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Am I allowed to mad that my stepdad never thanks me for babysitting? My family is moving over summer and my 17 yo sibling is usually the one to be outside helping fix cars and pack and doing a lot of the heavy lifting because they don’t like handling the
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Anonymous 14w

they should be paying you AND thanking you. they signed up for the labor of taking care of children. you did not

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Anonymous 14w

Babies, and I’m good with kids. So I watch our 2yo brother and 9mo sister while everyone else packs and fixes and does everything else. And every single time when my stepdad comes back in, he always does a loud “thank you Sibling for all your help, I’m so grateful” and I know I’m not being super helpful since I just do the one job but I like being thanked for it, because it’s kind of hard to wrangle them both and keep them from screaming the whole time

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Anonymous 14w

Adding onto this, my sibling and stepdad got into a fight today and he told them they owed him 30 hours hard labor and I pointed out that they have been giving plenty of hard labor with all the packing and fixing and helping with kids when I’m busy. He got so fucking pissed when I said that last part tho, told us it was our responsibility, we pointed out they’re not our kids and not our responsibility and he said “do you really want to play that card, cause you’re not my kids” and then failed to

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 14w

They don’t have the extra money to pay me, as it is, I’ve been dipping into my savings to help with gas money and getting the new property cleared up (which they do thank me for)

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14w

people get paid a lot to take care of 2 kids especially at those ages. do not downplay the labor that you do. you didn’t sign up for any of that so don’t make it your responsibility. try to save as much as you can and set yourself up for success. imo your parents should be giving you money never taking yours. you’re a really kind a giving person but also make sure to lookout for your future

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14w

Listen to us when we explained that no we aren’t his kids, but he is grown adult who made the choice to marry a women with two teenagers, we never made the choice for our mom to get pregnant, we never chose to have two younger siblings. And he got so fucking pissed

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 14w

So yeah, he doesn’t thank me because he considers this a job I have to do no matter what and I know he’s going to be fucked to high heaven when I move out to live with my spouse

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