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    'She "volunteered" me without asking': Mom drops off her two kids at her sister's house during work hours, expecting free babysitting all day, despite knowing the aunt works from home

    Why don't people understand how remote work functions yet? 

    It's 2026, and still, families expect work-from-home employees to be available 24 hours per day, just like this entitled mom in the next story. She dropped her kids off at her sister's house, texting her a warning only after pulling out of the driveway, saying, "Thanks for watching them!" However, it was a weekday, and Auntie had work to attend to; she didn't have time to play babysitter all day. 

    Instead of rolling over and sidelining her career, this aunt called grandma for backup, calling out her sister later on for her inappropriate behavior. 

    Imagine if she were working in an in-person office, at a restaurant, or on a jobsite. You can't just drop off a pair of children in a work area, hoping that one of the employees will watch them for the day. They can't babysit; they're working! Alas, this entitled misunderstanding turned into a teaching moment for the entire family, because this remote working aunt not only loved her niece and nephews, but she loved being employed too. 

    The mom was not unaccustomed to taking advantage of her sister, often leaving the kids with her with no notice on the weekends. But the final straw was when she disrespected her sister's career and threatened her livelihood, crossing a boundary line of acceptable behavior when she expected her "village" to step up and stop everything they're doing to help her in a pinch. Is your Target run worth burning a bridge with your children's aunt? Probably not. 

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    • AITJ for Refusing to Babysit My Sister's Kids After She "Volunteered" Me Without Asking? So I (24F) work remotely from home, and apparently my entire family thinks that means I'm available 24/7.
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    • My older sister has two kids under 10, and I do love them, but she has this habit of making plans for me before even talking to me first. Usually it's little stuff like "Can
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    • you pick them up from school?" or "Can you watch them for an hour?" and I normally help if I can. But this week she crossed a line.
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    • I was in the middle of a work call when she texted me saying, "Dropped the kids off outside, thanks again!" I genuinely thought she was joking at first. Nope. I opened my apartment door and the kids were literally sitting in the hallway with backpacks and snacks.
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    • I know it's minimal, but in my mind, at least the kids had snacks packed. 

      Although it's still an egregious overstep from the mom's part, it's not as if the children were completely left out in the cold. Worst case, they could occupy themselves on Auntie's doorstep, because she obviously had to get back to work for the day. She wasn't going to call out, use a PTO day, or call off her meetings for an emergency, because it wasn't an emergency! Her sister just didn't feel like watching the kids that day and decided that her remote-working sister had the free time to do so on her behalf…

    • I called her immediately and she said she had an appointment and "knew I'd say yes anyway." I told her I was WORKING and couldn't just stop everything because she decided for me. She got annoyed and said working from home "isn't a real excuse."
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    • I ended up calling my mom because I didn't want to leave the kids alone, and my mom picked them up after about 40 minutes. Now my sister is furious at me because apparently I "made her look like a bad mother" and "caused unnecessary drama."
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    • Some family members think I should've just watched the kids and discussed it later because "family helps family." Others think what she did was completely irresponsible.
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    • I feel bad for the kids because none of this is their fault, but I'm honestly angry that she thought this was acceptable.
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    • TL;DR: My sister dropped her kids off at my apartment without asking while I was working from home, assuming I'd babysit. I refused and called my mom to pick them up. Now she says I embarrassed her and overreacted.
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    • Icy-You3075

      Your sister is under the impression that because you had never said no, she's entitled to you help. Unfortunatly, I think the only way for this to never happen again is for you to stop saying yes for at least the next six months.

    • Electronic_Lack5961

      I agree, one of the roughest pieces of all this is that she isn't even all that grateful for the thousands of times you have helped her with childcare. All that matters to her is this one time you can't even though she never even asked. If she was, she'd realize she is in the wrong. NTJ. Time to enforce some serious boundaries.

    • teresajs

      For the future, if she drops her kids at your house without prior agreement and refuses to come get them, you should call the police.  That's abandonment.

    • Kind_List_9302 OP

      Yeah, I really didn’t want it to escalate that far, but after thinking about it more, just leaving your kids somewhere without permission is not okay no matter who the person is.

    • N-Dina

      Your sister is taking you for granted, it’s time that she wakes up and realizes you’re not a babysitter(and a free one as I’m guessing you’re not even paid for it?). And she needs to realize she gotta ask first, you know like any decent and polite human being…

      If she ever drop off her kids at your place again, ask those family members to take care of them since “family helps family”.

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