Mom Neglects To Pick Up Her Child Because She's Hungover, Babysitter Calls The Cops

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Aug 19, 2022 7:00 PM EDT

Kids are wonderful, but they're also a huge responsibility. People have to give up a whole lot of their free time and financial resources to become parents. If you're not ready to grow up yet, then you probably shouldn't be having kids. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people there that are still acting like little kids that become parents when they're clearly not ready to be responsible for another human being's life. In today's 'Am I the A$$hole?' post, OP told us about how her boyfriend's ex dropped off her 2-year-old child at their house for babysitting so she could go out with her friends. The problem is she never arrived the next morning to pick up her child. When she answered the phone, she told OP and her boyfriend that she was too hungover to pick up her kid, serving as a prime example of someone who clearly wasn't ready to be a parent. Scroll down to see how OP and her boyfriend took matters into their own hands. 

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  • 01
    Rectangle - r/AmItheAsshole. Posted by u/GlitteringBall2429 13 hours ago $6 AITA for calling the cops because no one picked up the kid I was babysitting?
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    We gotta go with OP on this one. 

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    Font - My boyfriend and I took his ex's kid for a last minute overnight stay since the father of the kid cancelled on her. She had plans with her friends for the night and we weren't busy so we took him overnight when the baby daddy bailed on her. We told her we had brunch reservations the next morning at 11 and while we were happy to help, she needed to pick him up by 9am. She knew this and agreed when she dropped him off.
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    It makes no sense that they're babysitting her kid, but okay. 

  • 03
    Font - Well, next morning it's 9am and she isn't here yet. We text and call her with no answer. 10am rolls around and we try calling her again. She picks up in a very groggy voice and tells us she's got the worst hangover and she won't be picking him up until 2pm. We remind her of our brunch reservations and she tells us to take him with us! This kid is 2 years old, it is not enjoyable to take a child this age out to eat. My boyfriend cancels our reservations and gets ready to have this kid unti
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    Font - I am furious at this point. This is not my child nor my boyfriend's child. I call her and tell her if she is not here by noon, I would be calling the police to collect her child (she only lives 15 minutes away). She calls me a bitch. I then told her she had 30 minutes to come get him. I waited an hour and there was 0 sign of her. (We couldn't drop the child off to her since she lives in an apartment complex that you need to have access to to get in.)
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  • 05
    Font - So I called the cops and told them I was babysitting and I don't know where his parents are, they were supposed to be here 2 hours ago. They basically treated it as they would a lost child. They took him down to the station.
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    Font - Little miss finally rolls up at 3pm and gets belligerent when she discovers I had actually called the cops and gave her child to them! She calls me all sorts of wonderful names and storms down to the police station.
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    Font - Edit: we didn't know where she was or if she'd even gone home. We also couldn't contact the father since we had no contact information.
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    Font - Edit 2: mother of the child is also neglectful and this was the last straw for us. She'd maybe change his diaper twice throughout the whole day (on a good day) and multiple times I'd seen her refill a bottle that hadn't been cleaned in days with actual rotten milk inside.
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    Font - KorinTheHalfHand 12 hr. ago NTA someone had to call either the police or CPS to get at least a paper trail started on this woman. I'm glad you did. If mother's don't want their children, they need to give them up for adoption, not pull bullshit like this so they can go out partying and treat the kid like f CD rap and find random houses for him to stay at. Two year olds should be at home with their own mother every night and their mothers shouldn't ever be "so hungover" from being out part
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    Font - Snackinpenguin. 12 hr. ago Partassipant [1] NTA. She clearly took advantage of you so she could party. She can explain to someone else now why she's irresponsible parent.
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    Font - RighteousVengeance 12 hr. ago Certified Proctologist [25] NTA. I may get criticized for this, but when you bring a child into the world and assume responsibility for it, there are certain things you give up. Partying until the wee hours of the morning and waking up with massive hangovers is a luxury you are no longer entitled to. Your kid needs to be fed, dressed, and supervised at the bare minimum. As Kyle on South Park said in the episode "The Jeffersons," "When you have children, you h
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    Font - Temporary_Badger - 12 hr. ago Commander in Cheeks [287] NTA. I'm very glad you called, because this woman very much needs CPS to be keeping an eye on the health and safety of her child.
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