QuirkQuestDINK Dream or Family Babysitting Nightmare?😤🛥️🍟
My husband and I thought we were living the DINK dream—just us, our boat, and endless freedom. But lately, it feels like our only purpose is to be free babysitters for his sister’s wild kids. Every call from her is another desperate plea for us to take them. These boys? Absolute chaos—swearing, demanding junk food, and throwing tantrums over hotdogs. We tried including them in our hobbies, but it always ends in disaster. Now, she wants us to take them for whole weekends, even on our boat! I’m angry, confused, and honestly, just annoyed. Why does it feel like my boundaries don’t matter? Am I wrong for wanting my own life? How do I say no without causing a family war? Please, tell me I’m not alone in this mess! 😩🍔🙄 If you were me, what would you do? #FamilyDrama #BabysittingWoes #DINKLife #RomanticRelationships
2025-06-16
Marnita lataille
Would tell her that until her children can respect you and your property You will not be having them over anymore. No matter how much she begs.Her children her responsibility
06-16
Keizer, OR
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Deborah Belmontez
"So sorry, but we have other plans." You do not explain or answer her questions. If she persists, you say " Have to go. Bye." Then hang up the phone immediately.
06-17
Ocala, FL
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grg_bergeron
It’s evident that they need a good old fashioned butt whipping, and so do the parents for raising such disrespectful children, if you can call what they did raising, sounds more like they were dragged up
06-16
Crawfordville, FL
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Debra Zimmerman
you're not wrong. you get to live your life your own way. those boys have worn her out and she needs a break, she can hire a babysitter! we all have to draw those lines for our own peace
06-16
Clearwater, FL
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Lisa
People won't respect your boundaries if you don't. I would tell her when I'm available but she wouldn't just push them on me. She had the kids not you.
06-16
York, PA
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quica flores
boundaries only matter if you're setting them!! start with a hell no and don't worry about the fallout after,, not your problem
06-16
Modesto, CA
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Kaylee
How come you can tell the Internet these kids are "absolute chaos", but not tell their mother?
06-16
Panama City, FL
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Cathy Jacobs
"NO!!" is a complete sentence. She chose to have kids and obviously not discipline them, so it's up to her to pay a babysitter -- not you -- to watch them. I've been married for 38 years and chose not to have kids. That does NOT mean anyone in my family had the right to expect me to be a babysitter any time they needed one.
06-16
Queen Creek, AZ
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A Runner
Stop being a push-over, get a backbone, and tell her NO! It's as simple as that.
06-17
Shepherdsville, KY
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WokeForLife
You gotta learn to say no because it will cause issues. Learn healthy boundaries.
06-17
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