Kids: Today, despite the fact that I'm really sick, my mom insisted...

By Rory - 14/04/2012 22:19 - Canada - Toronto

Today, despite the fact that I'm really sick, my mom insisted that I come home and help babysit my cousins this weekend. When I got there, everyone else took off to do "errands," leaving me with three hyperactive, howler monkey-like children to deal with. FML

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Today, all I wanted was to take my two kids and their two favourite cousins to the beach on their last day of vacation together. My mother-in-law went into full beast mode, shouting about how I'm always roaming around and being irresponsible. The kids never meet and are from different cities. FML

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By Anonymous - 06/11/2023 00:02

Today, after my family left me at home for the weekend before finals while they went on vacation so I could focus on my studies, I spent the weekend watching my little cousins for no pay. It wasn’t an easy babysitting job either. I had to pay attention to and then re-enact basically every Bluey episode ever to exist, with no time to study. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/08/2013 17:13 - United States - Honolulu

Today, I realized the only reason I was invited to go on vacation with my extended family was so I could babysit everyone's children while the adults go out and have fun. FML

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By Merserve - 09/07/2020 02:00

Today, I went over to confront my parents about how my siblings always get to visit and all I do when I’m over is work on their house or take care of grandma. My mom was very upset. Then she snuck out with my sister, leaving me to take care of grandma until she got back. FML

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By GabsAlot829 - 21/07/2009 22:17 - United States

Today, I babysat the most annoying and obnoxious kids for almost eight hours, when the parents assured me that they would only be gone about three or so hours. After constant calling and worrying, they finally showed up at 11:30, completely drunk. The mother paid me with three dollars and a banana. FML

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By BadMomma - 15/03/2022 15:00 - United States - Kula

Today, I asked my parents to babysit my kids for an hour so that I could visit the doctor for my asthma, which has worsened over the past two days. Apparently I'm a bad mother, and it's OK if I stop breathing, but shouldn't leave my kids to go out alone. My husband was at the gym the entire evening. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/05/2012 01:55 - United States - Sioux City

Today, I had a babysitting job. When I got there, the parents were rushing out the door and told me they'd left instructions for the kids on the table. The first bullet point stated that the oldest was convinced she is possessed by the devil, but just to ignore it. Three more hours to go. FML

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By Anonymous - 25/03/2011 03:36 - United States

Today, I'm babysitting three children under the age of seven. They have no discipline, don't listen, scream all the time, won't nap, terrorize my dog, and have peed their pants a collective 5 times today. I am not getting paid for this. Their mother has no plans to come get them any time soon. FML

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By Anonymous - 05/09/2021 02:01

Today, I babysat the neighbors’ evil kids. They dropped them over at my house and I played with them for five hours. After taking the brats back home and putting them to bed, their mother asked me what time I came back to the house. She only paid me for the 20 minutes I was in their house. FML

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Not my problem

By Anonymous - 17/05/2023 06:00

Today, my mom tried to force me to stay home from work to babysit my sister and her “boyfriend”. I snuck out and went to work anyway, because I hate being around them. FML

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emily_choxly 0

Sunday 15 April 2012 2:41

Fall asleep and have them mess up the whole house and wait until your parents get home and just say "I told you I wasn't feeling good"

erockinthesuburb 17

Sunday 15 April 2012 2:39

Quick, get some bananas!

Comments

Angelrose2004 17

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:02

Teach them how to play quiet mouse... That'll hopefully give you a couple minutes of peace. Good luck, OP!

HSOMGF 5

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:04

Lock the kids in a bedroom. Leave the house and make an anonymous call to CPS, telling them that three children are home alone. That will make your mother think twice before being such a selfish **** again.

Pigeon89 34

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:46

Wow- I can't even begin to say what a stupid idea this is- and no reason to call OP's mother names like that!

kodinbug 2

Thursday 12 July 2012 7:28

Wow. Seriously. Dropping the C word of this??? You have a dirty, gross mouth if you can put such a repulsive word like the C word casually into a conversation like that.

goodgurlgonebad 0

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:06

how about you play hide an seek they hide and well you dont seek ; or have the mokeys get on the bed an i think everyone knows the nursery rhyme

moonsxstars 6

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:06

Tell them there is a serial killer looking for three bed kids, that will work or just go to sleep and when everybody comes back and see the house a mess, tell them it's their fault and their responsibility...

MigraineurOfLife 15

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:07

Right before they come home feed Them lots of chocolate, sugar snacks, & soda. They stay up all night with them & tomorrow they will sleep if you have to do it again....if not, payback is done!

thrAsHeRr9081 16

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:07

Ever heard of the word "no?"

mhopper 13

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:15

Put one of those shows kids love (keep changing the channel until they become hypnotized by it) and feed them so they get tired and pass out. Kids aren't all that difficult. Feel better!

cr3ativity 15

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:18

Why are your cousins at your house to begin with? 'Nuff of that, my comment is... since you're apparently sick, financially independent (cause you're living away from home, I guess), why did you agree to babysit in the first place? @all the commenters that say, "but OP might be a college student, and OP's parents are paying for college tuition and all that. THEREFORE since OP is financially dependent, she has obligation to help out parents via babysitting." Then, don't you think that OP's parents should care more about OP's education than one night of "errands"?

ChibiChibi_fml 27

Sunday 15 April 2012 7:13

The point is that the people DO THINK that the op's parents should care more about that than night of errands. That fact that the mother SHOULD care more about the op's health and such than ditching the howler monkeys and "running errands" doesn't mean that she does. Some people are just messed up in the head.

cr3ativity 15

Sunday 15 April 2012 10:54

Hmm. Good point.

merko 8

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:21

lock them in a closet or something

goodgurlgonebad 0

Sunday 15 April 2012 3:21

has anyone seeing the constant in all of our epic plans? the kids they did nothing so get them all sugared up an revolt against your mom maybe even start a world war three : D your welcome.