WORKzilla 2

[famtastic]

Done a new thread as couldn't reply. Can't believe this is the 3rd thread lol.

I know I shouldn't laugh but ds vomiting like that was hilarious and so well times I've given him £10!

Absolutely astounding. That's me caught up with all the threads.
OP I am a bit at a loss as to what you can say now. She is going to come back to it again tomorrow. And my money would be on her acting all nicey nicey to get you back on side.
You could probably say that you know you are a last resort because everyone else has said no and changed their mind. That what she is asking is beyond a favour, and the reason everyone is saying no is because nobody wants to have to get up at half 5 during the holidays to get ready to look after someone else's kids everyday. And her kids are certainly not your problem.
I was feeling miffed being asked to look after my pisstaker friends DD two days a week while working the other 3 for free, no food or trip money provided of course. Now that looks tame!

I paid my sister for taking unpaid leave to look after my kids when I was in a bind like you're meant to
Does she not understand that's how it works?! Family, friends,childminder,whoever you ask!

I absolutely love you husband and child OP xx

Why has she said she'll see you tomorrow??
Does she still think you are going to help????
Well done to you and your husband!
As if they're booked to go to disneyworld yet won't pay for childcare!
Do not do ANY babysitting for them.
If they can go there they can pay for a babysitter!
Report you to ss
She really will resort to anything won't she?
Sounds batshit.
Just be prepared as she is going to slag you off now and try to make you look bad.
It'll be "oh famtastic told us at the last minute she wasn't going to babysit even, though she promised she would. We even couldn't go away because of her.
I thought we were friends. I've always helped her out blah blah blah"

I really enjoyed reading about ds puking all over her shoes something called karma.... stay strong and keep us all posted with any updates. We're all behind you!

Her 'I'll see you tomorrow' sounds like a dire prediction a la Brutus' "Thou shalt see me at Philippi!!!" in Julius Caesar.

I'm sure she plans to loudly confront you at the school gates before all and sundry to try and 'shame' you publicly into providing childcare. If I were you, I'd stick my ear buds in and bop along to some loud tunes.

Shall we do a playlist? I'll start:

"You Don't Own Me"
"School's out for Summer"
"Ain't No Cure for the Summertime Blues"
"Cruel Summer"
"All Summer Long"
(and as a throwaway to WORKzilla)
"She WORKs Hard for the Money"

Well done FamDS

No her husband was also shocked I didn't understand what a few favours mean. And he said it but she was there at the time. My husband has the last half of the last week of the school holidays off work as he's doing shiftthank god he can do the school run!

OP have you had a look to see if she's slagging you off on Facebook or anywhere else on social media?

Wow! Did the husband say anything in all if this? Did at least look a bit sheepish and embarrassed or was he as bad as WORKzilla?

Yeah, the Disney World explanation really takes the biscuit doesn't it?! She can't afford summer childcare, because they've blown all their money booking a holiday to Disney World. You couldn't make it up. The complete, utter lack of self-awareness, the fact that they stood on your doorstep trying to intimidate you, then admitted that they'd planned to dump their kids on you for the summer because they've spent all their money on a fucking holiday! Amazing.

I am amazed.

Be prepared for the school run when you do go back. She'll have a day's head start on you if you're not there tomorrow ... slagging you off to anyone and everyone ... probably in hopes of getting some poor sucker to feel sorry for her predicament and offer to have her children.

Stand firm.

And your DS deserved more than £10 ... you should double that!

Thank you all I feel superhuman but also as I may too vomit lol

It's definitely true that when you're a SAHM or even just work reduced hours, you get 'befriended' by people who realise you'll be quite good in an emergency. I have three dcs and it's happened with mums from all three of their year groups.
A particularly pissing off example was a mum whose son was in the same year 4 class as ds1. I barely knew her but suddenly found she was signing her ds up for all the same extracurricular activities as mine and expecting me to pick him up and bring him back to mine til she finished work. I had a small baby at the time and her ds was really naughty to top it all off. I said no a couple of times after months of this and she flounced off never to be heard from again. She bloody cold shouldered me after that and her ds excluded mine from everything. That was after months of free childcare. I wish I'd been a bit less subtle at the time and told her to fuck off after seeing how badly ds got treated.

Why has she said she'll see you tomorrow??
Does she still think you are going to help????

I reckon she still thinks she can get the OP to change her mind, if she can just get her on her own, so she can bully and wheedle more effectively.

Oh, and maybe you should ask her if, as a favour, she would take your children to Disneyworld with hers ... and of course, you'd expect her to pay.

It's definitely not the end!

I agree with the Ted talk suggestion (does that then count as WORK?!)
I actually have to do some WORK now as I've been following the threads for so long (instead of working, cooking and looking after children) but I'd like to chip in a tenner for DS, I hope my DS has my back if I'm in this situation

So she clearly had no intention of paying you either, did she. I would be clear to her that they are the only people on the planet who thinks a few favours means doing their childcare every day for six weeks.

Just came in to DH Playing Rihanna WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK lol lol

OMG workzilla just gets worse

There's favours and there's taking the piss !

I would also recommend that you have no contact with her whatsoever from now on. Do not talk to her, do not engage with her in any way. If she harrasses you about it on the school run, just keep repeating "I am not doing your childcare".

Stay strong as she will keep trying to push you into it!

Well done fam and mrfam and boyfam rock!

Of course she won't let it lie, she's clearly fucking delusional. I'm staggered by her sheer front and batshitty-ness.

Stay strong! 💪