17-year-old babysits 3 kids for dad's girlfriend, her ex flips out when he won't do the same for him: 'I never met the guy'

Finding childcare can be a fraught experience for any parent. Getting a babysitter who is both competent and reliable often feels like an impossible challenge, not least when you have to do it on short notice. While in theory, it's easy money for a responsible teen who is not doing anything else for a couple of hours on a particular evening, this isn't always how it plays out in practice.

It is no wonder that many moms and dads often turn to their family and wider social circle when they need somebody to watch their kids. It can be a darn sight easier than trying to recruit a random babysitter who might not even turn up. However, there are limits to these acts of generosity. It is easy to overstep the line from welcome to entitled, especially if you are relying on somebody that you don't know all that well.

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One teenage boy was perfectly happy to babysit the kids of his dad's girlfriend multiple times, as she paid well and the children weren't too difficult to deal with.
Unfortunately for him, though, word got out that he was a reliable babysitter, and the mom's ex, who he had never met began demanding that he do the same for him.
When he rejected this, the man got angry, accusing him of rejecting the kids and claiming that he would sue his ex for custody. With such a drastic escalation, the teen was left worrying that he had made a mistake.
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AITA for refusing to babysit my dad's girlfriend's kids for their dad?

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Not surprisingly, nobody sided with the ex.

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