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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What comes around goes around.  You are already going, it's NBD to pick up a kid nearby.  It's the right thing to do and you know it.

There will come a day where you need help - hopefully you don't run into someone  like yourself when that time comes. 
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Nah- The Right Thing To Do is a two way street- other mom didn't even offer to also share the driving responsibilities. [/quote]

Well, probably she can't due to work.  My friend is a SAHM and is transporting another mom's kid to an activity.  The other mom can't carpool (works those hours), but has taken my friend's kid with her on weekends so my friend can have date nights, given her gift baskets, sports tickets etc.   Be kind OP when you can afford to be, and you may find yourself pleasantly surprised by the result.[/quote]

If the other parent can't carpool due to work, then she should have offered an arrangement like you describe. She could have offered to babysit in exchange or offered up something of value to OP. Also, the other parent didn't say this was the only way for her child to participate in the activity. It sounds like the other parent just wants OP to shoulder the work for her own convenience. This isn't a one-time thing either. The other parent asked OP to do all the driving for the whole year.

I would never dream of asking someone to do all the driving. I would either offer to split it, or if that wasn't possible, then I would at least offer some sort of reciprocation like free babysitting. The only exception to this would be a serious illness or other hardship, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.[/quote]

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