Well done OP.
She knows you are soft.
Don't be a mug.
You don't owe ANYONE your precious time.
Emergency yes.
Leisure, nope.
Go spend time with your children.
There is no way I would mind the feral child of even a good friend, nope.
Some people find it easy to ask.
She things you are a bit of a mug unfortunately.
Some people find it easy to ask big favours.
This is a huge one that was recently asked of my friend.
My single friends has retired from a long career in teaching, and is making lots of happy plans and quite excited about the future.
She is a wonderful hobby painter and is really very talented IMO.
Another very close friend of hers whose child is someone she has watched growing up , also a teacher has asked if she will childmind her godchild one day a week, from November, as she NOW has lots of free time????
My friend is shocked, and aghast, and actually cannot quite believe the presumption of it.
She lives within 10 minutes by car of her, and is fond of them both...
She was so blindsided by it she was struck dumb and mumbled she would have to think about it.
Having shared a couple of glasses of wine with me and another friend she went back and said she couldn't possibly commit.
Her friend was surprised and disappointed as thought she'd "love to be involved"🙄.
My pal is genuinely bemused and wondering is she living in a parallel universe.
Why on earth would she want to tie herself to one day a week.
She looked after her friends child a bit over the years and was obliging, but she has been looking foward to travelling now that she is retired.
Things are now awkward as her friend has admitted to her and her daughter feeling very left down.
I don't know these people personally, but my reaction is wtf???
So unbelievably entitled.