Picture this: You run a small daycare, spending 35 hours a week caring for children. You love your job, but after a long day, you crave some adult interaction, a chance to wind down. But every time you meet your friends, they bring their children along, turning your social time into an extended workday. This is the reality for our ‘Daycare Diva’, a woman in her early 30s who’s now questioning if she’s wrong for wanting some kid-free time. Let’s dive into her story. ️♀️
The Daycare Diva’s Dilemma
Working with Kids: A Labor of Love ❤️
The Need for Adult Time ⏰
The Unexpected Guests
The Tipping Point
The Confrontation
The Backlash
The Daycare Diva’s Dilemma: Is She Wrong for Wanting Kid-Free Time?
Our ‘Daycare Diva’ is in a pickle. She adores her job and the children she cares for, but when her friends insist on bringing their kids to every social gathering, her patience wears thin. From fancy dinners turned into fast food outings to bars morphing into playgrounds, she’s had enough. She’s not against children; she just craves some adult interaction after a long day at work. But when she finally voices her feelings, she’s labeled as ‘evil.’ Is she wrong for wanting some kid-free time? Let’s see what the internet has to say about this.
RELATED STORIES
NTA wants adult time, friends need babysitters. Messy situation ♀️
NTA. Bringing kids to a bar? Ridiculous! People are stupid.
Set boundaries and ask for respect. No kids allowed events.
NTA. Parents bringing kids to adult spaces ruins the experience
NTA. Friends hijacked plans to go to a bar. Not cool
NTA. Friends’ kids hijack social life. Need adult time! ♀️
Daycare owner wants adult time, friends bring kids without warning. NAH
Deserving a break from kids? NTA, you’re not the a**hole!
NTA for wanting adult time. Friends and GF sound entitled
NTA for wanting adult time, but communication breakdown caused misunderstandings.
NTA. Finding sitters is tough, try virtual happy hours instead!
NAH. Friends need babysitters, but OP can stay home.
INFO: NTA if you asked nicely, but kids will be kids
NTA. Wanting adult time with friends, but should communicate better. ♀️
Wanting adult time without friends’ kids during Covid. NTA!
NTA. Wanting adult time is totally understandable
YTA. Find childless friends if you want kid-free socializing ♀️
Wanting kid-free time? NAH. Friends bringing kids? COVID complicates.
Are the events actually specified as adults-only? Let’s clarify.
NTA. Find friends who understand and respect your need for adult time.
The great divide: friends with kids vs. friends without kids
NTA. Adult time should be respected.
NTA. Rude, irresponsible parents bring their child to a bar?
Struggling with friends’ kids invading social life
Friends taking advantage of daycare owner for free childcare.
Seek out childfree groups and stop being a pushover.
Parents assume kids are always invited. NTA needs childfree friends.
NTA for wanting adult time. Parents being selfish and manipulative.
![Image credit: [deleted] | [deleted]](https://static.diply.com/b19ee787-bb2e-45ab-bdc5-4c447c0c7bb0.png)
Parents’ logic questioned: Babysitter vs. public exposure?
NTA. Friends’ kids ruining adult plans
Finding a sitter during COVID?
NTA, but embrace your friends’ kids and enjoy adult time
NTA: Kids at bars and fancy restaurants? No way!
Daycare owner wants adult time without feeling like she’s at work.
Frustrated parents and daycare owner seek understanding during pandemic. NAH.
No judgment, we’re all tired of kids right now.
Parents, please leave your kids at home for adult time!
![Image credit: [deleted] | [deleted]](https://static.diply.com/ab401b76-4cd0-43fe-bb8e-e60482714d70.png)
NTA. Single mom wants adult time without constant parental duties.
NTA. Need a break from kids? Totally understandable and healthy!
NAH, friends’ kids hijack daycare owner’s social life during Covid-19
ECE worker tired of being a kid magnet, wants adult time
Trying to have fun but kids are ruining the party
NTA: Daycare owner deserves adult time without friends’ kids.
YTA for expecting friends to find sitters during pandemic. Try boozy lunches with girlfriends for adult time
Is ‘white tie’ the new meme on AITA? NTA!
![Image credit: [deleted] | [deleted]](https://static.diply.com/ca25402e-79b7-47a1-9f89-4a0cd6194771.png)
Parents demand free babysitting: Daycare owner sets boundaries.
NTA But seriously, a child in a bar? ♂️
NTA – Everyone agrees she’s not the a**hole
NTA – Everyone agrees, she deserves adult time!
Childcare worker deserves adult time too!
NTA wants adult time, suggests dinner party without kids
NTA. Want adult time but keep accommodating kids? Break away!
Fed up with friends bringing kids to adult events
NTA – Daycare owner wants adult time, suggests meeting at Joe’s Joint for drinks & snacks. No sitter? Misses seeing friends this time, but up for Chucky Cheese next time.
![Image credit: [deleted] | [deleted]](https://static.diply.com/df08541c-224e-4882-976a-ca9d9b21bd86.png)
NTA. Former nanny wants adult time without friends’ kids.
NTA, parenting without a babysitter is a special kind of hell
INFO: Are you enabling your friends’ lack of adult time?
NTA Try a babysitting rotation to get some adult time!
NTA: Friends upset at declined hangouts, bring noisy kids. Cut time short, consequences.
“NTA – Let’s go to the bar!” implies child-free plans.
NTA: Wanting adult time without kids, especially in fancy settings
NTA, time to make new friends and ditch the kids!
Frustrated friend wants adult time without fussy kids
NTA. Daycare owner deserves adult time to unwind and relax
Setting boundaries for personal time and self-care is important.
Parents’ dilemma: Balancing social life and pandemic child care.
NTA. Friends clueless about daycare owner’s need for adult time.
Parents need to respect boundaries and ask before bringing kids!
Grandparents happily babysat, why can’t friends respect child-free plans?
Is it wrong to call kids parasites? Let’s discuss!
“NTA I feel you! Exhausting when friends’ kids take over. “
