Taken Advantage??

I am a work at home mom who has 4 kids ages 2, 3, 7 & 11. The youngest are home with me all day but I still have a customer service job that I do. My neighbor is always asking me to watch her 4 year old because "something came up and it'll be like 10 minutes"....then she is gone for over an hour!

Final Results

1st.
Tell her it is not convenient
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71%
2nd.
Tell her I can do it only once a week or something
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29%
3rd.
Start dropping my kids on her doorstep
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0%

Comments:

If your neighbor is asking, then you get to give her an answer. A good answer is, "Sorry, can't right now. Something has come up and I can't take on anymore right now." Do this, or a variation of this, a few times and she will get the hint. VOE
Added by Anonymous - 7 months ago
Be firm and tell her that "Now is not a good time for the kids to have guests". If you are firm all the time, but still nice, she will eventually get it! PRD
Added by Anonymous - 8 months ago
Sounds like she is not being fare! Sounds like you are being taken advantag of! Sounds like u should talk to her about ur feelings!
Added by Anonymous - 8 months ago
Just tell her the truth which is that you have to work and having extra kids in the house is a hassle. Or maybe trade off every once in awhile where you get her kid for 2 hours and she gets yours for 2 hours. Kat
Added by Anonymous - 8 months ago

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