Today, I was told at my babysitting job that I can't bring my toddler with me. My employer is my best friend. Now I have to find a babysitter for my kid if I want to babysit hers. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had to quit my job. Why? Because I don't have a babysitter anymore. All I did was tell them I didn't want them mocking my baby when he cries. FML
Today, one of my best friends went into labor 14 days early. I'd told my boss previously about this and that I need to be there for my friend as she doesn't really have any family. My boss will not let me leave work to be there. Why? I didn't give enough notice. FML
Today, I called my usual babysitter, one of the few people who can handle my difficult kids, to ask her to watch them for a night next week. She refused. It turns out my wife has been repeatedly underpaying her and she's fed up with it. So long date nights, I guess. FML
Today, I got fired from a great babysitting job because the little girl said I was boring. FML
Today, I was rudely stopped in the park by a woman screaming at me for being a slut for having a baby so young. She got so worked up that she started swearing. Not only was I just babysitting for a friend, I am unable to get the toddler to stop swearing. FML
Today, my babysitter told me to find a replacement, so I tried to bribe her into staying by offering her a raise. She told me that the money would be better spent on an exorcist. FML
Today, I was fired from the babysitting job I've had for 2 years. I thought maybe the mother had found out that I sometimes let her kids stay up late and have extra sweets. The real reason, as she told me, was that she didn't want her kids loving anyone more than they love her. FML
Today, my best friend was fired from the place we both work at because she's a bad employee. After they fired her she said, "If I go, I'm taking my best friend with me." So they fired me too. I actually liked that job. FML
Today, my best friend rang me to complain about having to pay childcare fees when she's still working from home. She doesn't understand why I couldn't sympathize with what she was going through. Clearly she forgot I'm a childcare worker who would like to be paid for the work I do. FML
Today, a woman got out of a car to scream at me as I was walking with the kids I babysit, demanding to know where I was taking her children. Apparently the woman who pays me is also a babysitter, who I have been "covering" for on her party nights. The mother doesn't believe I didn't know this. FML
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Izabushel 65
Maybe your best friend can watch your child while your watching her kid.
C00kiesNcream 24
What a horrible friend. I'd just find a new job so you can babysit both yours and their kid (: Best of luck.
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qilinnaamossh 11
i have a feeling you'll save more money by simply saying home
Enslaved 38
Since they're friends, perhaps her friend knows that the OP's toddler can be extremely demanding and fears that the OP would have a difficult time handling both children at once? Plus. We don't know how old the other child is and also might need extra attention? There's more to this story that's not being told. OP is getting "paid" to do a job. It's not like it says they're friends that switch off and watch each others kids as a favour for free. If that was your child and you were paying a babysitter, I bet you'd want the best care for your child.
valalvax 13
Yea, but why did the friend even ask op to babysit her hellspawn if she knew she wouldn't allow her kids over?
nix1993 41
If you don't want your babysitter to be distracted by another child whilst looking after your own, don't hire a friend who you know has a toddler. Thats beyond moronic.
Izabushel 65
A possibility might be the friend is a protective new mother who has a newborn and she is afraid that your child might expose the newborn to toddler bugs before the baby has had all their vaccinations. If that's the case, why would you become miraculously germ free as you walk in the door? Another reason, she may be hoping to use you as a bit of free housekeeping as well. I've often heard with nanny's, some parents sometimes try to sneak the doing the dishes and laundry into schedules. So if you take your kid along, you may not be able to do that.
ChibiChibi_fml 28
They don't really "sneak" it into the schedule. When you interview for a position as a Nanny they pretty much always tell you up front that they will require some "light house keeping" from you. This generally includes doing dishes, wash and fold laundry, ironing, picking up misplaced items, and some dusting, especially in the child's room and play areas. It's only if they start asking you to do things like scrub down their bathtub that they are overstepping the bounds of what is required of you.
surranger 19
You put on "my" twice
fleur_de_fevrier_fml 23
I wonder if we have all the elements here. One of my closest friends has 3 young boy (6, 3 and an infant) and as much I like my friend, I find her kids pretty badly behaved, the eldest particularly because she believes in “no punishment” education. Meaning that when the kid does something naughty or starts being aggressive / insolent, she tries to talk sense into him by explaining how much that hurts other people’s feelings. She will not do time-outs, no-TV/dessert-tonight, etc. They usually don’t give a damn ( and why should they in the circumstances?). It came to the point that I don’t invite her at my place anymore because they smash everything. I prefer visiting them. It is possible that OP’s kid is like that and it’s always hard for the parent to realise it. My friend was told by her own parents and her last au-pair (who left because she couldn’t handle it anymore) that the kids need more discipline but she doesn’t accept it. If however OP’s kid is well behaved and gets along fine with the other one, then her friend must probably have a hidden reason for this unreasonable request.
heyLaddieHey 18
You may as well pick your kid over hers. Either way you won't be making money.
ballbags 14
Hey OP with the neck scar needs a job. Maybe he can watch you kid for you
82681 25
Do the kids have a hard time getting along? That's such a strange request for your friend, especially if she expects your keep babysitting her child.
KrDizzy 16
Maybe your child is a bad influence on hers? I have a few friends with kids who constantly complain to me about friends/family member's kids who are brats and don't want them around their kid.
ohSNAPyall 27
Your friend shouldn't pay you babysitter wages when she wants all the perks of a nanny.