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AITA for moving out of my aunt's house because of her kids?
I (20F) am a full-time uni student and work part-time. A couple months ago, my aunt offered to rent me a room because her house is much closer to my workplace. I pay rent, utilities, groceries, etc., so I'm not living there for free.
She has 5-year-old twins. They're great kids, but they're LOUD. They're constantly running around, arguing, yelling, and they suddenly get charged at midnight and start howling. I knew what I was signing up for, so I wasn't expecting library conditions but it can get a lot sometimes.
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Living with children is a whole other bag. Even if you're not responsible for them, the noise and the mess alone are enough to drive you crazy. You better be pretty invested in them in order to put up with it. There's a reason that people get so upset when babies are on planes. They tend to be a pretty big nuisance. Not to mention, in this story, it's a pair of twins that she was dealing with. Nobody gets a kid riled up better than a kid their own age. So it's no wonder she was getting tired of it.
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The bigger issue is babysitting. At first, my aunt would leave them with me for 30 minutes or an hour while she ran errands, which I didn't mind. Lately, "ill only be an hour" has turned into 3-4 hours, sometimes until 10 or 11pm. This is happening more than once a week, and my semester exams are coming up.
My aunt is honestly lovely and I know she needs a break, my uncle, on the other hand, isn't exactly winning any Father of the Year awards, but I try to stay out of their marriage.
I finally told them I couldn't keep babysitting because I need to study. My aunt offered to pay me, which i appreciated but I said money wasn't the issue. I already pay to live there; I just don't have the time.
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My uncle said I was overreacting and needed to "learn to study with noise," because "what are you going to do when you have kids?" I really wanted to say that how'd he know because he's barely around, but I kept that one to myself.
I found another place near work and decided to move out. They're both really upset and say I'm being ungrateful and abandoning them when they offered to help me when i need it.
I feel guilty because I love my aunt and the kids, but between uni, work, studying, and now regular unpaid childcare, I'm exhausted.
AITA for moving out?
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She didn't have to babysit if she didn't want to. It's not like she was living their for free in exchange for babysitting services, she was paying rent. It was nice of her to offer to watch the kids when she could, but that goodwill has an expiration date. She wasn't sure how to move forward given that this was her living situation, and there wasn't a great way out of it. Keep scrolling for the rest of the story and let us know what you would have done in the comments.
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