His Mother-In-Law Moved In And Doesn’t Pay Rent But Is Refusing To Babysit His Kids Two Days A Week
About one month ago, this man’s mother-in-law moved in with him, his wife, and their two children– who are both under 4-years-old.
Since then, she has helped out a little bit around the house. For instance, doing laundry, vacuuming, or dishes. However, he claimed that most of the housework his mother-in-law does is simply unnecessary.
“For example, she will do a load of our laundry and spend an hour or more folding all of our clothes even though we tell her every time that we hang all of our clothes,” he explained.
His mother-in-law also does not pay for any expenses aside from a few groceries every once in a while.
He and his wife have not asked for any financial contributions, either, because when his mother-in-law moved in, they were just trying to do her a favor and didn’t need much help.
Now, though, his work schedule is about to change, so his kids will need a babysitter on Thursdays and Fridays from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Yet, after asking his mother-in-law to take on that responsibility, she claimed that she couldn’t physically do it.
According to him, this is not really true. Even though his mother-in-law is 70 years old, she is extremely healthy and even does yard work for a couple of hours every other day.
As for his kids, he doesn’t think they would be difficult to watch.
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“For being 2 and 3-years-old, my kids are pretty good and don’t require you to helicopter over them,” he said.
“Maybe it’s just me, but it’s not hard to watch them.”
Usually, his kids play outside while he just walks around or sits in a chair and watches. The kids also play well with each other with toys and are allowed some TV time in their house– which is childproofed. In the middle of the day, each of the kids takes a three-hour nap, too, and one of them is potty trained– meaning diapers are only required for his 2-year-old.
Most of all, the biggest issue is that paying for a babysitter would require his wife to work an additional two or three days on top of her current work schedule.
So, both he and his wife are feeling pretty frustrated. They expected his mother-in-law to pitch in with the kids since they were allowing her to stay there completely free.
“I’m getting close to asking for rent, but then I would really feel like a [jerk],” he vented.
And despite getting fed up, he is also not sure whether expecting his mother-in-law to babysit in the first place was wrong of him.
Do you think he was justified in expecting the childcare? Or should he have been more upfront about needing rent from his mother-in-law to afford a babysitter? How would you handle this situation?
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