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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP Here. I'm not a troll. And I'm not a single parent. I'm a SAHM with two daughters and have a husband who travels a lot for work. My brother would come over a lot to give me a break with the girls so I could get my hair, nails, errands done and give my husband and I a date night. Once married, that went out the window. I thought them having kids would do babysitting swapping, but no interest. No more cards, lunches, just the relationship we had is not there anymore. [b]I'm not being selfish- I expect family to be there for each other.[/b] [/quote]

So, are you sitting for his niece so your brother and SIL can get a date night?  So your SIL can get her hair done?  So they can run errands?[/quote]

Exactly.  Maybe your brother doesn't think the swapping is necessary, because you actually owe him a ton of babysitting.  Maybe he doesn't want to ask you because he doesn't want to be on the hook with you for more babysitting.

When he watched your kids, what did you do as a "swap"?  Oh, I get it, there was no swap then; he just did it for you without expecting anything in return.[/quote]

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