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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are busy.  This occurrence has happened to us before - at first we helped out with similarly aged neighbors child when parent traveled frequently on weekends (girls weekend, bachelorette party, birthday weekend), but then when mom moved to another state and dad tried dumping the a kid or both kids on me 3-4x a week we avoided them.   No good comes from folks like this.  If I was outside with my child, he would pull the car over on the way home from daycare and dump a kid on me so he could take the younger child home.

folks have too many pressure points: multiple kids, full time jobs with significant commutes, no local family.  just say no.  [/quote]

OP here. 
Coming back to check on the post. PP - the episode of pulling over on the street and asking if one of the kids and come with us has happened to me!! What can I possibly say?! Often times they just assume the answer is yes and before I have even had a chance to construct a response, the kids is half way out of the car. I do agree with you about the pressure points, but one of the parents works from home most days. I am always happy to help people in a bind, and never expect anything in return, that is not why I am doing it, i just want them to stop asking me - as I dont need their help, at least no where near to the extent that they are reaching out to me. Anyways, thank you all for coming in with your helpful comments and views.[/quote]

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