A husband has shared how his in-laws refused to babysit their daughter for free so he and his wife decided not to let them see their grandchild unless they make the decision to see them on the weekends.
Taking to Reddit, the man explained that his mother-in-law was about to retire and that she loved the idea of babysitting.
But his father-in-law never liked the idea of ‘free handouts’ but would help his daughter with financial needs.
“Since her mom would be retiring it would work out perfectly. And they’d get to see their grandchild every day or most days,” he wrote.
But after welcoming the baby, his father-in-law started talking about babysitting.
“He started to compare pricing of daycares in today’s market and how much he would start charging us weekly,” he wrote. “After his research, he surmised his amount to $400/wk for babysitting and $100 for weekends and we were shocked.”
The couple then considered taking their daughter to a daycare so they didn’t have to drive back and forth.
“It’s not like my wife and I were well off either, we make enough to live comfortably,” he went on. “So it became a huge discussion between us to the point where we almost decided that they weren’t going to see their grandchild unless we decide to see them on the weekends.”
He then asked Reddit users if he and his wife were in the wrong for expecting her parents to babysit without payments but internet users were quick to praise the grandparents.
One person commented: “You aren’t entitled to free babysitting.”
Another said: “Your in-laws have done the whole married with children thing, the young’ns are all launched. They have the house to themselves again. And I’m sure they are enjoying it. Oh, but wait. Kiddo wants to pawn off HER kiddo on us and take us back to our hectic parenting days again????? OH HECK NO.”
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