by families with kids. So far, no red flags. Sure, it is a bit hard to find activities to bond over because the couple tends to avoid the chaotic kid factor, but avoiding it is a solution in and of itself.
Well, one day a neighbor pops by OP’s house and asks to babysit their kids. She comes back with a no, and the neighbor retreats. Then her husband returns for round two, flat out demanding they babysit because they are child-free, which somehow makes them magically a free daycare? Oh, and add a layer of sexism on top of that because of the neighbor claiming a woman would want to babysit naturally.
A conflict ensues—one that expands into the neighborhood chat and now the couple is under fire for not wanting to be taken advantage of.
Across the board, commenters were shouting not the jerk, saying that OP doesn’t owe their neighbors anything beyond a “no”. Just because they are in a child-free position, that doesn’t mean they want to or have time. Some were cheeky enough to suggest agreeing to watching the kids, if all the guys come together and reform OP’s house. Because, you know, guys do that?
There’s more than one reason why folks choose not to have kids and you can’t really argue with any of them
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Each country has a different statistic, but the reasoning behind it is more or less consistent with the times. At least in the United Kingdom, the most popular reasons why folks don’t have kids are their impact on lifestyle (10%), the increased cost of living and the cost of raising kids (10%), human overpopulation (9%), honest dislike of kids (8%) and lack of parental skills (6%).
In other countries, like Russia (7% nationally and 20% in Moscow), there is a common trend among educated, wealthy, and ambitious people to avoid creating families because they are unwilling to sacrifice their comfort and success for it.
In the U.S., 56% of those choosing not to have kids are simply not interested in it. Others cite medical issues (19%), financial problems (17%) and no partners (15%) as the main reasons.
And, in all fairness, having kids is ultimately a choice. Literally forcing that upon people can be interpreted as a felony, no matter if it’s tradition or culture or peer pressure.
So, what are your thoughts on any of this? Share your takes and stories in the comment section below! Or do the same in another similar post of ours.
Folks had zero reason to believe the author of the post was in any way a jerk—the neighbors’ entitlement said it all
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Just tell them you're on a police list and can't hehe. No more asking after that.
"I'd love to! But... the judge said I'm not allowed to babysit any more, after the... accident."
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What weird cultish place have they moved to where random strangers demand they take care of their kids? I live in a place where thankfully people politely ignore each other 99% of the time and only if there's an emergency will they politely ask for help then revert back to ignoring you. It's bliss.
The poll on this page currently says 1% think “being child free obligates somebody to babysit neighbour’s kids for free”. 🤯
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"Ok my fee per hour is... There's also additional fees for food, breakages... did you want me to actually entertain them as well, that's an extra fee... and I need a 50% deposit in advance. Bookings must be scheduled at least 2 weeks in advance."
My child is my responsibility. My child is not your responsibility. Thanks for attending my TED talk.
To the BP writer, in what way was this woman "blasted online"? That phrase usually means the majority of people told her what she did was wrong.
Same! It seems so fake that I just had to comment. I'm glad I'm not alone in this.
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So, you're new to the area in retrospect. Why the heck would any parent want to dump their kids onto a complete stranger? Your neighbours sound really weird.
That's absolutely my thought as well, dropping off kid's with complete stranger, it's weird
Load More Replies... This is either a little fictional tale for likes or they've moved into a gated cult community
This may have happened as written in their mind but I doubt it played out like that in the real world.
This happens a lot in the world especially if you are childfree
Load More Replies... Who would ask grown adults that they don't know to watch their kids? This reeks of BS. A neighborhood like that has a list of teens/preteens to call unless the kids are special needs, and then what are they doing asking strangers?
Once upon a time I used to occasionally babysit my partner's coworker friend's kids. One night we were all chatting on discord, and this friend asked if I'd be free to babysit and evening that week. It had been about a year and a half since I'd babysat anyone, and I paused, and suddenly just outright said "I... Don't really like babysitting any more. Your kids are awesome and sweet and it's nothing to do with them. I just find I end up spending the time clock watching and waiting for it to be over." He was totally cool with that answer, which was great because I felt SO embarrassed that had come out my mouth... In vino veritas hehehe... Anyway, he accepted my answer and we carried on with evening chat and games. That's how normal people handle "no."
This story just made our IQ's go down. I want My two minutes back. It's like a test to see if We'll all quack appropriately. More like Bored Bull.
Joining the masses to say BS - Unlikely scenario #1: who leaves their kids with strangers? Unlikely scenario #2 - who's first option is to leave the kids someplace no one in the family is familiar with instead of asking a babysitter to come to their home where toys etc are kept? Unlikeliest scenario #3 - out of a tight knit neighborhood with lots of kids to play with, and adults the kids know, filled with houses who definitely have kid food and toys at their homes, who would ask the one family on the street who are strangers and are unlikely to have kid resources? Just no. This is trying to incite childless people to be upset about how others treat them, but there are plenty of real slights, we don't need fake ones.
I can't imagine parents careless enough about leaving their kids with people they literally do not know at all. And the entitlement to anyone else's time! Idiot parents with idiot kids.
BP is getting desperate! This is a TWO year old Reddit post!! Be Better BP
This is so ridiculous. We need to cleanse society of all AITA's. What's the cyber equivalent of napalm?
Nah, friend. I'm a childless woman. I get random cráp/harassment from friends who are mothers, relatives that are mothers, and neighbors that are mothers. I've been told that my pets "don't need that much of my time" and so I can babysit the person's human kids. I've been told that because I never produced spawn from my womb, I'm "not really a woman" or "haven't fulfilled my duties" etc. I'm running off of pure assumption that you are male, since your username is Ray; thus you probably do not have an intimate knowledge of what does - and does not - happen to women.
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These stories are all the same and just seem unreal. I could believe it up until the point the neighbor husband came in the picture. I just doubt that actually happened.
No offence meant to the OP if a real situation, but - is this for real, or just AI generated rage-porn? I cannot imagine any couple being treated the way the poster was about not caring to babysit, much less having an entire neighbourhood react in such a way. If true, this is a very strange way of thinking in this neighbourhood.
Yea I think this is fake. I don't care how stupid your neighbors are, they aren't going to show up to your house and demand that you watch their kids all day for free. Then when you decline they involve all the other neighbors who also think you should babysit for free after stating (and showing that you don't really care for kids by not participating in the neighborhood activities that involve kids) that you don't like kids? Nope, I call BS.
Everything else aside, she said she was working on the weekend. Even people in the comments seemed to miss that part, not that it changes anything, really. It's just an extra tick mark against the super demanding a*****e of a neighbor that he said she was available when she had already said she was not. That would suck to move to a place and be made to feel so uncomfortable.
These AITA posts are getting kind of silly. "My mom asked me to kill her neighbor's dog, cook it up and serve it to them. At first I said no but I think everyone is mad at me. AITA for telling her no? I’m not sure."
I was pumping gas one day and someone walked up and stabbed me in the eye with a steak knife. AITA?
This is mind blowing. I have three kids and I would never ask someone to do this. Maybe it's because I never had help but the entitlement here is stunning. Unfortunately, I worry this couple is never going to be able to be happy in their home bc it sounds like the situation is devolving. If I did not have kids, I would hate living in a neighborhood with nothing but kids.
Your neighborhood is full of entitled jerks. Personally I don't like kids. Noisy, sometimes smelly, rude, sticky and baby slobber - don't even get me started. JUST SAY NO.
Another proof that some parents are jealous at child-free people. As if the neighbor can't stand it that the OP lives child free and has more spare time to do child free things. It's ridiculous any way to ask child free people to babysit for free. There is a reason why the OP and her husband don't have children, then why do you still have te audacity to ask for babysit? They choose not to have kids, then don't bother them with yours.
What kind of crazy entitled neighborhood is this?? Every parent I know pays for a babysitter and would never dream of insisting that someone watch their kids. NextDoor (neighborhood/community website) is completely toxic and full of nut jobs. I feel bad that this couple has to live in a place full of idiots.
I don't remember when parents asked strangers to babysit their kids, what century was that.
As the parent, why would I even want to leave my kids with someone who doesn't want to watch them? I mean, everything Else aside, obviously NTA, but that really confuses me
As another childless person, is so fake and stupid. Even if it were remotely believable, they’d know they weren’t the aşshole. YTA for being so dumb and getting other people to join in on it.
Just be a it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean it won't in the future. Childfree women frequently get this c**p at work and more.
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How is this tha question? "Land of the Free" --- where did you sign up to some obligation to tithe working hours to 'the neighborhoud'. Also consider, if you were say a black & mexican gay couple, would they come and insist you babysit? Why are they exempt and you aren't?
Sexism and a stunning disrespect for boundaries. That's not a healthy community; I wouldn't want any part of it either.
I'm 50. Never wanted children, never Liked children. I have Zero maternal instinctions, zero. I have only baby sat once aged 30 and I was emotionally blackmailed into that by my then friend. I had no idea what to do, how to connect to them, didn't want to and not a fkn clue of Anything. No instinct for human care and zero maternal instinct or give a fk. 20 years on, I have Not forgotten the hell of that night, nor the smell from children who exist on sugar. My look of abject horror, followed by 'Absolutely not' at the next person to attempt me to baby sit has meant I've never been asked again. The entitlement of the parents in the post here is extreme and it seems that husband runs the community with sycophantic followers. The OP owes them Nothing. As for change your mind about having kids? 🤬 That's none of their business but I knew from a Toddler that I didn't want children, I didn't like them!!
“Hi all. I no longer feel comfortable with children after what happened to my first child. This is something I rarely share because it is so painful. I did try to explain, delicately, this to but she cut me off and was abusive. The memory of what happened is still incredibly painful. I do not normally share it, and after the abuse I have received on this page I clearly cannot share it with any of you. Nonetheless, please know that it was the worst time of my life, and that the abuse I have received on this chat pales into insignificance compared to that. Please do not ask me to look after your children again, and every time you look at your own offspring with love, go and spit in the face of who dredged up such horrendous pain for me, before sending her husband to go and threaten me. Thank you and God bless.”
The two main categories of creative writing in AITA (stepparents and childfree struggles) are getting out of hand. Tsk tsk tsk
No need to pass judgement as it never happened. The new neighbour harassed into babysitting for free? Suuuure.
I'm seeing more and more of these posts where parents are demanding others giving free care to their little monsters. My view, you have kids it's your responsibility to care for them, and pay a good wage to those who are willing to look after your children... I say little monsters because these types of parents tend to bring their children up to be entitled bratts or kids perpetually feelings embarrassed by their parents
wtaf? The OP is absolutely NTA and I have to wonder about parents who are happy to just dump their kids on a total stranger without a second thought....
I would call CPS on the parents for trying to dump their kids on strangers
I am 63 and have never had children. I just tell them that I am not child friendly.
I put down "Only in emergency". I'm childless and, like normal, not available for babysitting, but if a neighbor who I know (probably a grandparent) asks me to look after a kid in an emergency situation, I'd try my best
“‘Where are the kids?’ Oh, I left them with a woman who not only has no experience with kids, but is actually uncomfortable just being around them.” This is what the neighbors would’ve gotten, had they had their way.
If they had an emergency, i could understand their asking a stranger for help, but this was not an emergency.
Another AITA that is universally on one side (1% in the poll disagreed). Please BP- choose subjects that can actually have discussion instead of people just patting each other on the back.
Parents need to stop assuming that just because someone is childless that they have gobs of free time.
Fake a cough and tell the a$$h0le that you aren't feeling well after arriving home from an out-of-country trip, works like a charm for me (child-free single woman here) in this post-Covid age.
Dear lady, you were very wise whereas your neighbours are stupid. You're not comfortable with children: which parent would leave their children with someone who is not comfortable with them? Doing that smells of bad parenthood and selfishness. By the way, there is nothing wrong with feeling uncomfortable around children: they can be menaces. The appeal to your womanhood is simply mysoginistic and you know that. If you did babysit for them, you would be expected to do the same for the entire neighbourhood. They're all mad because they realise they can't bully you into free babysitting. Stand fast, 'no' is an answer too, stay polite and get the hell off the neighbourhood app: if they want something from you, they can bloody well ask you in person. You are surrounded by entitled parents: forewarned is forearmed, as they say. Good luck!
I'm a mother. My children are all adults now, I even have a granddaughter. I don't like other people's children, not even my nephews and nieces. Do not ask me to babysit your children; it's not for me. Even our daughter stopped babysitting to make money because she had too many horror stories happen to her. Edit: To be fair, I babysat from12-19 y.o. I took over one of my brothers' clientele, plus several of my own.
For the people who don't believe this could happen, you are absolutely wrong. Back in my 20s a friend with 3 kids under 16 wanted to go home to Colombia for a medical procedure, she asked me a 24 year old with no real experience looking after children for longer than an evening to look after them for 5 weeks!
So you didn’t read the rest of the story? You just stopped after someone asked the OP? Your comparison is just about the ASKING part, not the fake s**t that they lied about after. Remember? Also you compared a friend to a barely neighbor asking, which is a dishonest comparison.
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...making comments about how children are a blessing -- so-called Christians?
I think even in case of emergency it's not okay to expect neighbors, especially those not close to family, to drop everything and take care of kids. It would be really great if they helped, but it's a huge favor. I also think it's okay to ask someone for a favor, but only when you're ready to accept "no" as an answer.
Load More Replies... Just tell them you're on a police list and can't hehe. No more asking after that.
"I'd love to! But... the judge said I'm not allowed to babysit any more, after the... accident."
Load More Replies... What weird cultish place have they moved to where random strangers demand they take care of their kids? I live in a place where thankfully people politely ignore each other 99% of the time and only if there's an emergency will they politely ask for help then revert back to ignoring you. It's bliss.
The poll on this page currently says 1% think “being child free obligates somebody to babysit neighbour’s kids for free”. 🤯
Load More Replies... "Ok my fee per hour is... There's also additional fees for food, breakages... did you want me to actually entertain them as well, that's an extra fee... and I need a 50% deposit in advance. Bookings must be scheduled at least 2 weeks in advance."
My child is my responsibility. My child is not your responsibility. Thanks for attending my TED talk.
To the BP writer, in what way was this woman "blasted online"? That phrase usually means the majority of people told her what she did was wrong.
Same! It seems so fake that I just had to comment. I'm glad I'm not alone in this.
Load More Replies... So, you're new to the area in retrospect. Why the heck would any parent want to dump their kids onto a complete stranger? Your neighbours sound really weird.
That's absolutely my thought as well, dropping off kid's with complete stranger, it's weird
Load More Replies... This is either a little fictional tale for likes or they've moved into a gated cult community
This may have happened as written in their mind but I doubt it played out like that in the real world.
This happens a lot in the world especially if you are childfree
Load More Replies... Who would ask grown adults that they don't know to watch their kids? This reeks of BS. A neighborhood like that has a list of teens/preteens to call unless the kids are special needs, and then what are they doing asking strangers?
Once upon a time I used to occasionally babysit my partner's coworker friend's kids. One night we were all chatting on discord, and this friend asked if I'd be free to babysit and evening that week. It had been about a year and a half since I'd babysat anyone, and I paused, and suddenly just outright said "I... Don't really like babysitting any more. Your kids are awesome and sweet and it's nothing to do with them. I just find I end up spending the time clock watching and waiting for it to be over." He was totally cool with that answer, which was great because I felt SO embarrassed that had come out my mouth... In vino veritas hehehe... Anyway, he accepted my answer and we carried on with evening chat and games. That's how normal people handle "no."
This story just made our IQ's go down. I want My two minutes back. It's like a test to see if We'll all quack appropriately. More like Bored Bull.
Joining the masses to say BS - Unlikely scenario #1: who leaves their kids with strangers? Unlikely scenario #2 - who's first option is to leave the kids someplace no one in the family is familiar with instead of asking a babysitter to come to their home where toys etc are kept? Unlikeliest scenario #3 - out of a tight knit neighborhood with lots of kids to play with, and adults the kids know, filled with houses who definitely have kid food and toys at their homes, who would ask the one family on the street who are strangers and are unlikely to have kid resources? Just no. This is trying to incite childless people to be upset about how others treat them, but there are plenty of real slights, we don't need fake ones.
I can't imagine parents careless enough about leaving their kids with people they literally do not know at all. And the entitlement to anyone else's time! Idiot parents with idiot kids.
BP is getting desperate! This is a TWO year old Reddit post!! Be Better BP
This is so ridiculous. We need to cleanse society of all AITA's. What's the cyber equivalent of napalm?
Nah, friend. I'm a childless woman. I get random cráp/harassment from friends who are mothers, relatives that are mothers, and neighbors that are mothers. I've been told that my pets "don't need that much of my time" and so I can babysit the person's human kids. I've been told that because I never produced spawn from my womb, I'm "not really a woman" or "haven't fulfilled my duties" etc. I'm running off of pure assumption that you are male, since your username is Ray; thus you probably do not have an intimate knowledge of what does - and does not - happen to women.
Load More Replies... These stories are all the same and just seem unreal. I could believe it up until the point the neighbor husband came in the picture. I just doubt that actually happened.
No offence meant to the OP if a real situation, but - is this for real, or just AI generated rage-porn? I cannot imagine any couple being treated the way the poster was about not caring to babysit, much less having an entire neighbourhood react in such a way. If true, this is a very strange way of thinking in this neighbourhood.
Yea I think this is fake. I don't care how stupid your neighbors are, they aren't going to show up to your house and demand that you watch their kids all day for free. Then when you decline they involve all the other neighbors who also think you should babysit for free after stating (and showing that you don't really care for kids by not participating in the neighborhood activities that involve kids) that you don't like kids? Nope, I call BS.
Everything else aside, she said she was working on the weekend. Even people in the comments seemed to miss that part, not that it changes anything, really. It's just an extra tick mark against the super demanding a*****e of a neighbor that he said she was available when she had already said she was not. That would suck to move to a place and be made to feel so uncomfortable.
These AITA posts are getting kind of silly. "My mom asked me to kill her neighbor's dog, cook it up and serve it to them. At first I said no but I think everyone is mad at me. AITA for telling her no? I’m not sure."
I was pumping gas one day and someone walked up and stabbed me in the eye with a steak knife. AITA?
This is mind blowing. I have three kids and I would never ask someone to do this. Maybe it's because I never had help but the entitlement here is stunning. Unfortunately, I worry this couple is never going to be able to be happy in their home bc it sounds like the situation is devolving. If I did not have kids, I would hate living in a neighborhood with nothing but kids.
Your neighborhood is full of entitled jerks. Personally I don't like kids. Noisy, sometimes smelly, rude, sticky and baby slobber - don't even get me started. JUST SAY NO.
Another proof that some parents are jealous at child-free people. As if the neighbor can't stand it that the OP lives child free and has more spare time to do child free things. It's ridiculous any way to ask child free people to babysit for free. There is a reason why the OP and her husband don't have children, then why do you still have te audacity to ask for babysit? They choose not to have kids, then don't bother them with yours.
What kind of crazy entitled neighborhood is this?? Every parent I know pays for a babysitter and would never dream of insisting that someone watch their kids. NextDoor (neighborhood/community website) is completely toxic and full of nut jobs. I feel bad that this couple has to live in a place full of idiots.
I don't remember when parents asked strangers to babysit their kids, what century was that.
As the parent, why would I even want to leave my kids with someone who doesn't want to watch them? I mean, everything Else aside, obviously NTA, but that really confuses me
As another childless person, is so fake and stupid. Even if it were remotely believable, they’d know they weren’t the aşshole. YTA for being so dumb and getting other people to join in on it.
Just be a it hasn't happened to you doesn't mean it won't in the future. Childfree women frequently get this c**p at work and more.
Load More Replies... How is this tha question? "Land of the Free" --- where did you sign up to some obligation to tithe working hours to 'the neighborhoud'. Also consider, if you were say a black & mexican gay couple, would they come and insist you babysit? Why are they exempt and you aren't?
Sexism and a stunning disrespect for boundaries. That's not a healthy community; I wouldn't want any part of it either.
I'm 50. Never wanted children, never Liked children. I have Zero maternal instinctions, zero. I have only baby sat once aged 30 and I was emotionally blackmailed into that by my then friend. I had no idea what to do, how to connect to them, didn't want to and not a fkn clue of Anything. No instinct for human care and zero maternal instinct or give a fk. 20 years on, I have Not forgotten the hell of that night, nor the smell from children who exist on sugar. My look of abject horror, followed by 'Absolutely not' at the next person to attempt me to baby sit has meant I've never been asked again. The entitlement of the parents in the post here is extreme and it seems that husband runs the community with sycophantic followers. The OP owes them Nothing. As for change your mind about having kids? 🤬 That's none of their business but I knew from a Toddler that I didn't want children, I didn't like them!!
“Hi all. I no longer feel comfortable with children after what happened to my first child. This is something I rarely share because it is so painful. I did try to explain, delicately, this to but she cut me off and was abusive. The memory of what happened is still incredibly painful. I do not normally share it, and after the abuse I have received on this page I clearly cannot share it with any of you. Nonetheless, please know that it was the worst time of my life, and that the abuse I have received on this chat pales into insignificance compared to that. Please do not ask me to look after your children again, and every time you look at your own offspring with love, go and spit in the face of who dredged up such horrendous pain for me, before sending her husband to go and threaten me. Thank you and God bless.”
The two main categories of creative writing in AITA (stepparents and childfree struggles) are getting out of hand. Tsk tsk tsk
No need to pass judgement as it never happened. The new neighbour harassed into babysitting for free? Suuuure.
I'm seeing more and more of these posts where parents are demanding others giving free care to their little monsters. My view, you have kids it's your responsibility to care for them, and pay a good wage to those who are willing to look after your children... I say little monsters because these types of parents tend to bring their children up to be entitled bratts or kids perpetually feelings embarrassed by their parents
wtaf? The OP is absolutely NTA and I have to wonder about parents who are happy to just dump their kids on a total stranger without a second thought....
I would call CPS on the parents for trying to dump their kids on strangers
I am 63 and have never had children. I just tell them that I am not child friendly.
I put down "Only in emergency". I'm childless and, like normal, not available for babysitting, but if a neighbor who I know (probably a grandparent) asks me to look after a kid in an emergency situation, I'd try my best
“‘Where are the kids?’ Oh, I left them with a woman who not only has no experience with kids, but is actually uncomfortable just being around them.” This is what the neighbors would’ve gotten, had they had their way.
If they had an emergency, i could understand their asking a stranger for help, but this was not an emergency.
Another AITA that is universally on one side (1% in the poll disagreed). Please BP- choose subjects that can actually have discussion instead of people just patting each other on the back.
Parents need to stop assuming that just because someone is childless that they have gobs of free time.
Fake a cough and tell the a$$h0le that you aren't feeling well after arriving home from an out-of-country trip, works like a charm for me (child-free single woman here) in this post-Covid age.
Dear lady, you were very wise whereas your neighbours are stupid. You're not comfortable with children: which parent would leave their children with someone who is not comfortable with them? Doing that smells of bad parenthood and selfishness. By the way, there is nothing wrong with feeling uncomfortable around children: they can be menaces. The appeal to your womanhood is simply mysoginistic and you know that. If you did babysit for them, you would be expected to do the same for the entire neighbourhood. They're all mad because they realise they can't bully you into free babysitting. Stand fast, 'no' is an answer too, stay polite and get the hell off the neighbourhood app: if they want something from you, they can bloody well ask you in person. You are surrounded by entitled parents: forewarned is forearmed, as they say. Good luck!
I'm a mother. My children are all adults now, I even have a granddaughter. I don't like other people's children, not even my nephews and nieces. Do not ask me to babysit your children; it's not for me. Even our daughter stopped babysitting to make money because she had too many horror stories happen to her. Edit: To be fair, I babysat from12-19 y.o. I took over one of my brothers' clientele, plus several of my own.
For the people who don't believe this could happen, you are absolutely wrong. Back in my 20s a friend with 3 kids under 16 wanted to go home to Colombia for a medical procedure, she asked me a 24 year old with no real experience looking after children for longer than an evening to look after them for 5 weeks!
So you didn’t read the rest of the story? You just stopped after someone asked the OP? Your comparison is just about the ASKING part, not the fake s**t that they lied about after. Remember? Also you compared a friend to a barely neighbor asking, which is a dishonest comparison.
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I think even in case of emergency it's not okay to expect neighbors, especially those not close to family, to drop everything and take care of kids. It would be really great if they helped, but it's a huge favor. I also think it's okay to ask someone for a favor, but only when you're ready to accept "no" as an answer.
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