pampered.chris
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So, I have an 11 yr old daughter and last summer my cousin babysat her. Well she is getting a job for the summer this year and so I was going to ask another kid that babysits for me from time to time. He is a friends 15 yr old son who is NOTHING to fear...I know...some of you are thinking, is she crazy...but you have to know the boy...I think at some point, maybe college, he may realize he is gay...but right now...I would NEVER consider him a threat to my daughter...EVER. So anyhow, that isn't the problem, so we wont go there.
Anyhow, I was under the impression that he was going to be getting a full-time summer job this year and wasn't going to babysit for his mom or anyone else. (They live across the street from me). I was just going to take her to my parents house every day to stay with my Gram, but Gram developed cancer and will not be able to baby-sit due to surgery and treatments and such. So I asked another friends daughter (also, lives across the street) and she said yes.
Here is the problem, I wasn't keen in the first place about asking this girl as she is only 13 and a friend of my daughters, not super close, but still. Then I was around when this girl and her bf (18) were there and I was shocked to see that she will hug on him and kiss on him and practically is glued to him, not just in front of me, but my daughter and HER OWN MOTHER. The mom must be okay with this, but I am NOT. As if that wasn't enough, remember that post awhile back about the girl at my DD's school that "lost it" at 10 and was doing really not good stuff on a school bus w/ another 6th grade boy? Well, this is the girl that was discussing this w/ my DD. So I am not so cool about some of the topics she feels she can so freely discuss.
Well, here is where it gets tricky...I found out last night that the boy I wanted to babysit...was waiting for me to ask him and didn't get a summer job!!!
He was who I wanted to begin with...UGH! So can I "cancel" one neighbor sitter to hire another one? What do I do?
Remember, the moms are both VERY good friends of mine, in my "top 5" so to speak. One is cool, the other (of course the mom of the one that I want to cancel) will FLIP about this.
WHAT DO I DO?! Can I get out of this? Is there any tactful way?
Please help!!
Anyhow, I was under the impression that he was going to be getting a full-time summer job this year and wasn't going to babysit for his mom or anyone else. (They live across the street from me). I was just going to take her to my parents house every day to stay with my Gram, but Gram developed cancer and will not be able to baby-sit due to surgery and treatments and such. So I asked another friends daughter (also, lives across the street) and she said yes.
Here is the problem, I wasn't keen in the first place about asking this girl as she is only 13 and a friend of my daughters, not super close, but still. Then I was around when this girl and her bf (18) were there and I was shocked to see that she will hug on him and kiss on him and practically is glued to him, not just in front of me, but my daughter and HER OWN MOTHER. The mom must be okay with this, but I am NOT. As if that wasn't enough, remember that post awhile back about the girl at my DD's school that "lost it" at 10 and was doing really not good stuff on a school bus w/ another 6th grade boy? Well, this is the girl that was discussing this w/ my DD. So I am not so cool about some of the topics she feels she can so freely discuss.
Well, here is where it gets tricky...I found out last night that the boy I wanted to babysit...was waiting for me to ask him and didn't get a summer job!!!
He was who I wanted to begin with...UGH! So can I "cancel" one neighbor sitter to hire another one? What do I do?
Remember, the moms are both VERY good friends of mine, in my "top 5" so to speak. One is cool, the other (of course the mom of the one that I want to cancel) will FLIP about this.
WHAT DO I DO?! Can I get out of this? Is there any tactful way?
Please help!!