Hi, I’m Rebecca, and at 30 years old, I’ve got quite a story about my sister, Anna. Here’s the lowdown on our recent family drama.
Anna’s been living with us while she goes to university. We agreed she’d pay $500 a month to cover her room, utilities, and food. She also promised to help with chores and babysit our two kids occasionally. We put everything in writing to avoid confusion.
To give you some context, if Anna lived on campus, she’d be paying around $1,200 a month for a shared room. Staying with us for a year costs her $6,000 compared to the $9,600 she’d spend at school and then back at our parents’ place. This arrangement worked perfectly for two years. Anna was a fantastic student and a great sister.
But recently, things got complicated. Anna has a serious boyfriend now, and she wants to spend more time with him. She started complaining about babysitting every other Saturday night, which led to a big argument.
I reminded her of our agreement, especially since she hadn’t finished her studies. I even suggested hiring a babysitter and asked her to cover the cost since it was part of our deal. Anna didn’t like this idea at all. She felt I was taking advantage of her and using up all her money, and she got really upset.
On top of Anna being mad, my whole family is on my case too. They think I’m being too harsh, treating her like an unpaid nanny. Mom even said I should let Anna stay for free and not touch her finances.
I stood my ground, reminding everyone of our agreement. I also suggested Anna could live on campus next semester, thinking it was a fair solution. But Mom got furious and threatened to cut ties with me!
Just yesterday, I found Anna packing her bags. She didn’t tell me where she was going and wanted to keep it a secret. She threw some harsh words at me, calling me mean and saying I was making her life harder. It’s tough. We had a deal, and I thought it was fair, but now I’m not so sure what to think.
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I can see her paying room and board and helping with utilities and food but the truth is those are your children and you shouldn’t expect her to babysit, she is young and deserves her time being young, one day she may make the choice to have kids and will have to pay a sitter if she wants time away from them. When you have kids you have to give up your alone time, it was your choice, ask your mother to babysit, Im sure grandma would love time with the grandkids.