Stressed (very long rant)
I babysit my two nephews as a job - one's three and the other will be turning one in a couple of weeks. Before I started and my brother and SIL were asking me to do it, they said they would be matching what I made at my other job (about $300-$350 a week) and that it would only be until 3pm. So I agreed thinking extra money and I could still work my old job at nights. Well, "matching" my salary turned out to be $200 a week and after a few weeks 3pm turned into 4:30 and sometimes later, and me needing to change my available hours at my other job multiple times until they just stopped putting me on the schedule. So I quit that job and focused solely on babysitting. My SIL is there most of the time because she works from home but I mostly agreed to babysit so she could WORK and yet she's gone hours at a time shopping or whatever. And my nephews are very spoiled momma boys. When they don't get their way they cry and throw tantrums and cry for mommy. And whenever the youngest sees his mom or she leaves to go somewhere, he will start crying and screaming bloody murder. So pretty much I am stuck woth them not listening to me and going to mommy so she can contradict whatever it is I told them and they get their way.
I had told my brother about two months ago that I couldn't watch them anymore because I have my own baby on the way (I'm currently 24+6 weeks), I need to find a better paying job, and he made it seem like he was on board. But the next few days my SIL started letting me leave earlier (like between 3 and 3:30) and it dawned on me: they aren't looking for someone else, they are just going to change a few things in hopes it will change my mind. My brother confirmed it when he stated that I would be getting $10 extra a day when my SIL goes away on business trips (which means I need to be there from quarter to 6 in the morning until my brother gets home close to 5) and it just makes it impossible for me to get a second job because I just never know.
My boyfriend keeps pressuring me to get a different job and quit babysitting because we are struggling so much to survive right now. Everyone says that they are just using me. Especially after finding out that I wouldn't be in their wedding in August, even though I was told I would be years ago. I plan to talk to my brother about it again today but I just hate confrontation so much and this entire situation stresses me out. I just wanted to know if anyone had some advice for me or if I'm overreacting and being crazy.
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