Woman Is Annoyed That Her Neighbors Treat Her Like A Free Babysitter, So She Refused To Look After Their Twins
by Heide Lazaro

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Some people think asking regular favors is alright.
This woman who shares an apartment with friends and a baby talks about some entitled neighbors.
The neighbors are a couple with twins, and they’ve been using “playdates” as free babysitting.
This really bothers her, so she finally put her foot down. Now, she’s wondering if that was the wrong thing to do.
Read the story below for all the details.
AITA for telling my neighbor that my roommates and I aren’t babysitters?
I (20F) share an apartment with Casey (24M), Nellie(19F), and Hannah (21F) along with Hannah’s 8-month-old daughter.
The issue at hand concerns our neighbors.
John (30M) and his wife Jane (25F) have a set of twins that are a year old.
This woman’s neighbors would leave their kids with them for a “playdate.”
Sometimes, Hannah and they will have a playdate with the younger ones.
But recently, they’ve been using the playdates as a way to dump their kids on Hannah and the rest of us.
Sometimes, for hours without answering the phone.
This sometimes causes them to be late for work or class.
I love kids and would be more then happy to babysit them.
But, we are all either working, in college, or both, so more often, we’ve either been late to class or work because we can’t contact John or Jane .
John asked them again if they could watch his kids.
Yesterday, the four of us were preparing to go out for lunch.
We would also get some shopping done.
As we were leaving, John stopped us and said he needed Hannah to watch his kids while he went out to see a movie.
She told him they aren’t babysitters.
I told him we aren’t babysitters and if they leave the kids with us again without answering, we’d call social services.
To which he called us a bunch of spineless leeches.
The other parents in the complex said that we were harsh to new parents and to have more compassion.
Sounds like John is the leech.
Let’s see how others reacted to this story on Reddit.
Here’s an idea from this user.

This user shares their honest opinion.

Short and straightforward.

This user suggests involving social services.

Finally, good for you, says this person.

It’s easy to spot people who take advantage of you.
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.
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