She’s Angry That Her Half-Sister, Who Is Living At Her House Rent-Free, Will Not Rush Out Of A College Test To Babysit Her Daughter While She Goes To A Wedding
This thirty-two-year-old woman’s half-sister, May, is just twenty years old and in college right now.
So, while May finishes up her degree, she has allowed her half-sister to live at her house with herself, her husband, and their six-year-old daughter.
They also came up with an arrangement for May’s living expenses that was supposed to be a win-win.
“May does not pay any rent. But, in exchange, she does household chores and babysits. This was our agreement,” she explained.
And even though this setup had been working well for quite some time, a recent hitch in her plans caused some serious drama between her and May.
This week, a close friend of hers is getting married. And, like many weddings nowadays, her friend does not want any children at the event.
So, she had previously found and booked a babysitter to watch her daughter during the wedding. Unfortunately, though, the babysitter canceled the very day before, and she was left scrambling.
This forced her to turn to May. Instead of asking May for her help, though, she kind of just told May that she needed to watch her daughter while they were out.
And immediately, May was forced to refuse. But, her half-sister did not say no just because she did not want to watch her daughter, though.
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Instead, May actually revealed how she has an important college test that ends at 11:00 a.m. on the day of the wedding.
And because May uses public transportation to travel to and from school– which takes about an hour each way– her half-sister would probably not make it home in time.
After all, she and her husband claim that they need to be out of the house by 11:45 a.m. or 12:00 p.m. at the latest– which would be cutting it super close and force May to totally race home.
Honestly, though, she apparently could not care less about May’s performance on the test. Instead, she just assumed that May would rush through the exam and hop on the earliest bus in order to get back and babysit.
“May has mentioned before that she usually does not need the full time required for tests and exams,” she recalled.
So, after hearing May’s refusal, she suggested that May just take the test and catch a cab afterward in order to make it home in time.
But May was really against that idea, too, since she, understandably, does not want to have to rush through an important test at all or pay extra for a taxi.
Despite these reasonable concerns, though, she does not think May is being fair. And she let her half-sister know it.
“I reminded her of our agreement,” she said.
“It’s hard looking for a last-minute babysitter, especially since May is staying here knowing our agreement. So, I told her that I was doing her a big favor by letting her stay rent-free in my home.”
On top of that, she even told May that she is free to leave her home if she is going to “be like this.” Jeez!
So anyway, now May is all torn up about her test and believes that she is being really inconsiderate.
Regardless, though, she just thinks that May’s babysitting is the only fair solution and that she is entitled to expect that after letting May live at her house.
Does she have a right to expect May to drop her school obligations and babysit– even if they have an agreement? Should this “agreement” come with some sort of notice period that doesn’t disregard May’s academic or social life plans? Would you handle this situation differently if you were in her shoes?
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