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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.

BIL is a plumber. He’s going into retail stores and doing jobs such as (example) installing new toilets in the employee bathroom. So he’s in a back room while his kids are sitting out in the store by themselves, unsupervised according to my DH.

I will mind my own business. I am struggling to bridge the gap between my previous post and this one. There was an overwhelming response that I should take their kids in for an evening so my BIL/SIL can go out and have a night to themselves. Some posters suggest that I have a duty to my nieces and need to facilitate a cousin relationship.

So, in that familial duty there’s no responsibility on my or my DH’s part to say my BIL is being an idiot: driving around for hours per day with them in the car, taking them to non-kid friendly places with nothing for them to do and leaving them unsupervised.

I will shut up now though, because I do see the point. They’re his kids, not my responsibility. [/quote]

I think you're just mad that he's making do without paying for child care and you're stuck paying for it. You feel like he's getting away with something.[/quote]

Op here. Yes. I do actually get quite mad when he asks to stop his kids off at my house while my nanny is watching my kid with zero notice or offer to contribute to my nanny’s wage.

I’m annoyed with them and their constant asks. DH and I bought a small, two seater fishing boat with a small cabin space where DS usually sits. They have been blowing us up to take them out on our boat. But they expect us to provide them with life jackets, don’t offer to help with the boat cleanup or anything. It would be a fun day for them. DH refuses to take them out because SIL has made no effort to buy her kids their own life jackets.

They are just annoying as heck and only really contact us when they want something.[/quote]
Ok, so what about all of this makes you think offering your 2 cents about BIL bringing his kids to his work site is a good idea? You think they’re annoying, and given your description of your relationship with them I would bet a million dollars that feeling is mutual. [/quote]

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