Woman Calls Sister For 'Emergency' Babysitting, Even Though Husband Was Fully Home

Author image for Mayarey
Mayarey
Jul 14, 2021 4:00 PM EDT

It's such a blessing to be able to lean on your family members from time to time. Sometimes you'll need an extra hand while moving apartments, someone to water your plants while you're on vacation, and then of course a babysitter for the times you're in a pinch and can't find anyone else. These are all totally normal requests, but they're favors, and should definitely not be taken for granted. If you expect your sister to babysit for free, maybe wait for a time when your fully capable husband isn't already at home.

Add as a preferred
source on Google
Advertisement
  • 01
    Font - Posted by u/Throwaway9876-57 4 hours ago 9 5 2 3 13 13 + AITA for calling my sisters husband useless?
    via u/Throwaway9876-57

    It was Reddit Reddituser u/Throwaway9876-57 who took to the 'Am I The A-Hole' community if they were in the wrong for calling her sister's husband useless. Seems like the OP was wronged somehow to come up with this.

  • 02
    Font - My (17F) sister (34F) called me saying that her work had an emergency and she needs to get there ASAP and needed me to watch her kids because "no one else can". I rushed over there just to find her husband locked in his game room playing video games. I asked her why she called me over if he was home and she said he didn't want to "babysit" because it was his only day off.
    via u/Throwaway9876-57

    Before diving into the story, the OP provides some much-need backstory. She explains how she received a call from her sister claiming it was an 'emergency' and she seriously needed a babysitter, but clearly she had another option to ask...

  • 03
    Font - Sister left, and I started hanging with the kids. I was changing the baby's diaper and the other kids wanted a snack, I told them to go ask their dad to make them a snack since the baby had a blow out and it was going to take my awhile to clean him up.
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 04
    Font - Well their dad sent them back upstairs and told them to ask me again. After cleaning the baby up I made the kids a snack and their dad came out to eat and told me not to let the kids interrupt him on his day off. (By the way, he works part time from home, 6 days a week).
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 05
    Font - I kind of snapped at him and told him it was MY day off too and that he's a useless f*cking father and husband if his wife has to rely on her teenage sister rather than her own husband. He started telling me I was disrespectful and didn't understand how hard parenting is, and I told him he clearly doesn't understand how hard it is either since he considers parenting his own children “babysitting".
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 06
    Font - He ended up kicking me out and apparently my sister was forced to come home because he told her she needed to figure it out since I'm her sister.
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 07
    Font - I feel like I may be the asshole because my sister is mad at me, her husband is mad at me, my mom is mad at me for causing drama, but my dad thinks it's funny and agrees with me.
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 08
    Font - I definitely didn't need to call him names but I just hate this guy so much. We have argued about things in the past as well so we already don't have a great relationship. My sister is saying I need to apologize to him and he is threatening to never let me into the kids lives if I keep disrespecting him.
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 09
    Font - FoxUniCarkilo · 4h 3 Certified Proctologist [20] Hold up. Your sister had to leave work because her husband kicked you out..even tho he was literally right there for the kids. Her husband is utterly useless and she needs a reality check. Me, personally, if I showed up just to find out the husband was there but didn't want to “babysit" his kids I would have turned right back around. That's not an emergency, that's enabling
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 10
    Font - shestammie · 4h Professor Emeritass [91] Your sister sucks too, OP. 1. She decided to burden you with unnecessary babysitting duties. 2. She didn't stand up for you when you did her family a favor. You snapped only after her partner rudely barked orders at you. You were completely right in what you said and he kicked you out.
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 11
    Font - Status-Pattern7539 · 4h Asshole Enthusiast [6] NTA. They'll want you back in their lives when they need free baby sitting again. I wouldn't apologise, it only reinforces the belief that he did nothing wrong and is able to get away with being an absent father. Why your sister puts up with that is beyond me. Don't give her a reason to believe what she is tolerating is normal as who know what he says at home. 935 Share
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 12
    Font - Euphoricgalz · 4h Partassipant [1] NTA!!! Your sister should be mad at her husband for literally not taking care of his OWN kids!! He was already in the house but she called you instead? Make it make sense. 658 Share
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 13
    Font - Alert-Potato · 4h Craptain [176] NTA - your dad is the only person besides you who has his head on straight. Your sister was not forced to come home from work. She made a choice to come home from work because her husband is too useless to parent his own children. I'd also advise that next time she needs an emergency babysitter, that you decline. 578 Share
    via u/Throwaway9876-57
  • 14
    Font - gracegilligan - 4h Asshole Aficionado [12] NTA Thankfully, you seem self-aware enough that you'll marry someone who's not a loser. What an absolute joke. Who considers looking after their own kids as babysitting? Your mom should be more mad at your sister for having children with a lazy asshole. 218 Share
    via u/Throwaway9876-57

Tags

crazy aita marriage drama annoying relationships issues family
Scroll Down For The Next Article