Mom Says Bye-Bye To Her Brother's Unlimited Free Babysitting Service After She Broke His No-Chocolates-In-The-House Rule And Told Her Kids To Secretly Eat It Anyway

"Free babysitting is always, always a privilege that can be taken away."

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• July 26, 2022

Childcare is not cheap. When a friend or a loved one offers to babysit your kids for free when you need it, you jump at that opportunity.

OP is the go-to uncle for babysitting duties. He is 37 years old, single, and childfree, plus he has two German Shepherd dogs who are loved by his niblings (nieces and nephews).

OP has four sisters and his four sisters have ten children in total which means, OP babysits a lot. He works from home and has volunteered to look after the older children when his sisters need it.

He also takes care of the younger kids but that is more complex since he has to move his schedule around a bit. With the older kids, they don't need as much supervision and OP can work in peace while minding his niblings.

OP has one rule: no chocolates in the house. It can be deadly for dogs and an afternoon without chocolate shouldn't be that difficult for his niblings aged between three to eight years old.

So, four of the children went to OP's house for the day. He was in the kitchen making them drinks, the kids were doing their thing in the living room, and OP's dogs were on the balcony.

When OP went into the living room, he saw chocolate crumbs all over the place. OP asked who brought the chocolate with them.

The seven and eight-year-old admitted to bringing the chocolates.

They said their mom packed it for them and they always bring chocolates to OP's house when they come over. They haven't been caught because they usually eat the chocolate in secret.

When their mom came to pick them up, OP shared what happened. She got defensive and said her kids were old enough not to leave chocolate crumbs behind.

OP said because of this incident, he will no longer be available to babysit for this particular sister. OP's sister got mad and told OP he was overreacting.

His other sister is also siding with OP's sister. Their mom also believe OP was an a**hole for putting his dogs above his nieces and nephews.

Was OP wrong for refusing to babysit for his sister after the chocolate incident? You can read the full story below:

Free babysitter whenever you want but you have to adhere to this one simple rule. Why would you mess that up?

Out of his four sisters, only one of them couldn't respect OP's one reasonable rule

That's the priority that should be questioned, not OP's concern for his dogs' safety

She looped her kids in with the lie and they broke OP's trust. Now she has to face the consequences.

See, OP even taught the kids what they should do if they want to feed the dogs. Like what a responsible adult should do.

They may not die immediately but the kids could just as easily feed them the lethal amount of chocolate accidentally

She asked her kids to eat the chocolates in secret, she knows about the rule

OP didn't have a problem babysitting his nieces and nephews. He actually enjoyed it but his sister was too disrespectful and ruined it.

Why do the kids always have chocolate with them anyway?

See? OP is not unreasonable and it's not like the kids were being deprived of food. OP is just worried about the safety of his dogs who apparently have sweet tooth.

Actually, OP didn't overreact. He had a rule, they broke it. He rescinded his very generous offer as a consequence.

Yes, but would you risk it as a dog owner?

OP is well aware about the amount of chocolate his dogs need to ingest for it to be dangerous. But you can't always rely on kids to be responsible. Accidents happen and OP is just preventing that.

The mom is actively coaching her children to lie to their uncle to get what they want

OP's point is valid and he need not say anything else because he's not the one who should be making compromises here.

OP's sister has taken his generosity for granted and that wasn't enough so she had to stomp all over his boundaries

Let's see how fast she apologizes when those babysitting bills add up

Looks like grandma and other sister's place is available for unlimited chocolate eating

It has been going on for a while, too

She will surely reap what she sowed when her kids are older

What if of the sister's kids was severely allergic to something and OP ate that food in her presence knowing full well about the damage it can cause. Will they also give OP a free pass to deliberately ignore that rule?

Probably not. They're only up in arms about this because they're testing how far they can push OP's boundaries; he already babysits for free, why not let the kids do whatever they want in his house? Now they have their answer.

Chelsi