Dabney, I once knew a guy who refused to wipe his butt because, "that's gay". Needless to say, the friendship ended right then and there. I was appalled.
I'm sure there is a ton of hypocrisy there. Like, I'm sure its not gay to jerk off, only to wipe your ass and probably some random thing like drink from a straw.
First story: I 100% agree that it was justified to call the police, especially given that she was thoroughly warned, and she was leaving texts on read, plus if it rings twice and goes to voicemail, that means they saw it was ringing, saw who it was, and declined the call. This woman was actively choosing to ignore the person watching her children, and regardless of if she's late in coming home, that's a safety hazard.
@@Richard_Nickerson Exactly! "Oh, it's just the babysitter. Eh, I'll call them back when I start heading home at 4 am" Meanwhile her kid is having an emergency appendectomy or got kidnapped by that unnamed father or some shit
There's the added layer of the fact that if she hadn't called the cops like friend said and just refused to sit for her again, she would have 1000% just done it to someone else. That was legit the only way to correct the mom's behavior.
@@dupee5223 Exactly, especially since she had been shown to be CONSISTENTLY hours late before this point, and OP was MORE than generous with warning her. And I keep harping on this, but it's sticking in my brain, she did READ the messages, and left OP on read. She KNEW what she was being warned about, chose to ignore it, and then was pissed when it wasn't an empty threat
on the flipside, the mom could have been in serious trouble. Maybe she's been kidnapped and the kidnappers are just too dumb to turn off her phone. Maybe she's fallen and keeps trying to pick up and failing. You kind of HAVE to assume something like this when your babysitter keeps calling you and you don't pick up. I mean, what mother just willingly ignores their children potentially being in real trouble? This one, apparently. Hopefully she never sees her kids again.
I went to college and had a group of friends, there was one guy who kinda came along as a package with a great guy. He was weird, he was annoying, but he was okish. But he smelled all the time, he didn’t wear deodorant, we noticed discolouration on his shirts and realised he didn’t wash them often, he was literally taking it off, leaving hung up to dry and putting it back on with no deodorant. Then we noticed he was also smelling of poop, we only just noticed cos the smell had been growing. He also itched his butt against the edge of chairs & corners of tables... We as a group decided we needed to speak to him, apparently his original friend had tried and said he wouldn’t gossip about him, but we would find he had “reasons” So we had an intervention of sorts... turned out he didn’t shower daily, just every Sunday and it was a very fast shower. Basically he stepped in, got wet & stepped out. no soap, no products, no actual washing, he’d get a longer shower if it rained! He also did not wipe his arse! It seemed his family were SUPER religious, his parents taught him wiping his arse was “gay” it was not necessary, it was just “playing with it for pleasure”. He showered quickly and whilst wearing underpants because it was “gay” to see & touch your privates (he sat down to pee, yeah someone said if you can’t touch it, how do you pee?) After the shower he put the wets underwear on the radiator to dry and put on the pair he had “washed” the following Sunday. Apparently the scratching was because his arse itches like crazy, we had to literally educate him about swamp ass... and advise him to see medical help because his butt bleeds and “gets sore”turned out he had abscesses and sores between the cheeks and on his starfish! We also found out that he’d been taught personal care products were ALL unnecessary and would... guy guessed it... make him gay! We got the school to get him into therapy and counselling. With the counselling and being away from home, he changed completely. By the time he next visited home his parents disowned him for turning gay and disgusting them and god. But he came back and said he didn’t care, because now he didn’t stink he realised how much his family & their home did. So he reported the family to Social Services (that’s the CPS here) to get his sisters help. He’s a very well adjusted family man these days, he has a wife, couple of nibblets and after college he went to work in Counselling & Therapy, focussing mainly on religious de-programming for kids abused by religious parents. He also smells great and is still not showing any signs of the soap turning him gay... better still, when one of our group came out, he was the one in there with the first and biggest hug, because now he knows gay is not the worst thing a person can be... his parents took that crown!
Thank you all for recognizing the friend needed help, not rejection. Your focus on kindness and lifting him with access to proper resources literally changed his life, hopefully his sister's lives, and the lives of every person he cpunsels. That poor man had to have been in significant pain with those rectal sores, and for what purpose? It's just heartbreaking that ignorance festers that way.
@@johanaklaudyova8764 sadly it's not... He occasionally tells us stories worse than his own... He obviously never gives any details, but he'll tell us about the literal crimes these religious nutbags commit. Normally he doesn't even say the gender of a patient, but this one story it was obvious... Person when starting their period, was beaten for "copulating with satan & his demons" After this her father would "check" their underwear and each month they were put in their room, made kneel against a wall & pray nonstop. The father would sit watching from the doorway & he whipped her if she stopped praying... Out loud. At first she was allowed bathroom breaks, but then he accused them of speaking to satan in the bathroom. So he bought a kiddy pool & they knealt in that and bathroom needs had to just happen in situ. These parents were big in their church & popular. Their kids looked perfect to the outside world. Patient later found her mother would be literally whipped for "being Satan's ho" when her period came each month, but she had to pray & not cry out during punishment. So the mother would try to be pregnant always. So patient had 16 siblings so far. Luckily patient was looking back in therapy, they were out, but had siblings still home who were not permitted to speak their siblings name... Definitely not speak to or meet with. Sadly there's a LOT more effed up families than we even realise & many of them are perfectly normal seeming.
Wow. That's an awesome story! A bit back in my family on my mother's side, they were almost cultish. At my grandmother's house, they didn't have a TV, and just had bible readings a couple of times every day. Other than that they just sat around. They had eight kids, including my mother of course. So when all those kids started having kids of their own, they luckily softened a bit, instead of going balls to the wall. Ended up leaving their super religious church. They were still religious, but they got to have a TV, and luckily for us grandkids, it wasn't a big bore to visit them. They still had the bible readings. I went to a somewhat christian elementary school, in a christian society. You learnt you were a christian, there was no choice, you were. We said grace before eating lunch at school. (later becoming illegal 🤟 in my country unless it's a christian private school) We had classes about christianity in and out, and a few short classes on the other religions, which were communicated like there was something wrong with them, and fairytale like. All this, mixed with my mother's family made me realise at as young as seven or eight that it was all bullshit. So I like to say I was born atheist. I'm glad my grandmother softened up, because she didn't judge me for being a non believer. She grew a lot. She died during easter. I didn't visit her enough. Sorry for the essay. It's our country's independence day, and I'm drunk on a bus, going to a party.
There’s no way CPS wouldn’t have eventually got involved with the first story. That’s a disaster/emergency waiting to happen. It’s almost a good thing happened when this wasn’t a dire emergency.
Her paycheck from the dude is gone, that's the problem, smart kid did the best thing for those kids, because this trash woman was raising future bad people.
Story about adoption: my response to her would be "I want you to cut all ties with your family" and if she asks why. I would simply respond with almost what she said. "Cause I want you to focus on our child."
Yep and that argument would be over. I can't believe she would just dump a child and not just any child but her own BIL into the system. I would start thinking of how co-parenting would work
I would ask the wife to put herself in OP's shoes. If she had a younger sibling of that age, their parents were to suddenly die, and they had absolutely 0 other family, if she were to give that sibling off to the system. If the answer is yes, then having a child with her was a terrible idea...
@SilkandStones true but I don't know if I would want to stay with someone that would tell me to put my little brother up for adoption after we just lost our parents!
And lemme add here that maybe JUST MAYBE (like Fast and Furious). When I grew up. That was one of my families main thing. That FAMILY IS IMPORTANT. Yeah...... there are situations that you need to cut out a or the entire family due to (insert reasons here like certain x rated stuff or abuse).
My dad used to get mad at me for "using too much toilet paper" when I was a kid. He tried to convince me to wipe like he does to conserve toilet paper, which consisted of wadding up about 10 squares and scraping it across your butt once, then throwing it in the toilet. He repeated this twice, then declared the job finished. Confused as to why he was able to clean better using so many squares for just one wipe, I asked him if his last wipe had poop on it. He responded "yes, of course." He never explained why he knew his butt was clean after his last wipe. Whenever the cats got into his laundry basket, my brother and I would find his shit-stained underwear scattered around the house. My dad hasn't improved his hygiene to this day, but he still thinks I'm crazy for "wiping too much."
I wash my hands before I do anything really, but ever since I discovered that, no matter how much toilet paper you use, there's _always_ gonna be some left on your hand I wash twice after going. Good on you for not following your dad there lad 😕
“Your client potential losing her kids is worth being petty?” Okay so you admit that the client behaved in a way that may warrant her losing the kids? It’s not on a babysitter to cover for that
That mom was thinking about losing her own kids, which I assume that means she's a good mom and won't dump her kids on random strangers to go partying. But I'm going to be generous and assume she was kinda privilege blind in that "I've never seen (insert thing) therefore it doesn't exist". So she doesn't understand that not all parents will put their kids' needs before personal desires
As a parent, the "not the favorite" story just BROKE MY HEART. I cannot imagine treating any of my children like how those parents treated their child. They are shockingly disgusting.
@@RobDaCajun they obviously were not. How could they take advantage of the money gifted from the grandparents to the kids (HER portion in particular) AND, on top of that, further steal from her by demanding a portion of her hard-earned money for rent??? And all this just to live like royalty with money that wasn't even theirs! Grrrrr! I'm SO furious on her behalf! People like her "parents" (
@@RobDaCajun a sad thing about some parents who play favorites is that the favorite just happened to be more closely aligned with the parent’s fantasies of their dream child or has an easier temperament than the other. Sometimes ageism, sexism, or ableism factors into parental favoritism It’s disgusting. If a parent can’t handle raising anything but their dream child, they shouldn’t have kids.
The thing those parents haven't realized is their golden boy has expressed already that he agrees with OP, he'll leave them too because he sees how awful his parents are.
Golden children just become narcissistic and think about what benefits them most of the time. I have one in my family, and he basically turned out this way and left when it benefitted him (when the parents no longer had money to help him out). The brother probably would have gone with the parents if it was just the nuclear family fighting but with the intervention of the rest of the family, it benefited the younger brother to side with the older one because his reputation wouldn’t be as stained as his parents’. Totally right though, younger brother is going to leave one day regardless whether he realizes his parents are assholes or he just sucks them dry.
@@zozozilla not all the time, my mom basically treated me like the golden child while always comparing my brother to me and insinuating he didn't measure up. Whenever she did it in front of me i'd make sure to call her out on it. My brother and i already had a hard time forming a strong relationship due to being from different marriages, an almost 8 year age gap, and me basically taking the role of a second parent while his father was in the process of obtaining his legal residency. I wasn't going to let her build resentment between us whether she meant to or not. My family relationships are already fucked enough and i don't intend to continue that tradition.
As my mother’s golden child I’d have to disagree. I was pretty much expected to be perfect all the time. It’s too the point where I no longer have a positive reaction to most compliments; I just see them as a form of manipulation.
The cat situation is a big red flag. A person who lack any empathy for animals or your feelings about the animals is not a person you should trust. 100% NTA
Also a red flag if a person is jealous of an animal! My fiancé and I found a stray cat, and we both give this little garbage goblin more spoiling than we do each other lmao
Agreed. That was my first thought: that anyone who harms animals or would put an animal in a situation where it could be harmed is just not a good person period.
That wife in the third story is heartless, she wants that poor kid would be alone in the world, and for what? OP can certanly balance out things between the baby and the brother (tbh i dont think we can even compare those two relationships)
That poor 14 year old kid. To me, having him move in is a no brainer. Of course you take him in. And make sure he knows that he is special and important and necessary to your continued happiness. And having a young uncle in the house after the baby is born is only a benefit for everyone. That baby will be so loved!
If I had that big of an agegap with my little sibling and we somehow lost parents I’d absolutely without question take them in my house to offer stability. It feels good to after a major life change like that to have your older sibling have your back. Someone older to trust and lean on. Very important when you are a teen… even beyond 18 if you ask me. You don’t turn adult overnight being an adult is an attitude thing. I didn’t feel quite 100% there yet at 18, yeah I understood my responsibilities. I still liked to ask older people in my life if I was insecure about grown up things (could argue even now that I am older than that it is nice to ask people for their pov on experiences I still need to make).
@@MiriamCamilla if something happened I’d be there straight away for my sisters. I’m adopted and came from an abusive family, but my sisters absolutely have my back and I 100% have theirs. No huge age gap or anything, but we’d be there for one another. My eldest sister has made my Godparent and if something ever happened to her and my BIL, I would 100% step-up and care for my nieces and nephew because I adore them and would want to give them stability, because as you said, that stability is really important to children growing up
Favorite child story: I feel story for OP but even sorrier for OP's brother. He's going to be caught in the middle now and having to constantly listen to his parents putting OP and his grandparents down for no longer financially supporting them. I hope he can rise above it and not become embittered that HE will now need to get a job to pay for his expenses.
That favoritism story made me absolutely livid. I grew up in a household where my parents only ever cared about my ability to do chores for them and whenever I dissented or spoke out against them they came down on me like a collapsing house. OP's mother trying to make the excuse that their father only told them to move out in "the heat of the moment" is hardly an excuse at all, it just shows EXACTLY how manipulative they are towards OP. As the edit showed, OP's parents literally only cared about the money and free labor that OP brings in, and nothing more. When OP called their bluff, they tried to backpedal and blame OP for exposing them and their gaslighting, manipulation, and abuse all came out in those final few days. I hope OP doesn't end up in a bad place from all this. I know from experience how horribly a household like that can fuck you up as an adult trying to make their way in the world.
@@aliencat11 probably not. He has no reason to leave. Unlike the OP, his brother is actually being spoiled by them. If that kid ever leaves, it'll be because he has become exactly like his parents, and feels like he no longer needs them or something
My mother was the exact same, I was made to care for the entire household, care for my mother and my brother because she just didn’t want to be responsible or parent, so I was neglected, psychologically abused, physically abused, and I eventually snapped, because shocker, constant abuse and forcing a child to be fully responsible for an entire household, an adult and another child, is extremely stressful. As an adult I escaped as soon as I could, and I was psychologically abused and made to feel horrible for caring about myself and putting my mental health first, so as I got older I kept contact minimal. I’d only be contacted to ask for money, to tell me I need to give my brother money (despite him being an adult male who could work and just didn’t want to), telling me I’m horrible, to make me fee guilty about things, or to just straight up steal money from me. So I cut all contact and they only ever tried contacting me to send abuse, to be homophobic, to be ableist, to be sexist, to send abuse after abuse after abuse, so I exposed them on social media and they were upset because “she’s painting herself as the victim”… when I literally was, they just refuse to acknowledge their actions and instead of recognising they abused me, they call it “drama”. Nothing of value was lost by cutting them out of my life.
First Story: NTA how in the hell could the mother think SIX HOURS past the 9pm deadline, when the babysitter was hired until, was a good thing? The mother also never contacted OP or texted her and just ghosted Op's called and texts. For all OP knew the mother was in a ditch somewhere.
The thing that makes it worse is the mother left OP on read. This means she was either at least reading the messages and laughing OP's threat of calling the police off to her friends, or again could be dead in a ditch and the phone is on the messaging screen, with a half written message that was never sent. It's absolutely disgusting that she would abandon her kids like that. I mean, if she thought it was ok to abandon her kids with a near complete stranger, then who knows if she even thought for example that the babysitter isn't a child murderer, like wtf.
OP friend is straight up foolish thinking a babysitter who was told the mother was gonna be back by 9pm, then stays out until 3am without any contacts. I feel bad for any babysitter OP friends ever gets because she's going to treat them the same way OP was treated.
5:36 so, in short, her logic is "i can kick the cat out, leave it with no shelter, food, or experience living in the wild, thats fine right?" but then when the same is done to her its "how to you expect me to live like that!"
Really? I missed that part that's twice as bad since it's known that bad people look for black cats to hurt on Halloween. Lots of shelters won't even adopt black cats out around then
I remember when i lived with my ex and i stumbled upon her toilet paper wrapped bloody pads in the trash. I called her into the bathroom and asked if she was bleeding cuz i saw bloody tissues in the trash. She said that it was her tom and that was her pad and she was sorry i had to see it. I said "its no biggie just wanted to know if you cut or something and if you were okay. The pad is no problem" she straight up cried cuz she's never had anyone say that. I will physically never understand why people chastise women for their periods. Its literally natural and its just a bit of blood and unless they pass out at the sight of blood there's no reason to hide it
Be sure those aren't men... just some creatures with the inteligence somewhere near of koala's. And if you wonder why koalas, those things are baby ass smooth between theyr ears
As an adopted child in a family with 3 bio children, I have never felt like I was treated any different to my siblings. The story about the favoritism is just mind boggling, some humans are trash.
For the skidmark story, EVERY TIME I hear a story about someone getting grossed out by discarded feminine products I just wonder why they don't buy a trash bin with a lid for the bathroom? Seriously a little bin with a lid costs maybe 10 bucks and it would solve all of the problems.
@@daynight9377 ethically speaking you can't say a person doesn't have a right to have children. That being said socially speaking it's not safe for the children to be under her care.
@@Olav_Hansen I disagree completely. Someone that irresponsible DOES NOT DESERVE KIDS bar none. What are they going to do when the kids have scheduled meetings? Pickup times for school? Daycare? Do you think schools and businesses that are LEGAL MANDATED REPORTERS are going to be as lenient as a teenage babysitter?
@@Olav_Hansen of course it's possible to say someone doesn't have the right to have kids. Good example: If a parent beats their children every day and abuses them consistently, they dont have the right to have kids
How... How in the world can a pregnant woman... PREGNANT! Feel that it's appropriate to discard a child who just lost his parents in a horrific manner! I'm with Rslash, apart from one thing. 6/5 butt holes.. This is like Pyschotic/sociopathic levels of empathy, and I would have said, if you weren't having a child together, that you should leave her
The second story is pretty clear cut. Not only did this guy keep his cool, he gave her enough time to move out. She had no right to endanger his pet, no matter how much she didn't like it. I would have given her at most 24 hours to move out. OP is 100% NTA.
I agree about him doing it right and not being a butthole about it, but tge whole story begs the question of why the obvious animosity between girlfriend and cat didn't surface until they moved in together? Like, did the gf never meet the cat before moving in? OP and his gf never hung out at his apartment, he never introduced cat and gf to each other? These issues should've been obvious from the start, so either OP neglegted to properly introduce the two or just ignored any issues and any displeasure his gf expressed, or the gf nevet said anything and pretended to like the cat. Neither of those things are a good foundation for a relationship, so I feel like there's a good chunk of info missing
"She asked if my client potentially losing her kids was worth being petty." Yep! I believe this is what the kids these days would call a 'play dumbfuck games, win dumbfuck prizes' moment.
If I knew someone for two years and for all that time they managed to hide the fact that they were capable of throwing an animal I loved outside to die, I'd freak out wondering what other disgusting traits they were hiding. They'd sure as fuck never again be alone with anyone I loved. They'd be out the door that very night with a go bag to stay at a hotel/friend's house. Their stuff would follow in boxes. Even if you see an animal as simple property, the gf connived to steal and throw out his property and planned on pretending she didn't know what happened. That's shady as hell even if it's your favourite jacket or something; it shows what she'll do to get her way and how little your feelings matter to her. The fact that it's not a jacket but a living family member - one with seniority as far as living in the house! - is orders of magnitude worse.
That first mom deserves a 5 out of 5 for me. 4.5 is too lenient for someone who continuously leaves their kids for hours on end without being able to be contacted and obviously doesn't prioritize her kids or their wellbeing, so much so DFS is actively investigating. I feel like because Rslash's daughter is still in her first year of life, he didn't go as harsh as needed just because he hasn't seen how messed up this situation truly is. As a mom for almost 11 years now, I promise 5 out of 5 is deserved by this POS mom.
Agreed. OP should be paid double the hourly rate for every hour parents are late. I have a tendency to be late and have a working relationship with my sitter to ensure my habit doesn't cut into her plans. I've given her guardianship POA so she can make any decision necessary in case I cannot be reached BUT this is the agreement we have with each other. If an emergency came up on her part where she needed to part with my kids, there was an authorized on-call sitter (not necessary now since my kids are independent now) who could take them. It was needed once or twice in our 10+ year partnership but the transition was smooth even without my immediate contact and both were sufficiently compensated.
Also, she just completely ghosted OP AND the police for HOURS. Never even tried to check in to make sure there wasn’t some kind of emergency. If my babysitter called me, even before the agreed upon time to be home, I would pick that shit up immediately.
Story 1: Some people with children tends to be biased Her friend is imagining how SHE would feel if she had that punishment for pulling the same crap, thus siding with the mother Story 2: Miss me with that 'you have a month' garbage, I get it's polite, but you try and get rid of my pets, you're OUT, right the freak NOW. She might try and hurt the cat in revenge for being booted. Story 3: ...Wish she'd shown those 'I'm a selfish bench' red flags earlier. Now that she's pregnant he's stuck with her for 18 years, either through marriage, or through co-parenting. Thank god OP didn't have a kid from another marriage, because this woman comes off as one of THOSE people. You know the ones, the stepparent who wants the old kids out of the picture in favor of their own. Story 4: I've said it before and I'll say it again: If it only takes the truth to destroy someone, then let it destroy them. OP didn't make them look bad, they made themselves look bad. OP should move out, and let them struggle with rent. Like...when even the golden child is mad, there's no way they can weasel their way out of this. Story 5: I knew toxic masculinity was ridiculous but now it's just insane. Go around and LARP as a SUPER MEGA ALPHA MALE if you must, but practice basic freaking hygiene
As a toxic masculine man by feminist standards (i.e normal straight male) I would never make a scene about feminine hygienic products of my wife that carried my child for 9 months, gave birth and is spending more time taking care of it than me while recovering physically and mentally from giving birth. What a doofus!
Cat story: Glad OP got his cat back but he also dodged a bullet. If she's this controlling this early in a relationship thinking she can throw OP's cat out what else is she going to demand in the future. OP doesn't say how long it was till the end of the month but I don't think I would have given her much long that the end of the next day. She can live on the streets just like she intended the cat to do.
"Is it worth the mom losing the kids because you want to be petty" YES. IT IS. No one that ignores a baby sitter asking when she will be back is a responsible parent. This may be hard for the friend to believe, but keeping the family together sometimes is the WRONG answer. (Edit) Especially since the dad is still around, meaning the kids would still be in the family. Just not with the mom.
The cat was there first. Obviously the immediate eviction was the way to go since OP clearly can’t leave her alone without endangering the cat’s safety. What if she chose to drive a few hours away next time? Or drop it at a high kill shelter?
Exactly. Yeah, this time the cat survived and was found (by sheer luck, as it sounds), but that GF was completely willing to let that cat die in the streets. Just because she wasn't willing to get her own hands dirty this time doesn't mean she won't try something more permanent the next. TBH, "end of the month" for her to move out is still waaaay too lenient here.
I've heard a few stories like this and my response is always the same - ditch the b*tch keep the cat. If my GF or anyone ever did anything like that to my cat, I would go fkn nuclear.
For the first story, I completely agree with the sitter's actions. While she may not have gotten paid, and had her evening ruined, I'm sure that it was worth it. I hope that Karen loses her kids, or otherwise gets #$%#%^ by the system.
Yep. I dated a guy *BRIEFLY* no pun intended who honestly believed that if he wiped his butt properly and…. “Enjoyed” the feeling of touching his butthole, he’d become gay… …….. ……………. ……………. Yeah. Broke that one off quick and am still - to this day - bewildered. And I have heard this - almost verbatim - from at least a half dozen other guys. Wtf?
That's just nasty. I mean, that HURTS! Just swamp ass hurts and that's mostly sweat. I can't even imagine what actual crap down there feels like after a day 🤮🤮🤮
You're not being petty OP. The EM just wanted a baby sitter so that she can go out and party/drink/ Lord knows what. She's a mom. She chose to have those kids. She chose to give up her responsibility. OP did the right thing by getting the cops and CPS involved.
This and OP's friend is a complete idiot. This is a reoccurring issue which is bad enough but how dare the friend drop the "you don't have kids, she's a single mom, blah blah blah"? This heifer isn't out here working every weekend, she going out for almost 24 hours partying *every weekend* and not even getting back to OP to, at bare minimum see if her kids were even ok. Not to mention the complete lack of respect she has for OP: her time, money and physical/emotional well being (constantly being exhausted from an almost 24 hour shift and worrying because she can't get ahold of the mother). Yeah that right there screams mother of the freaking year. 🙄
@@ashh4929 I don't have kids (yet) and I totally freakin agree. Like even me who don't have kids yet was like "WTF? She doesn't check in, call, text, HAVE A RELATIVE CHECK IN TO OP.." The mother must really see those kids as meal tickets.
@@TheDarkLink7 Me too, I'm completely child free and I've seen enough people like this to know that this mom isn't some brow beaten single mom working to provide a good life by working 80 hours a week. And she is more than entitled to have her fun weekend and down time don't get me wrong. However, she isn't entitled to completely ignore the person caring for her kids, she isn't entitled to be later than agreed upon (like with any job). I have to agree they just seem like meal tickets and to be honest I'm surprised she noticed her kids were gone before dawn. I mean she really hasn't shown much concern for them before then.
@@ashh4929 I mena if I were OP. I would definitely go where child protected service is and have a chat with them. And I totally agree. If she was an 80 hour a week trying to provide for them and was burnt out. I do agree that she should be like "Hey OP I know you don't have kids and I know you have plans but is there any way or time where you can watch my kids for a day or so. I am so burnt out and I feel like I need just some time to get my sanity back." Something like that where she is nicely asking.
I am also wondering what the Mom is like when there isn't a sitter in the house, it's probably not much better. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was a level of parentification going on because such a selfish attitude probably doesn't limit itself to just hired help for the kids, thus if she loses them it might be a good thing as I suspect the kids might be better off with their Dad.
There's one thing people should remember : if you think that someone "Made you look bad" by telling the truth, then you ARE bad. That favoritism story was infuriating especially for the fact that there was no background reason for it.
on the fourth story; this is insane. i feel like many kids feel like this but i am SO happy that this girl got help. she sounds amazing and she did the right thing on SO many levels!!! wait- DID OP HAVE A JOB BUT THE MOTHER DIDNT???? OP HAD TO PAY RENT????!
First story: Did i get this right? The agreed time was 6. The mother disrespected that agreement and made it 9. then it actually became 12 until OP decided to not wait for the mom and the mother returned at 3? So the mother expects the babysitter to basically be there 9 extra hours?!?
I took your advice and got a bidet, and you were totally right about the life-changing experience that followed. I'm so grateful for your suggestion. I've even made it a requirement that all guests must try it. Everyone loves it!😂
4th story is so great to hear. OP did well and the grandparents/relatives are complete MVP's! Its so great to see they back OP up, i hope she went total NC and is now happy with the grandparents, hopefully the parent's actions wont affect OP's relationship with her brother, he doesnt seem to have no idea of what was happening.
My ex husband used to leave the same marks on his underware, he left and now cannot for his life's sake, clean his clothes and has to buy new ones. Great Revenge in my opinion, he will never be able to clean his clothes as I do 🤣
The very second I hear that my girlfriend has kicked out my cat, then that's the very second I'm 100% done with her. I don't care if it's a 2 year relationship or a 20 year relationship. If you do something like that to any pet (Cat, Dog, Rabbit, Snake) then you are out. Hell knows what else you're capable of "But I would need to live on the streets". Hey, if you think it's good enough for my pet then it should be good enough for you (Skidmark story: Buy a Bidet, sorted)
There was an error in the narration of the story. The child from that story, according to the post was 14M or fourteen months. So just a baby entering toddler territory. However, I still think that OP should be able to adopt and raise his brother especially since his wife and he are looking to start a family, which I believe was mentioned earlier in the post lol. Wife is totally the asshole in this situation especially since the boy could have a chance to grow up with his brother’s family with a child close to his age. And unfortunately, the brother would probably forget all memories of their parents so his older brother could continue their legacy for him. I think it’s a great opportunity and OP has a wonderful heart either way if the brother was fourteen years or fourteen months.
@@deinnydoes5356 oh that’s totally possible too. I work with services for children so when I see the m after the age, I immediately think months but now that you’ve said that, that makes sense too. Like, I’ve seen that on Reddit before but for some reason it didn’t come to me lol. True though, wife is still wrong no matter what age the kid is lol
The favouritism story… this is so heartbreaking. Poor op deserved so much more love, good on the little brother for siding with his brother. But I’m so worried that he will end up getting the same treatment
For the first story, I actually had something similar happen with one of the parents of a kid who used to go to the daycare I work at about a year and a half ago. Parent was always late and full of excuses. I often was asked to stay late with my boss to wait as at least one teacher has to be in the building with students by law. I'm fine with this as its more money in my pocket. The parent had been charged hundreds of dollars in late fees at this point but still showed up late. One night I'm asked to stay late as usual. My director tries contacting the parent. No answer. Over the next 2 hours my boss tries to get into contact with the parent to no avail. There aren't any other contacts for the kid. My boss let's the parent know over text and voice mail that she has to call the cops soon. FINALLY we get a response. The parent says they're almost here and they should be there in 20 minutes. My boss tells them that she'll have to contact the police after that time frame. 15 minutes later the parent arrived, clearly inebriated and reeking of alcohol. My boss refuses to let the parent take the kid and called the cops with the parent shrieking the whole time about how we were kidnapping the kid. The cops came and took statements. They ended up arresting the parent and taking the kid. I sadly never saw the kid again after that. I'm not sure what happened to them.
At first I thought that the girlfriend in the "Keeping my brother" story was going to be someone who don't want children. In which case, even though it'd still be cold-hearted, you could maybe understand why she wouldn't want a child living in her home. But the kid is 14, not 5 and they were already going to have a child soon anyway, so what the hell? xD
Even if she wouldn't want kids she would have to know that his brother is also someones kid. Her husbands parents kid.His parents haven't found him in the street and since they're dead now OP is his only relative.She knew that. She is also someon's kid. How can she be so cruel? My friend lived in the system it's a nightmare. I adopted my husbands son after we got maried
OP, your parents clearly favour one child over the other and instead of recognising this, they screamed right in your face, treated you horribly, and clearly saw him as the golden child and made you the scapegoat. You’re not the butthole for wanting to leave a toxic household, or for exposing their utterly disgusting behaviour, especially when faced with everything, your father still refused to acknowledge his behaviour. Your grandparents are AMAZING, I’m really happy they have your back so much!
I one time had an old blood stain on my “period panties” and my ex was convinced it was a poopoo stain 😂😂 I had to show him my drawer of period panties and like ask my mom in front of him before he believed me
As someone with kids, I also an 100% on OPs side, you do not live for her, how on Earth she doesn’t put her kids first and have eyes on her phone just in case of emergency is insane to me, even when I go out, I’m a mom, I give a time I’m coming back, or I contact person looking after them to inform them when I’m coming back. She doesn’t respond and yeah, could be something happened to her, calling police is necessary and investigations should be made if this is a constant thing
Hell, I have a rabbit instead of children and when I had to let my friends watch her for a weekend I spent the entire time worried something would go horribly wrong. She was totally fine and chill, and only chewed one thing she wasn't supposed to (I did warn them that her range of chewing is farther than they think!)
@@kai7526 I mean if your phone died or something then it makes sense she couldn’t contact, but beg/borrow to get in touch and check in on your kids right? She said she would be back, to not come back without warning is rude and disrespectful. Consistently doing this, there is clearly a problem
Last story. I know someone who married a guy who had been adopted by a single mom and apparently she hadn't taught him how to properly wipe. So he made it to his late 20s till he got married and when his wife saw how he "wiped" she nicely explained to him how to wipe properly and now he doesn't have anymore issues. So it can happen if the parents don't teach their kids correctly from a young age.
I had the same exact experience with my parents (favoritism story). Sister got college paid for until she failed out, brand new car at 16... etc I never got any of that...I never did anything to warrant that either... straight A's, didn't get in trouble etc...parents genuinely wondered why our relationship was strained.
"Her potentially losing her kids was worth me being petty?" EXCUSE ME?! This woman CONSISTENTLY leaves her sitters in the lurch and NEVER LEARNS. She is an UNFIT mother, and absolutely WILL continue this behavior until she faces REAL consequences, and not just "I can't find a babysitter, because they all know the truth about me." Meanwhile, her own children are learning that she never keeps her promises, and cannot be trusted. Who knows how much neglect they face when she's actually AT HOME?! OP did right, IMO. And if she loses her kids (mosts likely to their father, who was called that night), then she 1) has only herself to blame, and 2) is getting exactly what she deserves, while 3) her children are FINALLY getting a better guardian than she will EVER be. NTO, OP, and tell your friend that she apparently thinks that consistently abandoning her own children is petty. And reconsider that friendship.
That rant about the skid stain story had me cracking up (no pun intended) - especially since I have an adult male relative whose idea of cleaning his butt seems to be flossing his crack with a baby wipe a couple times a week, and then leaving the dirty stretched out wipe on top of everything else in the bin for everyone to see. 🤢
So, the ex-girlfriend doesn't want to be forced to live on the streets, but she's totally fine with forcing her ex-partner's cat to live on the streets?
Ugh, the first story. At this point, Karens probably used the "I'm a single mother" excuse to do whatever the hell they want. Heck, I won't be surprised if she kills someone, and then she busts out the "single mother" excuse when questioned, and then act shocked when she's arrested.
Story 2: GF: "But where will I go? I have no place to live! I'll be sleeping on the streets!" OP: _Remembers that she kicked out the cat_ "Like I give a s***, now get out. (Cloud voice)"
I totally agree with you on the first story. If the babysitter can't reach the mother, it's been hours since she was supposed to come home and the babysitter doesn't know what to do, the only thing you really can do is call the police. It doesn't matter if the client is someone who you are on good terms with or someone you know is a a**hole, if the client doesn't come home to take care of the kids and is impossible to get hold of, they are either 1) missing, or 2) neglecting the kids. Both situations call for police intervention.
My father was raised in a household where his parents favorited his sister more than him. He has a lot of issues developed from it unfortunately like low self esteem and anxiety. Ironically, he’s fairing better than my aunt right now who is used to getting everything she wants. I’m grateful to have a good dad. I’m amazed how caring and thoughtful he is despite his up bringing. He could have been bitter and cold but God had other plans for him.
I have no idea how many but holes you gave “skid mark” as when you called him that I couldn’t stop laughing until you did your monthly Bidet advert 😂😂😂
My husband (at my request) bought and installed a bidet, and everything you said about it being a religious experience is right! Heated seat, multiples options for power of spray and direction- I never want to use a regular seat again!
Wow.... I'm 38 years old, and I would be humiliated if my wife had ever had to complain to me about skid marks on my underwear... Flushable wipes are one of the greatest things ever invented. With wet wipes, there is no excuse for having shit stains on your underwear.
Second story: it’s only “being too harsh” cos the cat didn’t die/get lost imagine if it wasn’t. Yeah the 30 day grace is a massive gift. I’d fear she’d poison the cat in revenge .
I just wanted to thank you for curating such a wonderful collection of things that are wrong with people and the world in general. I listen to your works while getting ready for the day and knowing that whatever I have to deal with, others are going through much worse. I also watch creepypasta vids while getting ready for bed for a similar reason; no matter what my day was, I hadn't been chased down by some kind of madman (supernatural or garden variety nutjob).
On the story with the husband who can't wipe properly. Jesus Christ, I'm 54 and I, ahem, wipe until the TP is clean. Sure, my TP bill might be higher, but I try to minimize the skid marks. I just can't stand my ass being dirty.
Seriously, why not just install a bidet to your toilet? You do a quick wash, wipe once, and it's done. Even if you had diarrhea, you would still come out completely clean, easy. No idea why bidets aren't more popular and widespread tbh.
@@N0xiety I agree. The bidet is a great idea. I would love to have one. But the cost of installing one is prohibitive, especially since we have inflation because too much of our national budget is dedicated to going to worthless pieces of shit who refuse to get a job and work.
As someone who has indoor cats, I can fully understand how that guy must have felt. I'd go ballistic, if someone would put my cats outside without proper care. Indoor cats don't know the dangers of cars, other animals/ pets and people. They'd have no familar hiding space to resort to and most likely an underdeveloped sense of orientation, due to not having to use it indoors.
The kid with the parents favoring the brother broke my heart because it hit home to me. My parents cared for me too, but it didn't seem to keep them from favoring my brother. I got a job the second I was of legal age but even worked even before that under the table cleaning. And this was in a town if 40 people!! So not like there was much of any opportunities floating around. I saved for my own car. I worked 30+ hours through high school. I moved out into my own apartment my senior year and still graduated. During my senior year my car I see for caught on fire. I was devastated. I loved that car so much... A couple months later they went and bought my brother a car. He's never worked at this point. They always just handed him money but complained if I ever actually needed help. (Usually maintenance on the car or $20 for gas.) He never had his own apartment. Once I moved out and after college I've never asked them for any money. I've always been self-sufficient. Yet everything is always about him. He lived with them without paying rent, still asked for money all the time, always had them pay for gas and food. Just drove around all the time and go shoot his gun. (Lived in the country. Btw ammo isn't cheap) oh, did I mention they bought him a total of 5 vehicles? The one he payed for, the military (he only served a couple years) forced him to pay by garnishing his checks because he was just going to stop paying, hoping someone else (aka my parents) would pick up the tab like they always have. Now he's in prison for an accident that ended in death (he honestly got screwed on the whole thing) but now they give him more money and visit him all the time, which I don't blame them too much with that. I've lived out of state for 13 years now and only had my mom visit once 10 years ago. She has made several trips to Florida for my older sister. That's because she won't stop having kids. (mom sends her money all the time, too. My sister has a business as well) mom's only trip here was a detour from Florida after the first baby. Not sure why she couldn't do it with the others. My dad never made a trip down. She's a bit nasty at me too. Blames that on her being bipolar... Whatever. So, yeah. I sure feel like I got the short end of the stick and have slowly been pushing away. Not like they will notice. And yes, I've gone to them a few times, but come on... It's hard not to be a bit sour on everything.
My brother asked me to babysit for a friend, , she finally arrived at 3am much later than mom was expected. Wish I had called the police. I also had no contact info either. Several hours of worry by adults that weren't the mom. Never babysat any of his friends kids.
Calling the police in a situation like this is ALWAYS best. A family member had me watch her baby and when she was several hours late I called the police (no cell phones) she and the police showed up ant the EXACT same time. Literally walked up the stairs together. It was her show from there. I left for school.
*Regarding the favoritism story:* OP is not the asshole & he didn’t make his parents look bad, they made themselves look bad, they were okay treating their kid like crap behind closed doors but had an issue with it as soon as it was public knowledge, what shady people, OPs parents should be ashamed. OP you need to work hard & make something of yourself, make your parents regret how they treated you, make them regret losing you, make them realize what garbage they really are & never go back to those horrible people, you don’t need them & you’re much better than they’ll ever be, always remember that.
Dabney, I once knew a guy who refused to wipe his butt because, "that's gay". Needless to say, the friendship ended right then and there. I was appalled.
Wow...
If it's gay to not have swamp ass then call me Lil Nas X
@Tide Pod Pad Thai at some point I would think a person would get a rash if they did that. But if you're Lil Nas X, I'm Richard Simmons.
Unless a man is sexually intrested in another man it is not gay to wipe your ass
I'm sure there is a ton of hypocrisy there. Like, I'm sure its not gay to jerk off, only to wipe your ass and probably some random thing like drink from a straw.
First story: I 100% agree that it was justified to call the police, especially given that she was thoroughly warned, and she was leaving texts on read, plus if it rings twice and goes to voicemail, that means they saw it was ringing, saw who it was, and declined the call. This woman was actively choosing to ignore the person watching her children, and regardless of if she's late in coming home, that's a safety hazard.
Right. Straight up neglect. What if there was an actual emergency?
@@Richard_Nickerson Exactly! "Oh, it's just the babysitter. Eh, I'll call them back when I start heading home at 4 am" Meanwhile her kid is having an emergency appendectomy or got kidnapped by that unnamed father or some shit
There's the added layer of the fact that if she hadn't called the cops like friend said and just refused to sit for her again, she would have 1000% just done it to someone else. That was legit the only way to correct the mom's behavior.
@@dupee5223 Exactly, especially since she had been shown to be CONSISTENTLY hours late before this point, and OP was MORE than generous with warning her. And I keep harping on this, but it's sticking in my brain, she did READ the messages, and left OP on read. She KNEW what she was being warned about, chose to ignore it, and then was pissed when it wasn't an empty threat
on the flipside, the mom could have been in serious trouble. Maybe she's been kidnapped and the kidnappers are just too dumb to turn off her phone.
Maybe she's fallen and keeps trying to pick up and failing.
You kind of HAVE to assume something like this when your babysitter keeps calling you and you don't pick up.
I mean, what mother just willingly ignores their children potentially being in real trouble?
This one, apparently. Hopefully she never sees her kids again.
I went to college and had a group of friends, there was one guy who kinda came along as a package with a great guy. He was weird, he was annoying, but he was okish.
But he smelled all the time, he didn’t wear deodorant, we noticed discolouration on his shirts and realised he didn’t wash them often, he was literally taking it off, leaving hung up to dry and putting it back on with no deodorant.
Then we noticed he was also smelling of poop, we only just noticed cos the smell had been growing. He also itched his butt against the edge of chairs & corners of tables...
We as a group decided we needed to speak to him, apparently his original friend had tried and said he wouldn’t gossip about him, but we would find he had “reasons”
So we had an intervention of sorts... turned out he didn’t shower daily, just every Sunday and it was a very fast shower. Basically he stepped in, got wet & stepped out. no soap, no products, no actual washing, he’d get a longer shower if it rained!
He also did not wipe his arse!
It seemed his family were SUPER religious, his parents taught him wiping his arse was “gay” it was not necessary, it was just “playing with it for pleasure”. He showered quickly and whilst wearing underpants because it was “gay” to see & touch your privates (he sat down to pee, yeah someone said if you can’t touch it, how do you pee?)
After the shower he put the wets underwear on the radiator to dry and put on the pair he had “washed” the following Sunday.
Apparently the scratching was because his arse itches like crazy, we had to literally educate him about swamp ass... and advise him to see medical help because his butt bleeds and “gets sore”turned out he had abscesses and sores between the cheeks and on his starfish!
We also found out that he’d been taught personal care products were ALL unnecessary and would... guy guessed it... make him gay!
We got the school to get him into therapy and counselling. With the counselling and being away from home, he changed completely.
By the time he next visited home his parents disowned him for turning gay and disgusting them and god. But he came back and said he didn’t care, because now he didn’t stink he realised how much his family & their home did. So he reported the family to Social Services (that’s the CPS here) to get his sisters help.
He’s a very well adjusted family man these days, he has a wife, couple of nibblets and after college he went to work in Counselling & Therapy, focussing mainly on religious de-programming for kids abused by religious parents.
He also smells great and is still not showing any signs of the soap turning him gay... better still, when one of our group came out, he was the one in there with the first and biggest hug, because now he knows gay is not the worst thing a person can be... his parents took that crown!
Thank you all for recognizing the friend needed help, not rejection. Your focus on kindness and lifting him with access to proper resources literally changed his life, hopefully his sister's lives, and the lives of every person he cpunsels.
That poor man had to have been in significant pain with those rectal sores, and for what purpose? It's just heartbreaking that ignorance festers that way.
God I so wish this is fake but if it isn't... Jesus Christ man, thank you for helping the poor guy
@@johanaklaudyova8764 sadly it's not... He occasionally tells us stories worse than his own... He obviously never gives any details, but he'll tell us about the literal crimes these religious nutbags commit.
Normally he doesn't even say the gender of a patient, but this one story it was obvious...
Person when starting their period, was beaten for "copulating with satan & his demons"
After this her father would "check" their underwear and each month they were put in their room, made kneel against a wall & pray nonstop. The father would sit watching from the doorway & he whipped her if she stopped praying... Out loud.
At first she was allowed bathroom breaks, but then he accused them of speaking to satan in the bathroom. So he bought a kiddy pool & they knealt in that and bathroom needs had to just happen in situ.
These parents were big in their church & popular. Their kids looked perfect to the outside world.
Patient later found her mother would be literally whipped for "being Satan's ho" when her period came each month, but she had to pray & not cry out during punishment.
So the mother would try to be pregnant always. So patient had 16 siblings so far.
Luckily patient was looking back in therapy, they were out, but had siblings still home who were not permitted to speak their siblings name... Definitely not speak to or meet with.
Sadly there's a LOT more effed up families than we even realise & many of them are perfectly normal seeming.
Wow what an amazing story. Thank you for sharing. I’m so happy about his happy ending!
Wow. That's an awesome story!
A bit back in my family on my mother's side, they were almost cultish. At my grandmother's house, they didn't have a TV, and just had bible readings a couple of times every day. Other than that they just sat around.
They had eight kids, including my mother of course.
So when all those kids started having kids of their own, they luckily softened a bit, instead of going balls to the wall. Ended up leaving their super religious church. They were still religious, but they got to have a TV, and luckily for us grandkids, it wasn't a big bore to visit them.
They still had the bible readings. I went to a somewhat christian elementary school, in a christian society. You learnt you were a christian, there was no choice, you were. We said grace before eating lunch at school. (later becoming illegal 🤟 in my country unless it's a christian private school) We had classes about christianity in and out, and a few short classes on the other religions, which were communicated like there was something wrong with them, and fairytale like. All this, mixed with my mother's family made me realise at as young as seven or eight that it was all bullshit.
So I like to say I was born atheist.
I'm glad my grandmother softened up, because she didn't judge me for being a non believer. She grew a lot.
She died during easter. I didn't visit her enough.
Sorry for the essay. It's our country's independence day, and I'm drunk on a bus, going to a party.
Props to the brother for siding with his sibling
Not a lot of Golden children would do that
The golden child is likely going to need therapy as well and it’s good that he realized how his family was and didn’t think it was right.
There’s no way CPS wouldn’t have eventually got involved with the first story. That’s a disaster/emergency waiting to happen. It’s almost a good thing happened when this wasn’t a dire emergency.
Yeah, she thinks this is bad?
Wait until she's in the newspaper and jail because she left her kid alone for hours and they DIED!
Something tells me she may have already been on their radar.
You’d be surprised. I’ve had friends who had to call over 30 times to help their siblings who were being abused and cps still didn’t do anything
Her paycheck from the dude is gone, that's the problem, smart kid did the best thing for those kids, because this trash woman was raising future bad people.
Story about adoption: my response to her would be "I want you to cut all ties with your family" and if she asks why. I would simply respond with almost what she said. "Cause I want you to focus on our child."
Yep and that argument would be over. I can't believe she would just dump a child and not just any child but her own BIL into the system. I would start thinking of how co-parenting would work
I would ask the wife to put herself in OP's shoes. If she had a younger sibling of that age, their parents were to suddenly die, and they had absolutely 0 other family, if she were to give that sibling off to the system. If the answer is yes, then having a child with her was a terrible idea...
@SilkandStones true but I don't know if I would want to stay with someone that would tell me to put my little brother up for adoption after we just lost our parents!
@@neffyg35, I think it was the distinction between co parenting and single parenting-as in OP doesn't want toxic mom in his child's life at all.
And lemme add here that maybe JUST MAYBE (like Fast and Furious). When I grew up. That was one of my families main thing. That FAMILY IS IMPORTANT. Yeah...... there are situations that you need to cut out a or the entire family due to (insert reasons here like certain x rated stuff or abuse).
The wife should start calling her husband "Skidder". Or, she should ask him if his butt was in a wreck, because there are skid marks in his shorts.
She should charge him some “traffic tickets” for the kind of speeding he was doing. 🤣
My dad used to get mad at me for "using too much toilet paper" when I was a kid. He tried to convince me to wipe like he does to conserve toilet paper, which consisted of wadding up about 10 squares and scraping it across your butt once, then throwing it in the toilet. He repeated this twice, then declared the job finished.
Confused as to why he was able to clean better using so many squares for just one wipe, I asked him if his last wipe had poop on it. He responded "yes, of course." He never explained why he knew his butt was clean after his last wipe. Whenever the cats got into his laundry basket, my brother and I would find his shit-stained underwear scattered around the house.
My dad hasn't improved his hygiene to this day, but he still thinks I'm crazy for "wiping too much."
For those wondering, he also called me a sissy for my insistence on washing my hands before dinner... even if it was right after using the bathroom.
Well thank god for evolution! You're proof there's still hope for men and mankind.
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I wash my hands before I do anything really, but ever since I discovered that, no matter how much toilet paper you use, there's _always_ gonna be some left on your hand I wash twice after going.
Good on you for not following your dad there lad 😕
“Your client potential losing her kids is worth being petty?” Okay so you admit that the client behaved in a way that may warrant her losing the kids? It’s not on a babysitter to cover for that
That mom was thinking about losing her own kids, which I assume that means she's a good mom and won't dump her kids on random strangers to go partying. But I'm going to be generous and assume she was kinda privilege blind in that "I've never seen (insert thing) therefore it doesn't exist". So she doesn't understand that not all parents will put their kids' needs before personal desires
Exactly what if there was an emergency.
As a parent, the "not the favorite" story just BROKE MY HEART. I cannot imagine treating any of my children like how those parents treated their child. They are shockingly disgusting.
Agree totally. WTF were they thinking 🤔.
@@RobDaCajun they obviously were not. How could they take advantage of the money gifted from the grandparents to the kids (HER portion in particular) AND, on top of that, further steal from her by demanding a portion of her hard-earned money for rent??? And all this just to live like royalty with money that wasn't even theirs! Grrrrr! I'm SO furious on her behalf! People like her "parents" (
@@RobDaCajun a sad thing about some parents who play favorites is that the favorite just happened to be more closely aligned with the parent’s fantasies of their dream child or has an easier temperament than the other. Sometimes ageism, sexism, or ableism factors into parental favoritism
It’s disgusting. If a parent can’t handle raising anything but their dream child, they shouldn’t have kids.
A guy at my work thinks brushing his teeth and washing his hands is “gay and to feminine”. His ex dumped him very quickly
Between that story and r/insaneparents, I'm really learning how not to raise my children.
First story: Being petty is stay short. She's just a neglecting entitled parent who got exactly what she deserved.
The thing those parents haven't realized is their golden boy has expressed already that he agrees with OP,
he'll leave them too because he sees how awful his parents are.
Golden children just become narcissistic and think about what benefits them most of the time. I have one in my family, and he basically turned out this way and left when it benefitted him (when the parents no longer had money to help him out). The brother probably would have gone with the parents if it was just the nuclear family fighting
but with the intervention of the rest of the family, it benefited the younger brother to side with the older one because his reputation wouldn’t be as stained as his parents’. Totally right though, younger brother is going to leave one day regardless whether he realizes his parents are assholes or he just sucks them dry.
@@zozozilla not all the time, my mom basically treated me like the golden child while always comparing my brother to me and insinuating he didn't measure up. Whenever she did it in front of me i'd make sure to call her out on it. My brother and i already had a hard time forming a strong relationship due to being from different marriages, an almost 8 year age gap, and me basically taking the role of a second parent while his father was in the process of obtaining his legal residency. I wasn't going to let her build resentment between us whether she meant to or not. My family relationships are already fucked enough and i don't intend to continue that tradition.
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As my mother’s golden child I’d have to disagree. I was pretty much expected to be perfect all the time. It’s too the point where I no longer have a positive reaction to most compliments; I just see them as a form of manipulation.
The cat situation is a big red flag. A person who lack any empathy for animals or your feelings about the animals is not a person you should trust. 100% NTA
Also a red flag if a person is jealous of an animal! My fiancé and I found a stray cat, and we both give this little garbage goblin more spoiling than we do each other lmao
Agreed. That was my first thought: that anyone who harms animals or would put an animal in a situation where it could be harmed is just not a good person period.
Ppl tell me to put my dogs up or away in cages and I'm like this their home since they were puppies you're a guest
Also in general people who hate cats dont "understand" concent
That wife in the third story is heartless, she wants that poor kid would be alone in the world, and for what? OP can certanly balance out things between the baby and the brother (tbh i dont think we can even compare those two relationships)
That poor 14 year old kid. To me, having him move in is a no brainer. Of course you take him in. And make sure he knows that he is special and important and necessary to your continued happiness. And having a young uncle in the house after the baby is born is only a benefit for everyone. That baby will be so loved!
I agree
If I had that big of an agegap with my little sibling and we somehow lost parents I’d absolutely without question take them in my house to offer stability. It feels good to after a major life change like that to have your older sibling have your back. Someone older to trust and lean on. Very important when you are a teen… even beyond 18 if you ask me. You don’t turn adult overnight being an adult is an attitude thing. I didn’t feel quite 100% there yet at 18, yeah I understood my responsibilities. I still liked to ask older people in my life if I was insecure about grown up things (could argue even now that I am older than that it is nice to ask people for their pov on experiences I still need to make).
@@MiriamCamilla I agree. And my brother, ten years older than me, would NEVER have let me float in the wind. I can't imagine.
@@MiriamCamilla if something happened I’d be there straight away for my sisters. I’m adopted and came from an abusive family, but my sisters absolutely have my back and I 100% have theirs. No huge age gap or anything, but we’d be there for one another. My eldest sister has made my Godparent and if something ever happened to her and my BIL, I would 100% step-up and care for my nieces and nephew because I adore them and would want to give them stability, because as you said, that stability is really important to children growing up
Favorite child story: I feel story for OP but even sorrier for OP's brother. He's going to be caught in the middle now and having to constantly listen to his parents putting OP and his grandparents down for no longer financially supporting them. I hope he can rise above it and not become embittered that HE will now need to get a job to pay for his expenses.
He went from rslash, to dadslash and now gives awful parents the scores they truly deserve. Hope your family's well! Love the channel
That favoritism story made me absolutely livid. I grew up in a household where my parents only ever cared about my ability to do chores for them and whenever I dissented or spoke out against them they came down on me like a collapsing house. OP's mother trying to make the excuse that their father only told them to move out in "the heat of the moment" is hardly an excuse at all, it just shows EXACTLY how manipulative they are towards OP. As the edit showed, OP's parents literally only cared about the money and free labor that OP brings in, and nothing more. When OP called their bluff, they tried to backpedal and blame OP for exposing them and their gaslighting, manipulation, and abuse all came out in those final few days. I hope OP doesn't end up in a bad place from all this. I know from experience how horribly a household like that can fuck you up as an adult trying to make their way in the world.
Hope OPs brother can leave that mess too. Those parents will spend their lives alone.
I’m sorry you had to go through that, and I hope thing get/are getting better for you
@@aliencat11 probably not. He has no reason to leave. Unlike the OP, his brother is actually being spoiled by them. If that kid ever leaves, it'll be because he has become exactly like his parents, and feels like he no longer needs them or something
My mother was the exact same, I was made to care for the entire household, care for my mother and my brother because she just didn’t want to be responsible or parent, so I was neglected, psychologically abused, physically abused, and I eventually snapped, because shocker, constant abuse and forcing a child to be fully responsible for an entire household, an adult and another child, is extremely stressful. As an adult I escaped as soon as I could, and I was psychologically abused and made to feel horrible for caring about myself and putting my mental health first, so as I got older I kept contact minimal. I’d only be contacted to ask for money, to tell me I need to give my brother money (despite him being an adult male who could work and just didn’t want to), telling me I’m horrible, to make me fee guilty about things, or to just straight up steal money from me. So I cut all contact and they only ever tried contacting me to send abuse, to be homophobic, to be ableist, to be sexist, to send abuse after abuse after abuse, so I exposed them on social media and they were upset because “she’s painting herself as the victim”… when I literally was, they just refuse to acknowledge their actions and instead of recognising they abused me, they call it “drama”. Nothing of value was lost by cutting them out of my life.
Every parent have their favorites. But this was taking it too far.
First Story: NTA how in the hell could the mother think SIX HOURS past the 9pm deadline, when the babysitter was hired until, was a good thing? The mother also never contacted OP or texted her and just ghosted Op's called and texts. For all OP knew the mother was in a ditch somewhere.
The thing that makes it worse is the mother left OP on read. This means she was either at least reading the messages and laughing OP's threat of calling the police off to her friends, or again could be dead in a ditch and the phone is on the messaging screen, with a half written message that was never sent.
It's absolutely disgusting that she would abandon her kids like that. I mean, if she thought it was ok to abandon her kids with a near complete stranger, then who knows if she even thought for example that the babysitter isn't a child murderer, like wtf.
OP friend is straight up foolish thinking a babysitter who was told the mother was gonna be back by 9pm, then stays out until 3am without any contacts.
I feel bad for any babysitter OP friends ever gets because she's going to treat them the same way OP was treated.
@@darkluxgames2347 Which ALSO means that she read the COPS' calls texts and ignored them.
As a mother myself I think the babysitter handled the situation correctly. NTA
Expecting 9pm and getting 3am instead is definitely unacceptable
5:36 so, in short, her logic is "i can kick the cat out, leave it with no shelter, food, or experience living in the wild, thats fine right?" but then when the same is done to her its "how to you expect me to live like that!"
Second story: The ex gf didn’t just kick out any cat on any day, she kicked out a BLACK cat on HALLOWEEN.
Really? I missed that part that's twice as bad since it's known that bad people look for black cats to hurt on Halloween. Lots of shelters won't even adopt black cats out around then
@@felvkitties8 the OP has a picture linked to the post and there was an update.
I remember when i lived with my ex and i stumbled upon her toilet paper wrapped bloody pads in the trash. I called her into the bathroom and asked if she was bleeding cuz i saw bloody tissues in the trash. She said that it was her tom and that was her pad and she was sorry i had to see it. I said "its no biggie just wanted to know if you cut or something and if you were okay. The pad is no problem" she straight up cried cuz she's never had anyone say that. I will physically never understand why people chastise women for their periods. Its literally natural and its just a bit of blood and unless they pass out at the sight of blood there's no reason to hide it
SHOUT IT LOUDER FOR THE NEANDERTHALS IN THE BACK!!
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Her tom?
@@inkystars19 Possibly they mean 'time of (the) month'?
@@SilentPsychopath why not just say period or cycle?
@@inkystars19 Chicks can call it whatever they want. It’s one of our bodily things so we get to use whatever cute, funny, or discrete names we want.
I’m sorry to tell you this Rslash but yes, there are men who don’t even try to wipe because they think it’s gay.
Do they think having a sticky bung jole is less gay than having a clean one?
@@ObsidianLiger yes, sadly
@@ObsidianLiger they think just touching it is
Be sure those aren't men... just some creatures with the inteligence somewhere near of koala's. And if you wonder why koalas, those things are baby ass smooth between theyr ears
If wiping my own ass is gay then I'm a gay man. I rather have a clean ass than a dirty one
Omg, when you said “he doesn’t need anymore buttholes” I spit out my coffee. 😂🤣
As an adopted child in a family with 3 bio children, I have never felt like I was treated any different to my siblings. The story about the favoritism is just mind boggling, some humans are trash.
For the skidmark story, EVERY TIME I hear a story about someone getting grossed out by discarded feminine products I just wonder why they don't buy a trash bin with a lid for the bathroom? Seriously a little bin with a lid costs maybe 10 bucks and it would solve all of the problems.
Not even $10. I’ve seen some on sale here for about £5.99....which is, what, $7? 8?
Very true, but I don't think that's the main issue here
Mini bins with fliptop lids are £1 (maybe £2 for a deluxe one)
Exactly! If it bothers people so much, just get a lid! Its not like I decided to use them.
@@limiv5272 it's very true that the problem is the men or just people who are too childish but it is a very good temporary solve
First story: if a parent is THAT irresponsible, I don't know if she deserves having kids.
Yep, and she was lucky that she had a babysitter who didn't just walk out, but she could have had one that did so it's dangerous af.
She doesn't
All the signs point to her not giving a damn
@@daynight9377 ethically speaking you can't say a person doesn't have a right to have children. That being said socially speaking it's not safe for the children to be under her care.
@@Olav_Hansen I disagree completely. Someone that irresponsible DOES NOT DESERVE KIDS bar none.
What are they going to do when the kids have scheduled meetings? Pickup times for school? Daycare?
Do you think schools and businesses that are LEGAL MANDATED REPORTERS are going to be as lenient as a teenage babysitter?
@@Olav_Hansen of course it's possible to say someone doesn't have the right to have kids. Good example: If a parent beats their children every day and abuses them consistently, they dont have the right to have kids
The favoritism story was such a beautiful form of malicious compliance.
Dabney: If I had a girlfriend move into my house
His wife: Hol up, something ain't right
How... How in the world can a pregnant woman... PREGNANT! Feel that it's appropriate to discard a child who just lost his parents in a horrific manner! I'm with Rslash, apart from one thing. 6/5 butt holes..
This is like Pyschotic/sociopathic levels of empathy, and I would have said, if you weren't having a child together, that you should leave her
As a dad of two children, I couldn't imagine doing this to a 14 year old! He's still really really young! Barely a teen!
yeah exactly.
I'd probably say something like "You know what sucks even more? Being a single mom!"
@@SWISS-1337 he’s 14 months. The post said the brother was 14M. The brother is an actual baby.
@@JohnEusebioToronto 14m means 14 male, not 14 months. He's a 14 year old male.
@@ashes7245 ah. That’s confusing. Thanks.
The second story is pretty clear cut. Not only did this guy keep his cool, he gave her enough time to move out. She had no right to endanger his pet, no matter how much she didn't like it. I would have given her at most 24 hours to move out. OP is 100% NTA.
Agreed! The cat was a packaged when the girlfriend chose to date him. I have a cat and I would kicked her out, too.
I’m hoping the end of the month was like, 6 hours away.
Once residency is established, you have a 30 day obligation or you can potentially be sued. He was smart
I agree about him doing it right and not being a butthole about it, but tge whole story begs the question of why the obvious animosity between girlfriend and cat didn't surface until they moved in together? Like, did the gf never meet the cat before moving in? OP and his gf never hung out at his apartment, he never introduced cat and gf to each other? These issues should've been obvious from the start, so either OP neglegted to properly introduce the two or just ignored any issues and any displeasure his gf expressed, or the gf nevet said anything and pretended to like the cat. Neither of those things are a good foundation for a relationship, so I feel like there's a good chunk of info missing
I would be too scared that person would do something worse to the cat in those remaining days, they'd be gone before the night.
"She asked if my client potentially losing her kids was worth being petty."
Yep! I believe this is what the kids these days would call a 'play dumbfuck games, win dumbfuck prizes' moment.
If I knew someone for two years and for all that time they managed to hide the fact that they were capable of throwing an animal I loved outside to die, I'd freak out wondering what other disgusting traits they were hiding. They'd sure as fuck never again be alone with anyone I loved. They'd be out the door that very night with a go bag to stay at a hotel/friend's house. Their stuff would follow in boxes.
Even if you see an animal as simple property, the gf connived to steal and throw out his property and planned on pretending she didn't know what happened. That's shady as hell even if it's your favourite jacket or something; it shows what she'll do to get her way and how little your feelings matter to her. The fact that it's not a jacket but a living family member - one with seniority as far as living in the house! - is orders of magnitude worse.
That first mom deserves a 5 out of 5 for me. 4.5 is too lenient for someone who continuously leaves their kids for hours on end without being able to be contacted and obviously doesn't prioritize her kids or their wellbeing, so much so DFS is actively investigating.
I feel like because Rslash's daughter is still in her first year of life, he didn't go as harsh as needed just because he hasn't seen how messed up this situation truly is.
As a mom for almost 11 years now, I promise 5 out of 5 is deserved by this POS mom.
Agreed. OP should be paid double the hourly rate for every hour parents are late. I have a tendency to be late and have a working relationship with my sitter to ensure my habit doesn't cut into her plans. I've given her guardianship POA so she can make any decision necessary in case I cannot be reached BUT this is the agreement we have with each other.
If an emergency came up on her part where she needed to part with my kids, there was an authorized on-call sitter (not necessary now since my kids are independent now) who could take them. It was needed once or twice in our 10+ year partnership but the transition was smooth even without my immediate contact and both were sufficiently compensated.
Also, she just completely ghosted OP AND the police for HOURS. Never even tried to check in to make sure there wasn’t some kind of emergency. If my babysitter called me, even before the agreed upon time to be home, I would pick that shit up immediately.
Story 1: Some people with children tends to be biased
Her friend is imagining how SHE would feel if she had that punishment for pulling the same crap, thus siding with the mother
Story 2: Miss me with that 'you have a month' garbage, I get it's polite, but you try and get rid of my pets, you're OUT, right the freak NOW. She might try and hurt the cat in revenge for being booted.
Story 3: ...Wish she'd shown those 'I'm a selfish bench' red flags earlier. Now that she's pregnant he's stuck with her for 18 years, either through marriage, or through co-parenting. Thank god OP didn't have a kid from another marriage, because this woman comes off as one of THOSE people. You know the ones, the stepparent who wants the old kids out of the picture in favor of their own.
Story 4: I've said it before and I'll say it again: If it only takes the truth to destroy someone, then let it destroy them. OP didn't make them look bad, they made themselves look bad. OP should move out, and let them struggle with rent. Like...when even the golden child is mad, there's no way they can weasel their way out of this.
Story 5: I knew toxic masculinity was ridiculous but now it's just insane. Go around and LARP as a SUPER MEGA ALPHA MALE if you must, but practice basic freaking hygiene
I agree with most of what you said, but i have a question: What is LARP? I never heard that acronym before.
@@davileite780 Live action roleplay
"Story 5: I knew toxic masculinity was ridiculous but now it's just insane."
What has that story got to do with masculinity (toxic or not)?
@@knrdvmmlbkkn there's a sect of toxic masculinity that thinks it's very gay to wash your own ass
As a toxic masculine man by feminist standards (i.e normal straight male) I would never make a scene about feminine hygienic products of my wife that carried my child for 9 months, gave birth and is spending more time taking care of it than me while recovering physically and mentally from giving birth.
What a doofus!
Cat story: Glad OP got his cat back but he also dodged a bullet. If she's this controlling this early in a relationship thinking she can throw OP's cat out what else is she going to demand in the future. OP doesn't say how long it was till the end of the month but I don't think I would have given her much long that the end of the next day. She can live on the streets just like she intended the cat to do.
Not to mention: anyone who harms animals or puts animals in a position to be harmed is not a good person.
Yeah 😒
"Is it worth the mom losing the kids because you want to be petty"
YES. IT IS. No one that ignores a baby sitter asking when she will be back is a responsible parent. This may be hard for the friend to believe, but keeping the family together sometimes is the WRONG answer.
(Edit) Especially since the dad is still around, meaning the kids would still be in the family. Just not with the mom.
The cat was there first. Obviously the immediate eviction was the way to go since OP clearly can’t leave her alone without endangering the cat’s safety. What if she chose to drive a few hours away next time? Or drop it at a high kill shelter?
Exactly. Yeah, this time the cat survived and was found (by sheer luck, as it sounds), but that GF was completely willing to let that cat die in the streets. Just because she wasn't willing to get her own hands dirty this time doesn't mean she won't try something more permanent the next. TBH, "end of the month" for her to move out is still waaaay too lenient here.
I've heard a few stories like this and my response is always the same - ditch the b*tch keep the cat. If my GF or anyone ever did anything like that to my cat, I would go fkn nuclear.
@Squid Game 2.0 in my channel
Spamming trash
@Squid Game 2.0 in my channel thanks for showing me exactly which channel to report :o)
@@Stinkehund only way that it isn't too lenient is if it was the last day of the month when he said it XD
"put your wife up for adoption" Rslash your hilarious
About the last story:
All I have to say is to not let that man help with potty training the kid. They'll NEVER learn!!😭💀
For the first story, I completely agree with the sitter's actions. While she may not have gotten paid, and had her evening ruined, I'm sure that it was worth it. I hope that Karen loses her kids, or otherwise gets #$%#%^ by the system.
The "men having shitty underwear" thing is more common than you realise. Lol.
Yep. I dated a guy *BRIEFLY* no pun intended who honestly believed that if he wiped his butt properly and…. “Enjoyed” the feeling of touching his butthole, he’d become gay…
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Yeah. Broke that one off quick and am still - to this day - bewildered. And I have heard this - almost verbatim - from at least a half dozen other guys. Wtf?
My abusive ex made me do all the chores including washing his shitty boxers (they were both poor quality and had shit on them)
That's just nasty. I mean, that HURTS!
Just swamp ass hurts and that's mostly sweat. I can't even imagine what actual crap down there feels like after a day 🤮🤮🤮
They just need to get a bathroom trash can with a lid on it.
@@pollypockets508 or maybe a husband who has a clue….
You're not being petty OP. The EM just wanted a baby sitter so that she can go out and party/drink/ Lord knows what. She's a mom. She chose to have those kids. She chose to give up her responsibility. OP did the right thing by getting the cops and CPS involved.
"I'm giving skid mark over there 2 out of 5 buttholes" Best line lol
Your rant about shit stains literally had me crying from laughing. I needed that tonight thank you man 😂😂
First story: so the lady abandoned her kids just to have a good time and fun? Yeah thats a no from me. NTAH.
This and OP's friend is a complete idiot. This is a reoccurring issue which is bad enough but how dare the friend drop the "you don't have kids, she's a single mom, blah blah blah"? This heifer isn't out here working every weekend, she going out for almost 24 hours partying *every weekend* and not even getting back to OP to, at bare minimum see if her kids were even ok. Not to mention the complete lack of respect she has for OP: her time, money and physical/emotional well being (constantly being exhausted from an almost 24 hour shift and worrying because she can't get ahold of the mother). Yeah that right there screams mother of the freaking year. 🙄
@@ashh4929 I don't have kids (yet) and I totally freakin agree. Like even me who don't have kids yet was like "WTF? She doesn't check in, call, text, HAVE A RELATIVE CHECK IN TO OP.." The mother must really see those kids as meal tickets.
@@TheDarkLink7 Me too, I'm completely child free and I've seen enough people like this to know that this mom isn't some brow beaten single mom working to provide a good life by working 80 hours a week. And she is more than entitled to have her fun weekend and down time don't get me wrong. However, she isn't entitled to completely ignore the person caring for her kids, she isn't entitled to be later than agreed upon (like with any job). I have to agree they just seem like meal tickets and to be honest I'm surprised she noticed her kids were gone before dawn. I mean she really hasn't shown much concern for them before then.
@@ashh4929 I mena if I were OP. I would definitely go where child protected service is and have a chat with them. And I totally agree. If she was an 80 hour a week trying to provide for them and was burnt out. I do agree that she should be like "Hey OP I know you don't have kids and I know you have plans but is there any way or time where you can watch my kids for a day or so. I am so burnt out and I feel like I need just some time to get my sanity back." Something like that where she is nicely asking.
I am also wondering what the Mom is like when there isn't a sitter in the house, it's probably not much better. I wouldn't be at all surprised if there was a level of parentification going on because such a selfish attitude probably doesn't limit itself to just hired help for the kids, thus if she loses them it might be a good thing as I suspect the kids might be better off with their Dad.
There's one thing people should remember : if you think that someone "Made you look bad" by telling the truth, then you ARE bad.
That favoritism story was infuriating especially for the fact that there was no background reason for it.
on the fourth story; this is insane. i feel like many kids feel like this but i am SO happy that this girl got help. she sounds amazing and she did the right thing on SO many levels!!! wait- DID OP HAVE A JOB BUT THE MOTHER DIDNT???? OP HAD TO PAY RENT????!
Second story: She didn't have a problem to leave the cat on the streets where, unlike her, it could die.
If someone kicked my pet out of the house they’d be out in an instant
"She cried that she had nowhere to go and that she would have to live on the streets" yeah, just like the cat she trow out. That`s Karma biach.
They'd be lucky if the only thing I do is kick them out.
@@insideAdirtyMind I'll be like "Then, don't kick a cat who the owner is literally THE PERSON LETTING YOU STAY AT THEIR PLACE."
First story: Did i get this right?
The agreed time was 6. The mother disrespected that agreement and made it 9. then it actually became 12 until OP decided to not wait for the mom and the mother returned at 3?
So the mother expects the babysitter to basically be there 9 extra hours?!?
I think the agreed time was 9. Watch the kids from 6-9, but be home at 9 because OP has plans after 9. So maybe only 6 extra hours. Still a jerk move.
She thinks that if she ignores the hell out of OP, she can get more free babysitting.
The cat story made me angry….anyone who treats an animal like that deserves the same treatment. What a giant B she was.
I took your advice and got a bidet, and you were totally right about the life-changing experience that followed. I'm so grateful for your suggestion. I've even made it a requirement that all guests must try it. Everyone loves it!😂
4th story is so great to hear. OP did well and the grandparents/relatives are complete MVP's! Its so great to see they back OP up, i hope she went total NC and is now happy with the grandparents, hopefully the parent's actions wont affect OP's relationship with her brother, he doesnt seem to have no idea of what was happening.
Literally doesn't matter the context... unless the person doesn't have arms, then telling them to wipe their butt is 100% ok. NTA.
My ex husband used to leave the same marks on his underware, he left and now cannot for his life's sake, clean his clothes and has to buy new ones. Great Revenge in my opinion, he will never be able to clean his clothes as I do 🤣
The very second I hear that my girlfriend has kicked out my cat, then that's the very second I'm 100% done with her. I don't care if it's a 2 year relationship or a 20 year relationship. If you do something like that to any pet (Cat, Dog, Rabbit, Snake) then you are out. Hell knows what else you're capable of
"But I would need to live on the streets". Hey, if you think it's good enough for my pet then it should be good enough for you
(Skidmark story: Buy a Bidet, sorted)
Last story: make hubby clean his own boxers.
YES. Or have him help with other house chores.
In the grand scheme of things, 4 years isn’t a long time. OP would have a major opportunity to help this kid grow up and so does his wife.
There was an error in the narration of the story. The child from that story, according to the post was 14M or fourteen months. So just a baby entering toddler territory. However, I still think that OP should be able to adopt and raise his brother especially since his wife and he are looking to start a family, which I believe was mentioned earlier in the post lol. Wife is totally the asshole in this situation especially since the boy could have a chance to grow up with his brother’s family with a child close to his age. And unfortunately, the brother would probably forget all memories of their parents so his older brother could continue their legacy for him. I think it’s a great opportunity and OP has a wonderful heart either way if the brother was fourteen years or fourteen months.
@@zozozilla For reddit stories, the M stands for male, not months. Like OP being 28M. The wife is wrong either way.
@@deinnydoes5356 oh that’s totally possible too. I work with services for children so when I see the m after the age, I immediately think months but now that you’ve said that, that makes sense too. Like, I’ve seen that on Reddit before but for some reason it didn’t come to me lol. True though, wife is still wrong no matter what age the kid is lol
The favouritism story… this is so heartbreaking. Poor op deserved so much more love, good on the little brother for siding with his brother. But I’m so worried that he will end up getting the same treatment
For the first story, I actually had something similar happen with one of the parents of a kid who used to go to the daycare I work at about a year and a half ago.
Parent was always late and full of excuses. I often was asked to stay late with my boss to wait as at least one teacher has to be in the building with students by law. I'm fine with this as its more money in my pocket. The parent had been charged hundreds of dollars in late fees at this point but still showed up late.
One night I'm asked to stay late as usual. My director tries contacting the parent. No answer. Over the next 2 hours my boss tries to get into contact with the parent to no avail. There aren't any other contacts for the kid.
My boss let's the parent know over text and voice mail that she has to call the cops soon. FINALLY we get a response. The parent says they're almost here and they should be there in 20 minutes. My boss tells them that she'll have to contact the police after that time frame.
15 minutes later the parent arrived, clearly inebriated and reeking of alcohol. My boss refuses to let the parent take the kid and called the cops with the parent shrieking the whole time about how we were kidnapping the kid.
The cops came and took statements. They ended up arresting the parent and taking the kid. I sadly never saw the kid again after that. I'm not sure what happened to them.
At first I thought that the girlfriend in the "Keeping my brother" story was going to be someone who don't want children. In which case, even though it'd still be cold-hearted, you could maybe understand why she wouldn't want a child living in her home. But the kid is 14, not 5 and they were already going to have a child soon anyway, so what the hell? xD
Even if she wouldn't want kids she would have to know that his brother is also someones kid. Her husbands parents kid.His parents haven't found him in the street and since they're dead now OP is his only relative.She knew that. She is also someon's kid. How can she be so cruel? My friend lived in the system it's a nightmare. I adopted my husbands son after we got maried
OP, your parents clearly favour one child over the other and instead of recognising this, they screamed right in your face, treated you horribly, and clearly saw him as the golden child and made you the scapegoat. You’re not the butthole for wanting to leave a toxic household, or for exposing their utterly disgusting behaviour, especially when faced with everything, your father still refused to acknowledge his behaviour. Your grandparents are AMAZING, I’m really happy they have your back so much!
I totally agree with you 100%, none of the op's were the a-holes at all!
I one time had an old blood stain on my “period panties” and my ex was convinced it was a poopoo stain 😂😂 I had to show him my drawer of period panties and like ask my mom in front of him before he believed me
As someone with kids, I also an 100% on OPs side, you do not live for her, how on Earth she doesn’t put her kids first and have eyes on her phone just in case of emergency is insane to me, even when I go out, I’m a mom, I give a time I’m coming back, or I contact person looking after them to inform them when I’m coming back. She doesn’t respond and yeah, could be something happened to her, calling police is necessary and investigations should be made if this is a constant thing
I would understand if the mon was a few minutes to an hour or so late due to traffic but 6 hours!? No, that is just being late on purpose
Hell, I have a rabbit instead of children and when I had to let my friends watch her for a weekend I spent the entire time worried something would go horribly wrong. She was totally fine and chill, and only chewed one thing she wasn't supposed to (I did warn them that her range of chewing is farther than they think!)
@@kai7526 I mean if your phone died or something then it makes sense she couldn’t contact, but beg/borrow to get in touch and check in on your kids right? She said she would be back, to not come back without warning is rude and disrespectful. Consistently doing this, there is clearly a problem
That second to last story was wild. How could any parent do that to their child. Pure evil
Last story. I know someone who married a guy who had been adopted by a single mom and apparently she hadn't taught him how to properly wipe. So he made it to his late 20s till he got married and when his wife saw how he "wiped" she nicely explained to him how to wipe properly and now he doesn't have anymore issues. So it can happen if the parents don't teach their kids correctly from a young age.
You make me laugh my gosh😂. The cat one. “Disrespects the cat”
I had the same exact experience with my parents (favoritism story). Sister got college paid for until she failed out, brand new car at 16... etc I never got any of that...I never did anything to warrant that either... straight A's, didn't get in trouble etc...parents genuinely wondered why our relationship was strained.
I am so sorry you experienced that.
Story 4: The best quote from a different CZcamsr that I could think that can sum up the situation is "You're just mad that you got caught"
Mad because bad
Is that youtuber Redditor?
I had to pause, I’m laughing so much, “We’ve got skid mark other there”. Hilarious 😂
"Her potentially losing her kids was worth me being petty?"
EXCUSE ME?! This woman CONSISTENTLY leaves her sitters in the lurch and NEVER LEARNS.
She is an UNFIT mother, and absolutely WILL continue this behavior until she faces REAL consequences, and not just "I can't find a babysitter, because they all know the truth about me."
Meanwhile, her own children are learning that she never keeps her promises, and cannot be trusted. Who knows how much neglect they face when she's actually AT HOME?!
OP did right, IMO.
And if she loses her kids (mosts likely to their father, who was called that night), then she 1) has only herself to blame, and 2) is getting exactly what she deserves, while 3) her children are FINALLY getting a better guardian than she will EVER be.
NTO, OP, and tell your friend that she apparently thinks that consistently abandoning her own children is petty. And reconsider that friendship.
That rant about the skid stain story had me cracking up (no pun intended) - especially since I have an adult male relative whose idea of cleaning his butt seems to be flossing his crack with a baby wipe a couple times a week, and then leaving the dirty stretched out wipe on top of everything else in the bin for everyone to see. 🤢
Why doesn't he just use a bidet instead? I mean, doing a quick wash and wipe tends to keep things very clean down there.
@@N0xiety Unfortunately we're not able to get one where we currently live, though I'd love to have one!
In my life, I have never heard someone to promote a bidet so perfectly that even those in furniture stores can neverrrr
I was scrolling so far until someone actually spelled it out, thanks man!
Yes ahaha. In Italy the pipe attachment for the bidet is mandatory in house construction
So, the ex-girlfriend doesn't want to be forced to live on the streets, but she's totally fine with forcing her ex-partner's cat to live on the streets?
It broke my heart to hear the wife wanted the husband to put the little brother up for adoption!
Ugh, the first story. At this point, Karens probably used the "I'm a single mother" excuse to do whatever the hell they want. Heck, I won't be surprised if she kills someone, and then she busts out the "single mother" excuse when questioned, and then act shocked when she's arrested.
Right? I hate that excuse
Story 2:
GF: "But where will I go? I have no place to live! I'll be sleeping on the streets!"
OP: _Remembers that she kicked out the cat_ "Like I give a s***, now get out. (Cloud voice)"
Cloud?
@@callmewolf3910 I think Final Fantasy Cloud Strife is what they meant
I totally agree with you on the first story. If the babysitter can't reach the mother, it's been hours since she was supposed to come home and the babysitter doesn't know what to do, the only thing you really can do is call the police. It doesn't matter if the client is someone who you are on good terms with or someone you know is a a**hole, if the client doesn't come home to take care of the kids and is impossible to get hold of, they are either 1) missing, or 2) neglecting the kids. Both situations call for police intervention.
My father was raised in a household where his parents favorited his sister more than him. He has a lot of issues developed from it unfortunately like low self esteem and anxiety. Ironically, he’s fairing better than my aunt right now who is used to getting everything she wants. I’m grateful to have a good dad. I’m amazed how caring and thoughtful he is despite his up bringing. He could have been bitter and cold but God had other plans for him.
I have no idea how many but holes you gave “skid mark” as when you called him that I couldn’t stop laughing until you did your monthly Bidet advert 😂😂😂
Makes you wonder if he’s secretly sponsored by a bidet production company
If a significant other of any kind steals and abandons your pet of any kind, then they should be dumped IMMEDIATELY
rSlash continually laughing about Mud Butt gives me life.
My husband (at my request) bought and installed a bidet, and everything you said about it being a religious experience is right! Heated seat, multiples options for power of spray and direction- I never want to use a regular seat again!
15:50 I have a solution to this problem. Tell your husband to get a bidet and clean himself properly, otherwise buy him a box of diapers. 🤣🤣🤣
"You should never told the family how awful we treated you, I would never speak to you again"
Sounds like the trash took itself out
OP didn't need to say any more, they just exposed themselves.
That last story had me rolling! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wow.... I'm 38 years old, and I would be humiliated if my wife had ever had to complain to me about skid marks on my underwear... Flushable wipes are one of the greatest things ever invented. With wet wipes, there is no excuse for having shit stains on your underwear.
Second story: it’s only “being too harsh” cos the cat didn’t die/get lost imagine if it wasn’t.
Yeah the 30 day grace is a massive gift. I’d fear she’d poison the cat in revenge .
I cannot believe the audacity of the girl who moved in and KICKED THE CAT OUT?!
I just wanted to thank you for curating such a wonderful collection of things that are wrong with people and the world in general. I listen to your works while getting ready for the day and knowing that whatever I have to deal with, others are going through much worse. I also watch creepypasta vids while getting ready for bed for a similar reason; no matter what my day was, I hadn't been chased down by some kind of madman (supernatural or garden variety nutjob).
"Skidmark over there" LMAO
On the story with the husband who can't wipe properly.
Jesus Christ, I'm 54 and I, ahem, wipe until the TP is clean. Sure, my TP bill might be higher, but I try to minimize the skid marks. I just can't stand my ass being dirty.
Seriously, why not just install a bidet to your toilet? You do a quick wash, wipe once, and it's done. Even if you had diarrhea, you would still come out completely clean, easy. No idea why bidets aren't more popular and widespread tbh.
@@N0xiety I agree. The bidet is a great idea. I would love to have one.
But the cost of installing one is prohibitive, especially since we have inflation because too much of our national budget is dedicated to going to worthless pieces of shit who refuse to get a job and work.
@@N0xiety yep, just dont get the really REALLY strong ones, i have one and my as$ still hurts
Keep a squirt bottle handy to spray clean after. A small dish soap bottle should do...
@@FredRated1967 What the hell are you talking about, just install it yourself, it takes like 10 minutes max and requires no expertise.
As someone who has indoor cats, I can fully understand how that guy must have felt. I'd go ballistic, if someone would put my cats outside without proper care. Indoor cats don't know the dangers of cars, other animals/ pets and people. They'd have no familar hiding space to resort to and most likely an underdeveloped sense of orientation, due to not having to use it indoors.
Duuuuude!! EFFF the wife about the adoption story and EFFF the mom and dad about the favoritism treatment.
The kid with the parents favoring the brother broke my heart because it hit home to me. My parents cared for me too, but it didn't seem to keep them from favoring my brother. I got a job the second I was of legal age but even worked even before that under the table cleaning. And this was in a town if 40 people!! So not like there was much of any opportunities floating around. I saved for my own car. I worked 30+ hours through high school. I moved out into my own apartment my senior year and still graduated. During my senior year my car I see for caught on fire. I was devastated. I loved that car so much... A couple months later they went and bought my brother a car. He's never worked at this point. They always just handed him money but complained if I ever actually needed help. (Usually maintenance on the car or $20 for gas.) He never had his own apartment. Once I moved out and after college I've never asked them for any money. I've always been self-sufficient. Yet everything is always about him. He lived with them without paying rent, still asked for money all the time, always had them pay for gas and food. Just drove around all the time and go shoot his gun. (Lived in the country. Btw ammo isn't cheap) oh, did I mention they bought him a total of 5 vehicles? The one he payed for, the military (he only served a couple years) forced him to pay by garnishing his checks because he was just going to stop paying, hoping someone else (aka my parents) would pick up the tab like they always have. Now he's in prison for an accident that ended in death (he honestly got screwed on the whole thing) but now they give him more money and visit him all the time, which I don't blame them too much with that. I've lived out of state for 13 years now and only had my mom visit once 10 years ago. She has made several trips to Florida for my older sister. That's because she won't stop having kids. (mom sends her money all the time, too. My sister has a business as well) mom's only trip here was a detour from Florida after the first baby. Not sure why she couldn't do it with the others. My dad never made a trip down. She's a bit nasty at me too. Blames that on her being bipolar... Whatever. So, yeah. I sure feel like I got the short end of the stick and have slowly been pushing away. Not like they will notice. And yes, I've gone to them a few times, but come on... It's hard not to be a bit sour on everything.
My brother asked me to babysit for a friend, , she finally arrived at 3am much later than mom was expected. Wish I had called the police. I also had no contact info either. Several hours of worry by adults that weren't the mom. Never babysat any of his friends kids.
Calling the police in a situation like this is ALWAYS best. A family member had me watch her baby and when she was several hours late I called the police (no cell phones) she and the police showed up ant the EXACT same time. Literally walked up the stairs together. It was her show from there. I left for school.
*Regarding the favoritism story:*
OP is not the asshole & he didn’t make his parents look bad, they made themselves look bad, they were okay treating their kid like crap behind closed doors but had an issue with it as soon as it was public knowledge, what shady people, OPs parents should be ashamed. OP you need to work hard & make something of yourself, make your parents regret how they treated you, make them regret losing you, make them realize what garbage they really are & never go back to those horrible people, you don’t need them & you’re much better than they’ll ever be, always remember that.
The fact that you couldn't get over the shit stain killed me... Because I gagged myself!!!!
I can't stop laughing... Bidet is life 😜😂😎
I sometimes listen to these while on the toilet, and I was just about to use my own bidet attachment before you started talking about them!