So, I just babysat for 6 hours. Theyre 6 year old triplets and I’ve babysat for them twice before (from 9 am to 1 pm and 4 pm to 7 pm, both last month). Anyway, tonight I babysat , starting at 4:30 and ending “not too late” (or so they said). They didn’t give me any instructions other than what to cook for dinner. So they come home at 10:15 (not too late myass…it’s a goddam school night!) and the mom was peeved because her children went to bed at 9:30 instead of 8, and because I didn’t do the dishes.
The only thing is, she NEVER told me to do either of those things!! I get that theres some common sense involved from my end, but she seriously never ever once told me anything about there bed time OR dishes.
So of course I apologized profusely, but my question is: is it really all my fault? Doesn’t she have some blame too?
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You’re not wrong. She should have specified on every aspect of what she expected from you. And you were there to babysit. That does not include washing dishes ( unless she had asked you to do so before she left) which she hadn’t so therefore she had no right to call you out on it. You were there to watch the kids and dishes have nothing to do with watching kids. Maybe you shouldn’t babysit for her anymore. I used to babysit a lot and I was that baby sitter that handled my business and if they didn’t like the way I did it then they could sure as hell find someone else to watch their kids. I’m sure you had other things you could have been doing that night. She should have appreciated what you had accomplished. Cooking, getting kids fed, cleaned up and put to bed before they got home. And THREE of them. Bet you had hell. Screw her and find clients who will appreciate your business.
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yeah she has to own up to some of the blame. it’s good you’re owning up to your end.
If you honestly had no idea on what to do, because you didn’t have enough information then it is her fault, but partially your fault for not asking/confirming but nothing you should feel bad about.
So if you did a good from the information she gave you then she shouldn’t blame you.
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She does have some blame too.
I am assuming you don’t have kids of your own, so how were you meant to know their bedtime if you weren’t told. You couldn’t be blamed for that, you had poor instructions (well, lack of instructions)
She should have left clear instructions (such as dinner around 7pm, bath at 7.30 then bed at 8pm – or whatever the usual routine is)
As for the dishes, that part was common sense yes – but she shouldn’t be overly annoyed about that – you were their to babysit her triplets, not to do housework. But it would have been courteous to do that for her.
I don’t think its a big deal. She came home, her kids were safe and thats the main thing – she may have had a little bit of a tantrum – but she will get over it.