Her Sister Is In A Psych Facility, But She Doesn’t Want To Help Care For Her New Baby
Three months ago, this woman’s sister had a baby. Her sister’s husband works a lot of hours each week, and he doesn’t do anything to help take care of the baby, using his exhaustion from his job as a convenient excuse.
Throughout her sister’s marriage to her husband, he didn’t clean or cook, so she doesn’t know why her sister thought her husband would put in more effort once the baby was born.
Apparently, her sister’s son doesn’t sleep much, and he also has other health problems, but thankfully nothing major. Currently, he has an ear infection.
Their parents retired and are now living across the country in Florida.
“My sister doesn’t have any friends because she’s incredibly hard to get along with. So, when the baby was coming, she expected me to throw a baby shower (which I didn’t and got chewed out for by our parents), and she’s been constantly asking me to come over and help her,” she said.
“She says she’s overwhelmed with the baby and her health issues.”
She has a full-time job, and when she’s not working, she spends time with her husband and her friends.
“I don’t want to go over there and play maid and babysitter for a sibling I don’t really care for. I don’t like kids at all, either. I’m very child-free,” she explained.
She asked her sister and her brother-in-law if their parents could come to their house to help them take care of the baby, but her brother-in-law rejected the idea, stating that he didn’t want their parents to stay over at the house. Their parents don’t have the money to fly from Florida and then stay in an Airbnb for an extended period of time.
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“My sister admitted herself to the hospital and got Baker-acted and sent to a psych facility. Her baby is with her husband, but he plans on dropping him off at his parents’ until my sister gets out of the hospital,” she shared.
Now, her parents are constantly criticizing her for not helping her sister take care of the baby. However, she doesn’t comprehend why she should be expected to spend any time she has off work cleaning her sister’s house or doing childcare. She feels like if the tables were turned, her sister wouldn’t help her if she needed it.
Up until now, she’s had a close bond with her parents, and she and her sister don’t have much of a relationship at all, so she’s frustrated that they’re so angry with her.
She also has no plans to have a better relationship with her sister in the future. She pointed out that while some people may not understand the concept of not helping family members, she doesn’t have a bond with her sister, and she only views her as a person with whom she shares genes and nothing else.
After all of this tension, she hopes that her sister will change and that her nephew will have a safe upbringing. She is planning to pay for her parents’ Airbnb so that they can come and help her sister with the baby, but she knows that they, unfortunately, won’t accept her offer. In her eyes, this is the best that she can do to make a positive impact.
Do you think she was wrong to refuse to help her sister with her baby?
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