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LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 12 hours agoYou reacted to their vote count barely 10min after they posted.
Also you’re not “free childcare.” It’s called taking care of your (half-)sibling. You’re not obligated to but taking care of family is not the same as babysitting
andrewta@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
“Not obligated”. Tell that to the teen who wants to live their life but is stuck home every Friday night to watch their siblings.
Can they help once in a while ,yes.
But too many parents become seriously self entitled, and before anyone claims I’m not that old, so how would I know? I’m over 50. Fair amount of experience with entitled people.
And not calling it baby sitting and trying to call it “taking care of the sibling” is just splitting hairs.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
I was 1 of several kids I don’t need a lecture and I don’t know why your base assumption is that this is guaranteed to happen to OP.
It’s not babysitting when it’s family. In fact I get pretty upset when someone describes me as “babysitting” my kids. I’m being a parent. It’s not the same thing, it’s not splitting hairs.
andrewta@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Look at the number of up vs down votes. That should tell you where the thoughts are of others. Have a nice day.
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
You can’t be serious.
Even if we conceded that somehow magic internet points are indicative of “who is correct,” which is absurd but let’s just give you that one, you’re talking 4-6 up/down on the most weighed in comment. The rest are 2-1, 1-1, 1-0. All of those downvotes are YOU by the way after the initial comment, I haven’t downvoted anything of yours.
Congratulations. You are Correct :TM: by your narrow, arbitrary definition. Well done. Good Job.