Lazy Mom Repeatedly Dumps Her Kids on the Neighbor, Expecting Free Babysitting Whenever She Sees Living Room Lights Flickering Next Door

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Oct 15, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

Having a kid is an enormous responsibility. One minute, you're a carefree couple with nothing on your horizons except the latest UberEats menu, and the next thing you know, you're waist-deep in dirty diapers, playdate schedules, and planning your entire schedule around a tiny human's nap times. For some, parenting isn't all it's cracked up to be–like the disengaged mom in our next story. 

After having a couple of kiddos, the mom in this next tale decided that she was over it. Instead of being a responsible parent and giving her children what they need to succeed, she unplugged from the parenting power source and dumped her kids on the nearest target: The woman next door. 

Although the next-door neighbor was empathetic for the children, she got fed up dealing with the mom's lack of awareness. Just because your neighbor's home doesn't mean they want to babysit your kids for free. Keep scrolling to read how this neighborly feud forced one woman to put locks on her doors and close the blinds on all the windows to avoid being spotted at home. 

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    AITA for telling me neighbour i cannot babysit her child My neighbour keeps expecting me to take her kid off her hands at the most inconvenient times and at very short notice.
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    She doesn't want to be a mum and is a bit of an older one who seems stuck with a 4 year old she can't handle. The kid is spoilt and won't take no for an answer.
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    She doesn't ask, she just sends him out of the house when she sees me outside and then leaves him with me. It's gotten so bad, they both walk through my door if they knock and I don't open it and if it's
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    unlocked from the inside. I've had to tell her I don't like that and she will still do it here and there to leave stuff on my kitchen counter. Last week, she feigned a migraine that turned into a
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    concussion and called the ambulance, the medics said she was alright and didn't need to go to the hospital but she insisted. Then told me how I was to care for her child for the rest of the evening and get him
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    ready in the morning to drop him to kindy and walked out the house, the child wailing. Yesterday, I was 2 days out of an experience, to say the least and she asked if I could feed the kid dinner because she just
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    couldn't be bothered as I was heading out the house and I said no. She gave me a stern look and walked back inside saying she is always there to help others but others don't want to help her.
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    AITAH for refusing to take her kid off her as and when she pleases or is it me that must be understanding here?
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    SushiGuacDNA NTA. This woman is taking advantage of you, and the more you let her, the more she will do it.
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    You wouldn't be an for occasionally agreeing to help if you WANT to, but honestly, I predict that will end poorly. This woman obviously has no respect for boundaries.
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    Given that she drops and runs, you may need to warn her that next time you will call 911 and report an abandoned child. Seriously, what she's doing is that not okay.
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    Peony-Pony You need to tell your neighbor you are not available to watch her child and if she sends them over you will call the authorities and advise them the child has been abandoned. Sometimes you need to play hard ball. She's a lazy, disengaged parent.
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    Apprehensive Skin150 And keep your door locked! Put up no trespassing signs too. And a camera could be helpful in case you need video evidence.
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    xyllahJ OP I do that now but I feel like it is ridiculous I cannot leave my door open for airflow through my kitchen because I don't want this woman or her child or both to just walk in and not know when to leave.
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    It's also exhausting because when I do see her, I get stuck in a 30 or 40minute yarn where I'm doing no talking, I'm just listening and it doesn't matter how much I begin to inch away, the conversation doesn't stop till I have to cut
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    her off and be like ok I gotta go and I feel bad doing that but at this point, I'm just tired of it really. I come home from a full day of work to listen to how tired she is because she's a single mum. She doesn't work. The kid is at kindy from 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday.
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    bamf1701 This is not your child and not your responsibility. She is pulling the whole walk in and drop the kid off to try to keep you so off balance and don't
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    have a chance to say no. She is using you and giving you nothing in return. The fact hat she is a mother and may need help or whatever is not your responsibility. It is hers, and she needs to step up to the plate.
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    shontsu Its sad how hard it is for people to say "no". I'm glad you finally did. Please do it more. Set a boundary. That boundary can be whatever you feel comfortable with. It could just be "never". Maybe
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    its "no more than once a week/month". Maybe its "only if I'm given at least one days notice". Maybe "I'm fine with you asking, but if you complain when I say no, then I won't babysit again for X amount of time". Oh, and please start locking your doors.
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