Guy Tells Cousin She Sould Send Her Autistic Son To A Group Home Instead Of Relying On Him To Babysit

This situation is very sticky and we just hope that everyone gets the care that they need.

Daphnie

• Published in Interesting
• March 7, 2023

We're back again with another Reddit post that was left on the AITA thread, and this one is getting our toes wet in some family drama. If you didn't know, this thread is usually used by people who want an unbiased opinion on their situation and get different perspectives on why or why not they're wrong in said situation.

Ultimately, they post in order to get an opinion or advice from people who don't personally know them or anyone in the story. So if this sounds like something you'd like to read about, then keep on reading.

We're going over this situation where a guy comes to Reddit to see if he is wrong for telling his cousin that her son should go to a group home for overnight care if she's unable to do it because he no longer wants to care for his Autistic cousin. This situation has a lot of moving pieces to it, and it can cause a lot of people to leave many opinions on how OP reacted.

So if you want to see the full story and what people had to say in response, then keep on reading because we're going to give you all the details on everything.

OP starts off with giving a bit of background on his living situation and babysitting situation.

He then continues to explain the situation of his cousin's kid and how long he was babysitting him.

He says that she asked him to watch her son overnight, but his response was no.

He explained to her how unfair it was that she was expecting him to watch her son all the time and gave her other suggestions for care.

Obviously she wasn't quite happy to hear what suggestions he had, and it seems that other family members started getting upset with him as well.

The first comment says that OP is NTYA and that all of the family complaining should just watch him then.

Some people said that he could have just said no and left it at that, without the suggestions that he gave and maybe he wouldn't be considered an AH.

Her son definitely does need ot be watched by someone with experience because it's important that he's properly taken care of.

Here is yet another suggestion from a Reddit comment that they should just have the family complaining babysit Jason since they want him to so badly.

Bottom line to a lot of us is that it's not his job to watch him and that's just that. That's her kid so she's responsible for him.

A lot of people said that OP was NTA for deciding not to care for him anymore because that's his decision on whether or not to watch him.

His cousin definitely needs to look into care options for her son to ensure that he's getting the best care possible if it's not from her.

This comment said that ESH because he could have just said no and left it at that.

Most people said he was NTA for denying the babysitting request because it's simply just not his responsibility to care for a kid that isn't his. No matter what, he could have gone without the suggestions of a group home or daycare, but he's still NTA for how he responded.

Daphnie