Man Doubts His Decision to Abruptly Bail After Being Pressured to Babysit His Nephews and Seeks Advice Online

Some family favors stop feeling like favors the moment someone tries to turn them into an obligation. In this story, one man said no to babysitting his nephews, only to have his sister-in-law show up anyway and try to leave the kids with him.

What makes it messy is that his brother had already flown out of town, the request came after he had refused, and the family quickly split into sides over whether he was being unfair or simply standing his ground. The situation escalated fast, and even a neighbor ended up noticing the tension at his door.

Now the whole family is arguing over who was really out of line. Read on.

Here's the start of the story, which gives you a bit of a preface about the family and why the sister-in-law may have needed him to watch the kids.

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He goes on to discuss the "agreement" that they have.

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His brother flew out of town, and the day after, he received a call asking if he could watch the kids.

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That is where the whole thing started to unravel.

He mentioned that she just texted him afterward, saying that she was on her way to bring the kids so he could watch them.

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His neighbor even saw his sister-in-law looking in his windows and knocking on his door to see if he was there.

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His brother was, of course, on his wife's side, and they continued to call him unreliable and irresponsible.

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Now the family is fully in the middle of it.

This has clearly caused many problems within the family now.

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What do you think he should have done?

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Then the comments started rolling in.

This is similar to the brother-in-law dispute over overdue family bills.

Then the comments started rolling in.

stardust591

He said no, and that should have been the end of it.

audreyclare

Exactly; she can hire a sitter, and the kids aren't your responsibility.

ChampagneTastes281

A lot of people sided with him right away.

People definitely think that the original poster is in the right and that his sister-in-law is being unreasonable.

Turbulent_Message637

This is the one. Definitely.

ironicmirror

He's not the asshole, and the sister-in-law should have planned better.

Myobright2344

This is not okay under any circumstances because no means no, and those aren't his kids.

MischievousBish

They need to respect him because he doesn't owe them free babysitting.

MontanaRogues

People are really wild.

sordonez96

It's definitely not okay for her to try to force him to watch the kids.

crazymamallama

This story was a little bit crazy. How do some people think it's okay to just show up and expect someone to watch their kids?

People on Reddit seem to agree that he is not the asshole and that the sister-in-law is a bit out of line for bringing the children over unannounced after he said no. No means no.

Some boundaries really do need to stay closed.

Before you bail on babysitting again, see the family-move fight over refusing unpaid help.