She Agreed To Babysit For Her Sister, But After Her Sister Insulted Her Job, She Canceled And Left Her Scrambling
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Family favors require some basic respect, especially when someone is already rearranging paid work to provide free childcare.
One remote worker agreed to supervise three children during a major deadline, asking only for a few quiet hours to finish the project.
Instead of appreciating the compromise, her sister laughed at the job and dismissed the work supporting her entire household.
Would the favor survive that insult?
AITA for saying no to babysitting after my sister insulted my job?
My sister asked me to watch her 3 kids last weekend so she could go to a wedding.
I work from home and had a project deadline that same day, but I was still willing to rearrange my schedule to help her out.
But when she tried to tell her sister this, her sister got mean.
When I told her I’d just need a quiet space for a few hours to get my work done while watching the kids, she laughed and said my online job isn’t real work and that I sit around all day.
That comment really bothered me because I work hard and pay all my own bills.
So she decided she was no longer in the mood for doing favors.
I told her if she didn’t respect what I do, then I wouldn’t be comfortable helping.
She called me selfish and hung up.
Now the rest of the family is getting involved too.
Now my parents are upset because she had to skip the wedding, but I feel like I was doing her a favor and she was the one who ruined it with the insults.
AITA?
She must have not wanted a babysitter that bad if she was this quick to insult her only lead.
What did Reddit think?
It’s time to just start paying up like everyone else.
This commenter thinks the babysitting gig should be over for good.
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WFH jobs really aren’t that tough to understand.
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Her sister is about to find out just how much of a deal she had been getting all this time.
OP withdrew the babysitting offer after her sister mocked the remote job she had been willing to reorganize around three children.
Her family blamed OP for the missed wedding instead of recognizing that insulting the person providing free childcare was an avoidable choice.
She declared the job imaginary, then discovered the babysitting arrangement and its cancellation were both extremely real.
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