Returning home from college should be a time to relax and reconnect, not to take on more responsibility.

When one college student’s dad asked her to babysit during her short visit home, it felt less like “family time” and more like unpaid labor.

Is she right to set boundaries, or does this make her selfish?

Keep reading to find out all the details.

AITA for not wanting to babysit my siblings?

I (18F) have just come back home from college for the week and only have four days before I have to go back.

I haven’t seen my mom or my home for two months and want to spend what time I have at my childhood house.

My parents are divorced, and my dad has his own kids.

But soon her dad came to her with an annoying request.

I am visiting him for one day, but he wants me to go in the evening on another day to babysit because he wants to take his girlfriend out for dinner.

I technically have nothing to do that night, but it means I have to travel across the city to sit on my own on an evening I could spend with family and friends if I want to.

Immediately, this gives her pause — and her dad doesn’t like it that she wasn’t excited about the idea.

I love my half-siblings, but I don’t want to be used for my dad’s poor planning.

He has now called me selfish for not wanting to “spend time with my family,” even though I’d be alone most of the night because they are very young.

Also, as a note, he does have a babysitter but doesn’t want to spend the money.

AITA? Especially seeing as I have no concrete plans?

Babysitting is not the same as quality time with family.

What did Reddit think?

Her dad really showed just how little regard he had for her.

It’s not ignorance at play here.

She doesn’t owe this to her father.

Her dad really messed up this time.

No one deserves to be treated like free help.

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.