- OP’s teenage daughter babysits her aunt, OP’s sister, at a discounted rate to earn pocket money
- While babysitting, the teenager helped herself to two slices of cake that her aunt kept in the bread box on the counter.
- The aunt now claims that the cake was expensive and the OP should pay her more than a quarter of the cost of the cake
A single mother whose teenage daughter babysits for the family encountered an embarrassing and unusual mix-up that left her wondering if she had made a mistake.
The original poster (OP) is a 38-year-old mom of a 17-year-old teenager she calls Carly. Carly babysits her aunt (OP’s sister), who lives nearby with her 7-year-old son and 9-year-old daughter.
“Carly sometimes babysits her cousins on weekends so my sister and BIL can go out, usually for 3-4 hours. In exchange, my sister gives her 30-40 euros in cash,” the OP explained on Reddit’s AmITheA- —– panel.
“Me and my sister don’t make Carly babysit; she volunteers it. She likes having extra money to fund her Starbucks addiction without working part-time in fast food or retail, and the kids love to see her,” she noted. . “I’m glad she’s learned responsibility. I think it’s an overall win.”
The deal was going smoothly until a recent incident confused the OP.
“Couple [of] hours after Carly comes home from babysitting, my sister calls me. It was my niece’s birthday two weeks ago and there was some leftover birthday cake in their kitchen,” OP said.
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“It was a specially made fancy lemon curd cake and I remember at the party a lot of kids didn’t want to eat it so there was a lot left over. While she was babysitting Carly ate two slices.”
OP’s sister was not happy that Carly helped herself to the cake. “My sister said she should have asked before she helped herself to the cake, and that it was expensive. I apologized to my sister and told her I would talk to my daughter.”
Just as the OP thought that was the end of it, her sister continued, “She mentioned again that the cake was custom made and expensive and said we should reimburse her.”
“At first I honestly thought she wasn’t serious, but she wanted me to give her money for the cake. I mentioned that the cake would surely spoil soon if it wasn’t stale already (I said this lightly – from the bottom of my heart, trying to lighten the mood), but she made it clear know that I’m NOT giving her money,” she explained. “She says she paid 70 euros for the cake and expects me to give her 20 euros. I told her I don’t do that.”
“My sister says I’m inconsiderate and my daughter ate the slices without permission. I feel like she’s being petty, and what difference would it make if it was all eaten last weekend or at a birthday party?”
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When asked if she made a mistake, several commenters asked for more information, at which point the OP revealed that the cake “wasn’t frozen, it was kept in a bread pan.”
“The cake was kept at room temperature in a bread box on the worktop. After two weeks it was no longer even a viable edible product, let alone one with monetary value,” said one commenter. “Your daughter is lucky she didn’t get food poisoning.”
Another person said that the OP and Carly should meet with her sister just as petty. “Pay your sister for two slices of her fancy cake and tell your daughter she will.” not to babysit your siblings ever again without full and comparable compensation to other babysitters. And tell her why“, they suggested.
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“Your sister had a golden goose babysitter, and apparently she had no idea how well she was doing. Emphasis on had. If he wants to pet you, let’s go to go“, continued the commentator.
“And don’t bother to warn your sister. She can find out about your daughter want charge her, oh, say, 20 euros an hour? For every hour? Or whatever the price, or he can struggle to find an alternative. Your daughter could earn all kinds of money for her Starbucks addiction by working for someone else. But the deal ended when she expected you to pay more than 20 euros for a stale cake.”
“It *now* doesn’t matter how expensive it was to begin with. The cake is now a sunk cost; Seka won’t recoup anything by leaving it to rot in the fridge,” another commenter pointed out. “The sister is probably upset that she spent so much/went to such lengths for a cake her daughter didn’t like. Carly pointed out the fact that there was so much left over.”
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