She’s Refusing To Be Her Parent’s Live-In Babysitter After They Found Out They’re Having Another Kid They Clearly Don’t Want
This 16-year-old girl is currently an only child– a choice she thought her parents made long ago for a few reasons.
On the one hand, her parents found that childcare was ridiculously expensive after she was born. Plus, her mom enjoyed working so much that being a stay-at-home mother was not in the cards.
“I think another part of it was that they are not very natural parents and are pretty much entirely hands-off,” she added.
In fact, she and her parents never really do anything as a “family.” She also claimed that her parents are not super involved in her life.
Instead, they just pay for her– which is their “contribution” to her existence.
Anyway, that’s why her parents were always supposed to have just one child and be done. But, they are now expecting another child in October– which was a massive shock to everyone.
After finding out the news, she even overheard her parents having a discussion about what the heck they were going to do. And during that conversation, she heard her mom repeatedly refuse to take a lot of maternity leave or stay at home with the baby.
Instead, her mom admitted to wanting to return to work as soon as possible following the child’s birth.
On top of that, her parents were also complaining about how much childcare would cost when they worked. That’s when she wound up hearing her name mentioned, and she immediately thought to herself, “Oh hell no.”
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Still, her parents did not formally sit her down to talk to her about the baby until about a week ago.
At that point, she learned her parents planned to have her watch the child for three or four hours after school every single day until they returned home from work.
In order to do that, though, she would be forced to quit her after-school activities and sacrifice any free time hanging out with her friends.
On top of that, her parents also wanted her to stay home next summer. Then, they urged her to think about staying home for the following summers afterward to pitch in with the baby. But honestly, she told them that was not happening.
Still, her parents claimed that she was going to be a big sister. So, since she is part of the family, they tried to say that she had certain responsibilities.
“So I told them they had responsibilities as parents, and I am not a parent. I am the child in their house,” she recalled.
Her parents said that would not be true for long, however. That’s why she was forced to lay out her other options.
More specifically, she pointed out how she could just rush her graduation and leave home. That way, they would not be able to use her for free childcare.
It became clear to her that her parents weren’t expecting her to react that way, either.
Apparently, she had already spoken to her guidance counselor after finding out about the baby. She learned that she would be able to graduate in December– finishing her senior year early.
After all, she is nearly done with her junior year right now. And with the grades she has, graduating early is definitely doable.
“That is definitely the most appealing option to me, and I’ll be 17 in a couple of weeks, anyway,” she said.
But if you could not have guessed, her parents are really unhappy with her plan. They tried to say that she was going to “miss out on so much” if she chose not to help.
Quite frankly, though, she stuck to her guns and reiterated how she had no plans to raise the baby for them.
“I have my own life, and being stuck with a baby is not part of it,” she vented.
Regardless, her parents accused her of being seriously selfish. They also told her to consider what she would be “throwing away” and claimed she wouldn’t be a good sister if she refused to be in her little sibling’s life.
So now, ever since she put her foot down, she’s been left wondering whether telling her parents she will not be their live-in babysitter or care for their new kid made her a real jerk or not.
Is it her responsibility to take care of her parent’s new baby? Why do you think they expected her to say yes to that? Did she have a right to refuse? Should her parents consider other options if they really don’t want to step up to the plate?
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