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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is wild to me how nasty people are here. Just HELP YOUR NEIGHBOR. Why the need for reciprocity or payment? My god you people are awful. [/quote]

I have been taken advantage of too many times to be this simple. I wish it wasn't the case but there are a lot of people who will just test out to see if you are the kind of person who is "helpful" and then will start taking advantage of you to save them time and money. This has happened to me enough times to be very wary of it.

Helping your neighbor is something like "hey I had to take Larlo to urgent care and DH just told me his train is stopped and he doesn't know when it will start -- can you pick up Larla and let her stay at your house until one of us is back." It's not becoming your neighbors permanent childcare solution to save them the trouble of shifting work schedules or hiring help.[/quote]

Depends. Did OP agree to pick up three days a week for more than just the first few days of school? That would be helping either way - a few days or a few weeks or all year. Helping doesn’t have to be just in emergency situations.

We only have OP’s side of the conversation so we will never know what the understanding was with the neighbor. [/quote]
I have said it twice: I agreed to help pick up the boy so the baby didn’t have to be awakened. But for the past week and today, the baby has been awake when I pick up the boy. So I feel like I was asked to help under false pretenses. The baby has been awake more than not since I started helping so the baby can stay asleep.[/quote]

Then say no.

What is the issue with saying no, OP?
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No issue at all. I’ll see how it goes the rest of this week, if baby is happily awake when I pick up, and then make my decision. Thanks for your help![/quote]

If you have no issue saying no, why post?

SMH[/quote]
Thanks for your help.[/quote]

Now we all feel like you took advantage. Did you mean to waste everyone’s time when you asked for help?
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Speak for yourself. Also, it was your choice to keep reading and responding. And I’m sure you’ll be back to feel victimized yet again. [/quote]

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