‘I’m not the baby’s parent. I have my own goals and life to focus on’: College student refuses 20-year-old new mom Maya, who expects her to put her life on hold and babysit he newborn constantly because they’re best friends

Being a best friend is a lot, but in some people's heads, it now means running a part-time daycare with no salary and less flexibility than a yoga instructor. It starts innocently enough, a favor here or there, but soon just a bit transforms into a standing babysitting appointment that somehow always clashes with actually living your own life. Nothing says appreciation like being guilted for keeping up with school, missing shifts, or daring to have outside plans while a bestie vents about the cosmic injustice of not having on-demand help for every bottle and meltdown.

Modern young adulthood does wonders for exposing friend dynamics that lean more lifetime contract than mutual support. Suddenly, a study-abroad acceptance turns into an act of betrayal, with every personal triumph recast as evidence of disloyalty instead of growth. Apparently, backing out of a never-agreed-to co-parenting gig gets you a one-way ticket to emotional exile and a scolding from someone else's mother who never learned boundaries in the first place.

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AITJ for telling my best friend I won’t put my life on hold to babysit her newborn?

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Some friendships thrive under pressure, others buckle at the first sign of independence and see achievement as abandonment. There’s no medal for going above and beyond until your own priorities vanish, and even less reward for letting guilt steer the calendar. That’s the thing about growing up: true support goes both ways, and the best friendships recognize a boundary when they see one, particularly when it’s standing between best friend and live-in nanny.
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$CommanderChaos999 "Her mom messaged me saying I used Maya and "dumped her when she needed real help." \---Assuming the mom lives within driving distance., tell the friend her mom just volunteered to do the babysitting since she insists that her daughter needs real help.$

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