My brother-in-law refuses to babysit even when it’s an emergency – I had a go at him but everyone thinks I’m the idiot
A MAN explained he was furious with his brother-in-law for refusing to help out with babysitting and insisting he is “baby free”. But people have said the dad is the one being selfish by expecting his brother-in-law’s help. The disgruntled parent said that he had had a go at his wife’s brother and now his […]
A MAN explained he was furious with his brother-in-law for refusing to help out with babysitting and insisting he is “baby free”.
But people have said the dad is the one being selfish by expecting his brother-in-law’s help.
The disgruntled parent said that he had had a go at his wife’s brother and now his in-laws are furious with him.
Taking to Reddit he said: “[My wife and I] usually have members of my in-laws take our son, 4, whenever we have a work trip or a shift coming up.
“From my wife’s mom to her sister to her dad except for my 31-year-old brother-in-law (wife’s brother).
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“He’s made it clear he is just not interested in spending time with his nephew, keeps saying that the reason for that is that he’s actually ‘child free’.
“For so many emergencies he has turned me and my wife away when we begged him to watch our son and he didn’t even budge or apologise for his attitude.
“It all came to head a couple of days ago, I had a work meeting while my wife was out of town and my in-laws were attending a wedding so no one was free to watch my son except for my brother-in-law.
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“I showed up to his place and told him I was desperate for help and needed him to just watch my son for two hours.
“He refused, even suggested I take him with me to work but that’s not a good suggestion. I begged him and he just said no.
“I had enough I confronted him and asked why. Does he not like his nephew? And he threw that: ‘no it’s just that I’m child free’ excuse which made me lose it.
“I told him to just stop because it’s cringe of him to keep saying that and use it as an excuse to be unsupportive of me and his sister and cold towards his nephew.
“I told him he should really do better and stop being so negative but he got mad and said I had no right to disrespect his lifestyle/choices but it’s the attitude that gets me.
“We had an exchange of words where he said my son isn’t his responsibility whatsoever then I left.”
But it seems that that wasn’t where they left it as the father’s in-laws were furious with him for the confrontation.
He said: “[My brother-in-law] complained to my in-laws and they ‘called me out’ for disrespecting their son and treating him like that.
“They insisted that he’s not responsible for my son and I shouldn’t expect so much from him then guilt him about it.
“They wanted me to apologise and my wife said I should but he was about as helpful and supportive as a rock so, I decided I will take my time before I consider apologising.”
Fellow Reddit users were quick to jump in with their opinion… and it didn’t look good for the dad.
One said: “How entitled are you? Your brother-in-law has been clear about who he is and what he won’t do, but because that’s not convenient to you, you feel you can disrespect it.
“This is a failure of your organisation. How can you guys not have a sitter? I am a single dad and never ended up in your situation, because I planned for it.”
Another said: “The entitlement here – because you had a child, your WHOLE FAMILY has to look after him, whether they want to or not?! What? Pay for some childcare.”
While a third said: “The entitlement of thinking someone else is being the jerk because they repeatedly warn you they’re not interested in watching your kid.
“Not everyone has to be interested in children.”
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