Today, on holiday with family, it is now abundantly clear to me that being the oldest teenager I was only brought along as free babysitter for 8 cousins, all under 10 years-old, while the adults lounge by the pool, buffet, or hotel bar. I’m exhausted. I want to go home. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I realized the only reason I was invited to go on vacation with my extended family was so I could babysit everyone's children while the adults go out and have fun. FML
Today, all I wanted was to take my two kids and their two favourite cousins to the beach on their last day of vacation together. My mother-in-law went into full beast mode, shouting about how I'm always roaming around and being irresponsible. The kids never meet and are from different cities. FML
Today, we're on a group family vacation with our old roommates from college. In the ten years in between, I forgot how much I hate their lazy asses already. I'm doing more than usual on this vacation, I cook, clean, and take care of their kids, only for one to ask, "What were you doing for so long?" FML
Today, despite the fact that I'm really sick, my mom insisted that I come home and help babysit my cousins this weekend. When I got there, everyone else took off to do "errands," leaving me with three hyperactive, howler monkey-like children to deal with. FML
Today, on my family vacation, I tried to put my foot down and declare that my daughter would absolutely not be babysitting anyone's kids. Everyone got mad and made us go home. FML
Today, after my family left me at home for the weekend before finals while they went on vacation so I could focus on my studies, I spent the weekend watching my little cousins for no pay. It wasn’t an easy babysitting job either. I had to pay attention to and then re-enact basically every Bluey episode ever to exist, with no time to study. FML
Today, my husband volunteered to babysit our friends' kids while they go on their honeymoon. The problem is I hate kids, especially the younger ones who are noisy and require a lot of attention, and yet I know as the woman I’ll be expected to do most of the work looking after them. FML
Today, I went over to confront my parents about how my siblings always get to visit and all I do when I’m over is work on their house or take care of grandma. My mom was very upset. Then she snuck out with my sister, leaving me to take care of grandma until she got back. FML
Today, my parents, my two sisters and their significant others went on a vacation and dropped their children at my house without ever asking me. I'm single, live alone, and can barely make ends meet, and they know it. FML
Today, I want the holidays to be over. My mom's family thinks I'm an ungrateful brat and a troublemaker because I don't want to see my relatives who are constantly in jail, between jobs, drunk, owing child support, and trash talking the people who lovingly raised me and who died years ago. I only come for my brother. FML
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Charlie Given 28
Just walk out to the pool and enjoy yourself and let the PARENTS KNOW that your not the babysitter anymore and are going to have a vacation too.
Chazzster 32
OP, I can appreciate your situation, I was the oldest child by 11 years in my family and I spent most Saturdays as a teen babysitting my younger siblings while my Mom worked. It's not necessarily unrealistic to have to do some babysitting of your immediate siblings, but there ought to be some reward for it such as money or extras. It is completely unreasonable to be forced to also babysit your cousins without volunteering and being paid. You need to talk to your parents...
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Chazzster 32
OP, I can appreciate your situation, I was the oldest child by 11 years in my family and I spent most Saturdays as a teen babysitting my younger siblings while my Mom worked. It's not necessarily unrealistic to have to do some babysitting of your immediate siblings, but there ought to be some reward for it such as money or extras. It is completely unreasonable to be forced to also babysit your cousins without volunteering and being paid. You need to talk to your parents...
Charlie Given 28
Just walk out to the pool and enjoy yourself and let the PARENTS KNOW that your not the babysitter anymore and are going to have a vacation too.