Kids: Today, I'm babysitting three children under the age of seven....

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 - This FML is from back in 2015 but it's good stuff - United States - East Carondelet

Today, I'm babysitting kids whose parents said they would be back by 12. Its 4 a.m. and they still aren't home. I don't get paid enough for this. FML

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Make it stop

By Levi2411 - 31/12/2018 04:00

Today, I'm babysitting. The kids have only been home at the same time together for 15 minutes. Two of them have punched each other and the other is running in circles screaming. What is wrong with this picture? FML

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Take this

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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That's not how it works

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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By JazzyandAlice - 20/09/2009 06:06 - United States

Today, I went to babysit eight kids under the age of ten, all by myself. After five hours of Hell, the parents finally came back from the ASU game. I got paid $5. FML

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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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By lockedoutbabysitter - 09/03/2010 17:19 - United States

Today, I was babysitting. Being kind, I went to grab their mail, while their 4 year old ate lunch. He locked me out, wrecked the house, and let me in right when he saw their car two hours later. I didn't get paid. I paid them. FML

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By 1D-107 - 31/07/2012 17:43 - United States - Logan

Today, I was babysitting three kids, one of whom was particularly difficult to control. While trying to get him to behave, the two girls came up behind me and pulled my pants down. In front of a huge window open to the street below. FML

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By UnpaidBabysitter - 07/08/2019 04:00 - United States - New York

Today, I was shut in a boiling hot room with six children: a 10-year-old who kept shouting, a belligerent 7-year-old, two 5-year-olds who thought hitting me was funny and two 2-year-olds, who wouldn't stop crying. Their parents were just outside, laughing away, ignoring me. FML

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By fattymcbutterpants - 19/06/2011 05:19 - United States

Today, I'm a nanny. After the kids went to bed the dog wouldn't stop barking violently unless I held the end of a blanket for him to hump. I need a raise. FML

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uccello 0

Friday 25 March 2011 9:06

why did u agree to it in the first place.

MrLaryRottweila 1

Friday 25 March 2011 9:08

YDI for not doing it for no reason. I mean I would understand if it were your mom

Comments

KaintukeeBob 13

Friday 25 March 2011 14:36

So long as this isn't a relative, what you SHOULD do is call child services. You list your location as Washington (US), so I assume you're in the state. The phone number for Washington state child services (abuse & neglect) is 1-866-363-4276. Call them and report child abandonment. If I'm wrong and you are in Washington DC, call (202) 671-SAFE. A mother who abandons her children should be reported - she will be punished by the law for her abandonment (typically parenting classes & fines) and the children will be put into safe, appropriate, and educational situations until she is deemed fit to resume her duties.

LilaBear 1

Friday 25 March 2011 14:40

don't be a dumbass. The mother has not abandoned her children. Falsely reporting somebody for child neglect or abandonment just to get back at them is the height of immaturity.

KaintukeeBob 13

Friday 25 March 2011 14:49

Crud, my reply was added as a new post instead. Thought they fixed that bug. In any case, Lila, when the post says that their mother has no intention of picking them up any time soon, it reads to me like "She's dropped them off and run, and isn't coming back". If you read it a different way, then that's your prerogative...but I'm responding to the OP, and giving advice based upon what she has said. If she want's good responses, her post should have been less alarmist and more factual (if I am reading it wrong).

aback 4

Friday 25 March 2011 15:30

Sorry, Lilabear--it DOES fit the definition of child abandonment. You don't get to dump your kids off with somebody and get around to reclaiming them when you feel like it. Sucks if that spoils your plans for the weekend.

ReynshineCutting 10

Friday 25 March 2011 17:57

OP probably didn't word it the best but in a lot of cases if you're babysitting, the parents will give you a time frame of when they'll be home, not an exact time. These kids' mom could be out running errands all day and has no clue when she'll be home. Again, OP didn't word it very well but "anytime soon" could just mean in the next hour or two, not necessarily that day. That's what sucks about the word limit on FML. You can't give the whole story so people just get confused. Or maybe there was an emergency and the mom needed to drop them quick and run to the hospital or something and doesn't know how long they'll be there. We just don't know.