Babysitting your relative’s kids may seem like a simple way to lend a hand, but it can quickly become a test of patience and endurance.

One young woman learns this the hard way when chaos, meltdowns, and moral dilemmas collide in a house full of unruly cousins.

Read on for the full story!

WIBTA if I stopped babysitting for my uncle and aunt-in-law?

I (20F) have been babysitting for my uncle and aunt in law (30s) often the last month or so.

The relatives she’s babysitting are… quite the handful.

My cousins are:

• 14M (I don’t directly babysit him and he’s usually well behaved/supposed to help)
• 11M (not bad, he can be quite hyper as he has ADHD)
• 8F (not bad, she just doesn’t always listen to directions and can be sassy)
• 7F (has an undiagnosed behavioral disorder and doesn’t listen at all)
• 3M (equivalent to 7F but likely no behavioral disorder)
• 1F (somehow easiest to deal with)

Her constant babysitting is starting to get in the way of her social plans.

They’ve gotten sick a lot (and even got me sick a couple weeks ago), so I had to babysit some of them except 8F and the youngest.

They’re not usually babysat at the same time.

This has made it difficult to make plans with friends.

But then one day, her relatives gave her the ultimate challenge.

Today, the daycare was closed due to a holiday yesterday.

I’m unemployed at the moment (will change soon), so they asked me.

I had to babysit all cousins except 11M.

It’s been a NIGHTMARE.

Even the smallest things would plunge the household into chaos.

14M talked back when I tried to give 3M new fruit snacks after half of his fell on the floor and 14M said to give the dirty ones to 3M because Uncle does.

I said I don’t care and had to shove him out of the way to give 3M new fruit snacks.

8F nearly woke up 1F during a nap to give her stuffies.

Things didn’t get any easier as the day went on.

7F has had multiple meltdowns and doesn’t listen. 3M has been horrible trying to get to behave and listen.

1F just moves lots when changing diapers and 14M refuses to help hold her in place.

I have my own anger issues and I can’t keep doing this for my sanity, but I’d feel awful.

She’s not liking the person all the chaos makes her into.

I’ve accidentally yelled at the kids multiple times (of course no violence and have NEVER considered it) and I just want to cry because I feel awful for it. I have a short fuse.

Aunt-in-law and Uncle have literally no one else.

WIBTA?

This sounds like a walking nightmare for any babysitter.

What did Reddit have to say?

At the end of the day, she needs to do what’s best for her.

Babysitting SIX kids is sure to be a handful for anyone.

Whether she calls it quits now or later, it’s pretty inevitable either way.

According to this redditor, it’s a lot of work to be uncompensated for.

Facing obstacles may build character, but there’s definitely a limit.

Even the most patient babysitter can only juggle so much chaos before dropping the ball.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.