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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op was just turned into an unpaid morning babysitter.[/quote]

Except she’s not providing any babysitting services she’s just answering a text.[/quote]

She’s reporting to her boss that the children are on the bus, watching to make sure they are ok. Daily. [/quote]
If a friend texts “hi how are you?” do you view it as your duty to respond to your boss immediately about your state of mind at that moment? [/quote]

I mean I think this is precisely the problem -- the neighbor is never texting "hey how are you" or "how are the kids" or "do you want to carve pumpkins together this year." She's just sending a DAILY text asking OP to report back to the neighbor regarding her kid's daily activities. It's weird.

I think if OP and the neighbor had a friendly back-and-forth type of relationship this wouldn't even register as an obligation to OP. It's the fact that they aren't really friends and the other mom is not being friendly or casual or chill about it. That's what makes it feel like her boss checking to see if she delivered a project to the client.[/quote]

How do you know what OP’s relationship with the neighbor is? Has OP even responded once since the oP?[/quote]

OP doesn't describe this woman as a friend or even one of her kid's friend's mom. Just "neighbor." And the way OP describes the situation makes it appear that this is the only thing the neighbor texts her about and that the texts are pretty matter of fact.

I also do assume they don't have a close or friendly relationship because I bet if they did OP wouldn't really mind this.[/quote]

You seem way more invested than the MIA OP. [/quote]

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