The Family She Babysits For Just Asked If She Can Watch Their Kids For 6 Hours On Christmas Day, Even Though She Said She’s Not Available

Bre Avery Zacharski |

Dec 21, 2022

Oleksandr - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

A 21-year-old girl routinely babysits for a family that she has worked for since this March. The family is lovely, and they are kind to her.

They also pay her really well too, which is a nice perk, and they have 3 children, ages 12, 9, and 3.

Anyway, when she started working for them, she gave them a list of days that she couldn’t work this year.

One of those days included Christmas, and the family she works for agreed that the days she couldn’t work were fine by them, and they could find another babysitter.

This past Sunday, she got a message from this family wondering if she could actually babysit their kids on Christmas day from 3 pm in the afternoon to 9 pm in the evening.

Well, not only that; they wanted her to watch all of the kids that were going to be over at their house as well since their family was going to be there.

“I asked if they were joking, and they said no,” she explained. “They said every other person they’ve asked has also said no, to which I replied, “well, they would because it’s Christmas day.”

“They began to beg and said that they’d offer me $50 more than they would any other day. Again, I responded no.”

This family just wanted the chance to get the kids out of their way after dinner so they could drink and hang out with their adult family members.

Oleksandr – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

“The days I have strictly given them are the days that I want off so I can spend time with friends and family,” she said.

“And Christmas is the only day my family can get together and spend time with each other. Not only that, but the family would be wanting me to look after their kids in the same house they’ll be in, but they’ll be In the other room and don’t want the children to distract them.”

“My parents told me I’ve done the right thing, but other people are telling me I don’t know how it feels to have kids and want to spend time with friends and family and their kids interrupt them.”

She’s left wondering if it was mean of her to turn this family down. What do you think?

You can read the original post on Reddit here.

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