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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter has not paid a babysitter even once in seven years for her children. We babysit at least twice a week, usually overnight once on weekends. On this date we are going to the beach the day they have a big  elementary school benefit. She has two weeks notice to hire a sitter but whines her husband won't spend the $15-$20 for sitter. The more she whines (can't find a sitter, can't afford a sitter, blah blah) the angrier I feel. She's called three X in two days to complain.

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My mother babysits my children as often as you do. And I am so grateful. Grateful for their relationship (my daughter says Grandma is my "favorite person of earf",  I am forever grateful for the time off.  She and my dad do go on trips just then a few times a year and I am just appalled that your daughter is making you feel guilty about that.

You need to find a way to tell her that while you love your grandchildren more than anything, you are also a person who gets to do things that they want to do. And she needs to find a backup babysitter because grandma is not always available. [/quote]

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