By colibricorolla - 04/09/2016 06:16 - United States - Raleigh
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OP again, what happened with the injury was the youngest and the second youngest decided they were going to race across our living room, and the former ran headfirst into the edge of the coffee table. Hard. Those two had walked into the kitchen while the rest of them were watching a movie at the time and I don’t think she noticed what they were doing until it was too late. He got a cut that was about an inch or so wide and looked pretty deep on his forehead. We were able to bandage it up, she got the bleeding to stop and confirmed he did not get a concussion from it but everything I frantically searched online said he was going to need stitches and all of the local urgent care centers had literally just closed 5 minutes before this happened. She took him the next morning when they left and they said he was OK, thank goodness, but a very brief lapse in supervision wasn't something to call CPS over.
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CliffyB03
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But is she going to pay for the broken items? Because if they were mine, those kids would have been over my knee as soon as it happened
The things they did break were really cheap things we kept in the common space and could easily be fixed by glue; it really wouldn't have even been worth mentioning if it weren't for something about the way she handled it telling me if something important was broken the most we'd get was a verbal apology, because the way she seems to think she'd just pass it off as just kids being kids and since we're all friends here we’d just forgive her for it. I probably would have forgotten about it entirely if it wasn't a minute later that they decided that the next thing they wanted was see how my other roommates and myself decorated our rooms.
It might not be your roommate's fault, maybe she's used to her parents (on an hour's notice) tell her 'cancel your plans right now because I need you to babysit'.
devans00
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Why is this the roommates' problem? If I was a student with a big assignment due, I'd be upset about the situation.
Isn't that a violation of the Roommate Agreement? What? You don't have one? Have you learned nothing from Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Ph.D.? Bazinga!
As soon as the kids are gone, you need to have a serious talk with your roommate about why bringing her siblings into your apartment with so little notice was not okay. She is sharing a living space with you, and to just expect you to be okay with that was completely unfair. And it sounds like she was not equipped to take care of them, if they were breaking things and running loose. Not to mention the one who hurt himself, which is a serious issue on its own. If she does this again, I would seriously consider kicking her out. But talk to her first and give her a chance to learn from her mistake.
This is why door locks were invented. I would have locked my door and left. The kids aren't mine or my problem. Any and all damage should be paid for by her or him. Any other problem can be sorted out in court.
katachristic
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"No." problem solved.
You don't have kids do you? Your comment makes it obvious.
kids or not their saying if she didn't want to watch 4 kids simply say no. whole problem and FML would a been avoided if op was comfortable enough to say no to her roommate
Could she not have babysat them at their house? I obviously don't know the full story but isn't that usually how it goes?
My neigbour has been in a situation where she needed to run out fast for an emergency and I had to take her kids with very little notice. She had no other options at this point, and in reply to someone suggesting a daycare, most daycare's don't run in the evening, and I've never heard of one running overnight. Even if they did, most daycare's don't take last minute kids. There is usually a huge process with paperwork and the like. Yes, it sucks for OP, but as long as something like this doesn't happen all the time, there is no reason to make a huge deal out of it.
Just saw the first response from OP, so yes this case was inappropriate, and the roommate should be told to next time go to her parents house.
This is why you don't have roommates. They think they can do whatever without considering the other parties feelings smh hope/glad the kid's ok
nykkilynn16
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I HATE roommates like that. I've got some that do the same things. I feel for you!
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There's no better birth control than babysitting....or being the roommate of a babysitter. Good luck OP
Little kids give EF5 tornados a run for their money when it comes to destruction.