Mom's Ad For A Babysitter Is Completely Insane

Some babysitting ads are straightforward, and some are so demanding they practically become their own comedy routine. This one falls squarely into the second category, with a long list of expectations, a low hourly rate, and a lot of people wondering how anyone thought it was reasonable.

The post centers on a mother looking for childcare, but the details quickly make the whole thing feel wildly out of touch. Between the experience required, the pay offered, and the extra demands, the ad sparked plenty of reactions from people who could not believe what they were reading.

By the time the comments started rolling in, the babysitter search had turned into a full-blown internet debate. Read on.

This is her list of demands. Talk about unreasonable!

Wait... what? Nine years of experience and a Bachelor's degree, but you want to pay them $10 an hour? It's understandable that some internet users were slightly perplexed by this post and commented accordingly.

That pay rate did not exactly help her case.

Wait... she wanted them to provide their own snacks for the kids?!

I never thought I'd say NYC people were more realistic, but here we go.

This is the same kind of messy math as a new mom asking if she’s wrong to split babys expenses with a better-off friend.

This sounds like a more fair set of terms.

Unless you count getting ridiculed as an inquiry.

Great deal!

Pretty much.

No, thank you.

Definitely is not.

And someone with real-world experience.

Sounds like a fun degree.

Most likely.

$5,000 a month? I'm in the wrong game.

More real-life experience.

Highly unlikely.

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For “our money” drama with a babysitter-style fallout, read about a SAHM whose husband said she’s spending her earnings “wrong”.