A young couple with two kids visits the husband’s parents. The couple is annoyed that the parents still ask the wife to babysit her former short-term gig when they visit. The wife is tired of it, especially now that they have a four-month-old baby to take care of. During a recent visit, the parents ask the wife to watch her little brother, and the husband confronts them, telling them to stop expecting her to be their babysitter. The parents are upset and the couple is wondering if they are in the wrong. What do you think? Read on to find out more.
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A couple confronts their parents for frequently asking the wife to babysit her little brother while they visit. The wife used to babysit her brother 6 years ago, but she’s now married and has her own kids to take care of. The couple is fed up with the parents’ behavior and thinks it’s ridiculous that they still expect her to babysit. Despite having their own 4-month-old child, the parents continue to call regularly, asking the wife to come over and watch her little brother. During a recent visit, the parents asked if the wife could stay and watch her brother because they had an appointment to attend. The couple was annoyed and told the parents that they were done visiting until they stopped treating the wife like a babysitter. The parents are now upset and believe that the couple is withholding their grandkids from them. However, the couple is standing their ground. What do you think? AITA?
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