I have had a whinge about this neighbour before, in the grand scheme of things he is okay as a neighbour, just a bit annoying.
He text me earlier to see if I could do him a favor, I text back saying, 'Depends on what as I have a lot on'
He text back saying, 'I am trying to get some friends together I can trust to have DD when I go to football'
I did have an inkling that he was going to ask about babysitting. I text him back saying, no as DH and I have enough on with our own two DD's and when we do finally get them to bed or playing nicely together all we want to do is chill out.
Also his football that he goes to is once a fortnight (I know as DH & I let his dog in and out for him when he goes) He is also away overnight occasionally with it and I do not want anyone else's child overnight (unless for real emergencies)
Was I BU for saying that, as he is now not very happy with me (which I have not told him as I do not want a row with him as our next door neighbour is having over his dog)
There are many reasons I wont have his DD, one being that she is very hard work and does not get on with my DD's. He doesn't provide food or anything for her, she is still in nappies and I have to provide those as well. The last 2 times I babysat for him he said he would be an hour at most, I ended up having her a lot longer as he decided to do his shopping and cleaning but was not contactable (ignoring his phone I think) when I rang him. I only knew he was back as his car was parked up the street, so I took her home. I foolishly thought this was a one off so had her again soon after and he did the same.
His DD is 3 and can be quite nasty to my DD's especially DD2 as she is younger and will not stick up for herself as DD1 does and I don't want to deal with warring DC to be perfectly honest.
He is now saying that I don't know what it is like to be a single parent, true I don't know what it is like but it is hardly my fault he is a single parent.
I have suggested he ask around for teenage babysitters who he could pay, and pointed him in the direction of a babysitting site which has local sitters on it.
So WIBU to have told him no I wont?