She Upset Her Brother-In-Law After Inviting Her Niece Over For A Sleepover, But Excluding Her Niece’s Stepsister
If you come from a big family where some relatives have started having kids, you may know the feeling of being pressured to babysit for them.
One woman recently had her 12-year-old niece sleep over at her house and upset her brother-in-law after telling him his four-year-old stepdaughter couldn’t come along.
She’s 29 years old and has a 12-year-old niece named Amy. Amy’s parents are her sister and her brother-in-law, Rick.
Sadly, her sister passed away three years ago, and Amy stays with her dad. Rick eventually remarried and now has a four-year-old stepdaughter named Kate.
“After my sister’s passing, I regularly call and text Amy, letting her know I’m there for her,” she said.
“We are very close, and she tells me a lot of things going on in her life and asks me for all kinds of advice, which I am only happy to help.”
About a year ago, her job relocated her to a city less than an hour away from Rick and Amy, so she’s been able to see Amy a lot more.
She frequently takes her out for fun activities like shopping, going to the salon, cooking classes, etc. Rick and his wife hardly tell her she can’t take Amy out, so she hangs out with her at least once a week.
However, Rick and his wife have been trying to get her to bring Kate along on their outings. She’s repeatedly told him no because Kate’s too young for their activities, and she’s never babysat a four-year-old before.
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Recently, Amy was scheduled to spend a Saturday night at her house so they could plan out some summer activities on Sunday.
When she picked up Amy, Rick asked if Kate could also spend the night at her house. Apparently, his sister-in-law had broken up with her fiancée two weeks before her wedding, so Rick and his wife needed to support her. He said he’d pick up both girls on Sunday night.
Once again, she told Rick no and emphasized that she’s never cared for a kid that young. She didn’t even babysit Amy when she was four. She said it’d be fine if Amy needed to stay with her longer, but she wouldn’t take Kate.
Rick started getting angry and told her that Kate was her niece too. He told her the favoritism needed to end and that the girls really needed their aunt at that moment.
“I stood firm and insisted on only taking Amy with me, as planned,” she said.
“They tried to tell me Kate is well-behaved, and they had all her things packed so it would be easy for me. I said they had a choice of letting Amy come with me or not, but I wouldn’t babysit Kate, end of discussion.”
She ended up only taking Amy to her house that night, but Rick was very mad at her.
Was she being rude for not taking Kate, or was she right to set a boundary?
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