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Guy Never Permitted Grandparents To Babysit His Kid, Asks For Help After Divorce But They Refuse

By Sumaiya Ghani in Relationships On 24th September 2023

While it's widely understood that kids shouldn't be caught up in adult conflicts, some situations make it unavoidable. Consider this Redditor's situation: they have a granddaughter who isn't biologically related, and their son, who had reservations about them babysitting. Now the son's divorced and suddenly wants his mother's help in babysitting the kid. But the grandparent thinks it's unfair and refuses. Now the OP feels guilty and wants readers to tell if she is the jerk here.

This grandparent took to Reddit to discuss why she no longer wants to babysit her grandkid

The confused OP took to reddit to ask if she is being mean for refusing to babysit the child. She elaborated the reason behind this difficult decision of hers and asked redditors to tell if she is in wrong here.

OP wrote that her son got married and had a kid. OP always wanted to babysit the kid but her parents never allowed her saying it's unsafe

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Her son and daughter-in-law didn’t trust her and told that her house is unsafe

Later on it was revealed that the son was not the biological father of the kid

Now after the divorce, the son wants his mother to babysit the kid but OP refused

Image credits: Juan Pablo Serrano Arenas (not the actual photo)

The son thinks his mother is being awful by refusing to babysit the 4-year-old kid

The OP's son once believed she wasn't suitable, so she now declines to babysit especially since it's not even her biological grandkid

OP took to Reddit to ask if she is being the jerk here for refusing to babysit the child.

Redditors had mixed responses but most of them think OP is not the jerk here

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Someone pointed out that maybe the son's partner was the one hesitant about sending the child to the OP's care

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This Redditor told OP she did right

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One reader said the son ruined the relationship and deserves no support

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This reader mentioned that the OP might be omitting some important details from their story

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This Redditors thinks that it's reasonable for the OP to no longer want to babysit the child

This entire discussion sparked questions about the role of biological ties in the OP's decision not to babysit. Among differing opinions, one user praised her for standing firm and not being taken advantage of. What do you think of this entire situation? We'd love to hear your take on this.

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