To come back tipsy to babysitter

TwattingDog · 16/02/2026 09:18

Bruisername · 16/02/2026 09:04

Nope! They paid her for her time and asked if she’d come back the following Friday!!

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I hope she told them to piss off!!

Dgll · 16/02/2026 09:17

Isittimeformynapyet · 16/02/2026 08:29

"woken up" surely.

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Why do you do it? Many people can spot typos, spelling mistakes and incorrect grammar but don't feel the need to point it out. It comes across as mean, not clever.

Bruisername · 16/02/2026 09:04

TwattingDog · 16/02/2026 08:40

She's a bit of a hero staying in a potentially risky situation to protect the kids. I hope she was well paid for the extra time and there was some acknowledgement of the issues.....

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Nope! They paid her for her time and asked if she’d come back the following Friday!!

IHopeYouStepOnALegPiece · 16/02/2026 08:55

Isittimeformynapyet · 16/02/2026 08:33

Wakened up is not incorrect, it's just weird.

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So is pulling someone up on it, truly, if this is all you have to entertain yourself with, get a hobby.

TwattingDog · 16/02/2026 08:40

Bruisername · 16/02/2026 08:20

My babysitter has a nightmare with one couple. 2am a taxi driver rings the bell and the mum is passed out in the back so he helps her carry her in and babysitter puts her to bed. Cabbie tells her they’d had a massive fight and the dad had jumped out and walked off. He turns up and hour later worse for wear and tells her to go but she felt uncomfortable leaving the kids (baby and toddler) so said because it was so late could she sleep on the sofa. Kids up at 6am and no sign of the parents until 2pm!

She's a bit of a hero staying in a potentially risky situation to protect the kids. I hope she was well paid for the extra time and there was some acknowledgement of the issues.....

Isittimeformynapyet · 16/02/2026 08:33

Shadowhawk · 16/02/2026 08:30

Ah here come the grammar police. Move along please, I don’t much care how I type on a forum. Have a lovely day.

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Wakened up is not incorrect, it's just weird.

Shadowhawk · 16/02/2026 08:30

Isittimeformynapyet · 16/02/2026 08:29

"woken up" surely.

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Ah here come the grammar police. Move along please, I don’t much care how I type on a forum. Have a lovely day.

Isittimeformynapyet · 16/02/2026 08:29

Shadowhawk · 15/02/2026 22:01

I had to put my friend to bed a few weeks ago when they came home after a night out. Dad was fine, mum needed a bucket by the bed. I dealt with mum while he resettled the 2 year old who’d wakened up at mum falling up the stairs. I suppose not drinking for nearly 3 years and having 4 glasses of wine does that to you 🤣.

"woken up" surely.

Bruisername · 16/02/2026 08:20

My babysitter has a nightmare with one couple. 2am a taxi driver rings the bell and the mum is passed out in the back so he helps her carry her in and babysitter puts her to bed. Cabbie tells her they’d had a massive fight and the dad had jumped out and walked off. He turns up and hour later worse for wear and tells her to go but she felt uncomfortable leaving the kids (baby and toddler) so said because it was so late could she sleep on the sofa. Kids up at 6am and no sign of the parents until 2pm!

user1492757084 · 16/02/2026 08:19

Fine as long as it is just tipsy and you know never to drink and drive and not to drive the babysitter home either.

Sprogonthetyne · 16/02/2026 08:07

Flamingojune · 15/02/2026 21:52

So parents can never get drunk together?

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I don't think they should both be incapacitated levels of drunk unless the kids are sleeping elsewhere. Doesn't mean they can't drink, but IMO at least one of them should still be sensible and capable enough to get the pre-teen a bucket and change vomit covered bedding, if needed.

Shadowhawk · 15/02/2026 22:01

I had to put my friend to bed a few weeks ago when they came home after a night out. Dad was fine, mum needed a bucket by the bed. I dealt with mum while he resettled the 2 year old who’d wakened up at mum falling up the stairs. I suppose not drinking for nearly 3 years and having 4 glasses of wine does that to you 🤣.

Flamingojune · 15/02/2026 21:52

Sprogonthetyne · 15/02/2026 21:34

One of you needs to be sober enough to be comfortable dealing with if the 10/12 year old suddenly come down with an illness (or other emergency) after the babysitter has left. If you're ok to be left in charge of DC, you're ok to pay and see the babysitter out.

So parents can never get drunk together?

Sprogonthetyne · 15/02/2026 21:34

One of you needs to be sober enough to be comfortable dealing with if the 10/12 year old suddenly come down with an illness (or other emergency) after the babysitter has left. If you're ok to be left in charge of DC, you're ok to pay and see the babysitter out.

Mh67 · 15/02/2026 21:20

I know I will be in the minority but if I'm going back home to children I just didn't drink. Couldn't imagine turning up at hospital with a sick child rearing of alcohol.
it actually happened my son needed emergency surgery thankfully I hadn't drank alcohol

BoarBrush · 15/02/2026 20:56

Ronathediva13 · 15/02/2026 20:23

As long as the babysitter doesn’t have to put you and your husband to bed when you stagger in, I’m sure a few drinks will be fine. You know your tolerance so go out and enjoy yourself!

Oh god, I did once have to put the mum to bed. She was my mums friend so it wasn't too bad but I did end up sleeping on the sofa and having a toddler peeing the bed, neither he nor I knew where sheets were so had him on the sofa with me the rest of the night. God a bloody good tip that night.

Ronathediva13 · 15/02/2026 20:23

As long as the babysitter doesn’t have to put you and your husband to bed when you stagger in, I’m sure a few drinks will be fine. You know your tolerance so go out and enjoy yourself!

QuizNight · 15/02/2026 20:12

I wouldn’t judge the number of drinks by what the babysitter thinks, I’d judge it by how many until you’re unable to safely be able to look after your children or respond appropriately to an emergency situation. That’s the only thing that matters.

BillieWiper · 15/02/2026 19:58

As many as you like?! It's none of their business. They're hardly going to start questioning you.

Just chew gum and don't get too close to them if you think thud be judgemental but the whole point of getting one is that you can go out and have drinks etc.

But you are allowed to drink alcohol whenever you want. You're a grown adult.

BauhausOfEliott · 15/02/2026 19:51

The babysitter doesn’t give a shit how many drinks you have.

Why do you need to ask other people how many drinks you have? Your children are 12 and 10. Surely you must have consumed alcohol in the last dozen years?

EagerPlayer · 15/02/2026 19:48

RareNightOut · 14/02/2026 13:06

My partner and I are going on a rare evening out, leaving our kids (12 and 10) in the care of a new babysitter.

We'll be back around midnight. I'd like to be able to have a few drinks whilst I'm out. Is it okay to return home a bit tipsy?

What is an acceptable number of drinks to have?

Do you never have a drink at home?!

verabarbleen · 14/02/2026 18:34

It’s fine. Gosh when I used to baby sit as a teen/young adult used to come back pissed it would be great as they would throw more money at me 😂

Owly11 · 14/02/2026 18:18

Are you thinking of the kids or the baby sitter?

Echobelly · 14/02/2026 18:13

Agree with @Tourmalines that's an interesting question- I think maybe because MN and social media shows us a world that is full of people ready to judge parents for anything.

With a 10 and 12 year old, absolutely fine. We came back more than a little tipsy (but never, ever blind drunk, neither of us likes being out of it) when kids were younger than that. Having a babysitter, as others have said, is so you can let your hair down!

WtP · 14/02/2026 18:09

As long as you don't do what one couple I used to babysit for did on their return. Attempt drunken sex in the kitchen before I had been paid!
That was an awkward "Excuse me could I have my money" To be fair the wife did approach me later that week with very blushing cheeks to apologise and say she was so embarrassed that her kids had conned me into them having a bath, apparently they had already had one 😂
She gave me another £20 for my troubles This was 1981 btw so a fair amount & her kids were adorable