She Refused To Babysit Her Niece Overnight Because She Just Wasn’t Comfortable Being Responsible For The Baby, And Her Sister Made Her Feel Really Bad About It
This 22-year-old woman currently lives with her dad, her 24-year-old sister, and her niece, who is just 1 and a half years old.
Her sister is also a single mom, so she was recently asked to stay home and watch her niece overnight. That way, her sister could go out with some friends, leaving her niece asleep in her nursery.
After her sister asked, though, she immediately felt uncomfortable with the idea of being responsible for the toddler.
“But my sister said I didn’t have to watch my niece and that she would just be in the room sleeping and that there was nothing to worry about basically,” she recalled.
While she did feel bad that her sister is a single mother and doesn’t get a ton of free time, though, she still didn’t think it was a good idea. After all, she barely knows how to care for children.
“And I would feel really scared that something would happen to my niece, and I don’t want to be responsible for that,” she added.
For some context, she has watched her niece from time to time, like when her sister has to run out to complete some errands.
However, being responsible for the baby overnight would’ve been something completely new to her.
“My sister meant she would be gone all night,” she emphasized, “Like, as in she would be going out with her friends and would be gone for the rest of the night.”
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That’s why she wound up asking if her sister could just get her niece’s father to help that night instead, since apparently, her sister’s ex-boyfriend has shared custody and cares for her niece every other week.
Right after she made that suggestion, though, her sister just became really angry at her. And now, she isn’t sure if she was in the wrong.
“I am trying to help when I can, but at the same time, I do not have much experience with kids,” she vented.
Her sister getting upset made her feel really bad, too. So, she’s since been left wondering if refusing to babysit her niece overnight was really the wrong thing to do.
Can you understand why she didn’t feel comfortable taking responsibility for her niece for an entire evening? Do you think it’s for the best that she declined to babysit or not? What would you have done in her shoes?
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