Kids, Awkward and Babysitter: Great parenting

Great parenting

By not my responsibility - 05/10/2021 07:59

Today, my sister is upset that I won’t upturn my entire life by letting her kids stay at my house 4-5 days a week. She decided to move in with her boyfriend after one month, before even introducing him to her kids. Now he’s decided he doesn’t like the kids, so she wants me to keep them. FML

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By you’re still a bad mom! - 14/02/2022 00:01

Today, my mom called, crying that my sister had dropped her kids off on my mom’s doorstep with no intention of coming back for them. I called and screamed at my sister, who then called my brother, who screamed at me for making my sister cry. All of this because her new boyfriend doesn’t like her kids. FML

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Intruders!

By wtf babe? - 29/06/2020 14:02

Today, I came home to find my husband allowed several of his family members to move in without even asking me. His parents are in the spare room, his brother and wife are in my den and they expect me to make my daughter share her bed with two older cousins. I’m ready to take the kids and leave. FML

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Neglect

By letthemcomelivewithmeyouselfishtwat! - 14/02/2023 01:00 - United States

Today, I confronted my sister for teaching her kids “extreme independence”. It’s really just code for doing the absolute bare minimum required by law to keep them out of foster care so she can spend every waking moment with her new boyfriend. If I cut her out, I’ll never see my nephews again. FML

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Heretic!

By hail science! - 21/04/2020 08:00

Today, my sister-in-law is refusing to let me or my children be a part of her kids' lives. She’s even going as far as trying to make my brother stop speaking to us as well. Why? Simply because I'm an atheist. FML

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Backwards

By bad sis - 23/09/2019 05:01 - United States - Monterey Park

Today, my family got very upset with me when I advised my brother’s girlfriend to take the kids and leave. They’re more upset with me telling her that, than the fact that my brother is an abusive serial cheater and a raging alcoholic, who hits her and the kids. FML

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Poor good boy

By they don’t die they multiply - 16/11/2021 08:02

Today, after an emergency, my sister’s kids had to spend the night at my house. While I was asleep, they absolutely trashed my place top to bottom. In the morning my sister came in, said, “Wow, what a mess! Bye!” without offering to help clean up or make her kids do it. They drew on my dog. FML

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Quick turnover

By Anonymous - 05/12/2023 05:00 - United States

Today, after meeting the love of my life two weeks ago and moving him in to start our life together, my kids have run off to live with their dads. Apparently they are “not dealing with another new dad.” FML

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Baby fever

By Anonymous - 26/02/2024 14:00 - United Kingdom

Today, I agreed to babysit my baby nephew for a week while his parents flew abroad for the MIL’s funeral. I had hoped having a baby around might convince my wife to consider having kids. Nope. She got so sick of the baby, she moved into a hotel until my sister comes home. FML

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Sneaky

By Where should I go - 19/09/2023 04:00

Today, me, my sister, and my boyfriend all live together. It’s time to renew the lease. They used this as an opportunity to let me know that they’ve fallen in love and I will not be on the new lease. Our parents died in a car accident last year and I have no other family who will take me in. My sister knows this. FML

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By oh well - 14/03/2019 06:00 - United States - Hesperia

Today, my sister in law threatened to call CPS on me because I “starved” her children when they spent the night. I didn’t starve them. I made an actual home cooked meal instead of the microwaveable or fast food crap she constantly feeds them. They chose not to eat and threw tantrums instead. FML

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Bogrbon 27

Tuesday 5 October 2021 8:09

Anyone who dumps their own kids for a relationship is a terrible person. But you have no responsibility to enable her. Sucks that your sister is such a deadbeat...

QueenSaru 28

Tuesday 5 October 2021 17:24

I mean... I'm pretty sure if he doesn't want to do it "temporarily" as a favour to the sister, he doesn't want them full time forever either. I don't blame him.

Comments

Bogrbon 27

Tuesday 5 October 2021 8:09

Anyone who dumps their own kids for a relationship is a terrible person. But you have no responsibility to enable her. Sucks that your sister is such a deadbeat...

Brightside86 30

Tuesday 5 October 2021 14:11

I admire her outside of the box thinking. I've never even considered this an option.

RichardPencil 30

Tuesday 5 October 2021 15:19

Wow! Seriously? I'd think your sister would have the FML here. "Today, my own sister ****-blocked me! FML."

Charlie Given 26

Tuesday 5 October 2021 20:44

You need to report this before she hurts those kid's, have you seen how many mom's have killed their kids for love.

Yummi_913 18

Wednesday 6 October 2021 22:01

Or let their partners beat or sexually assault the children because the boyfriend is more important. Yeah, some women deserve a good curb stomp. I usually don't say shit like that but those types of parents are on another level of dangerous and despicable.

Wadlaen 23

Wednesday 6 October 2021 0:32

Well, if you contact social services, it could probably be arranged that someone will take care of the kids seven days a week, and then she will have a lot of time to spend with her boyfriend...

CowgirlWithHeart 15

Wednesday 6 October 2021 12:54

I understand that sometimes you end up in a corner but moving in with someone so fast (unless they've been friends a while) can be dangerous, especially to kids.

Taurus_ChicKa 36

Saturday 16 October 2021 4:52

Your sister is a terrible person. You should agree to do it, then show up at her house when this guy is there and say, "Hey, you left these at my house."