06/06/2026
AITA for not giving my neighbor’s kids “good food”?
So I know that this is really stupid but some of my friends told me that I’m in the wrong here.
To get started, here’s our cast:
Me (F, 38)
Neighbor (F, 32)
My Husband (M, 39)
Kid 1 (M, 8)
Kid 2 (M, 7)
My kid (F, 8)
My neighbor moved in not to long ago with her two sons. Seeing that she had a lot of unpacking to do, I went over to her house and offered to babysit her kids for her. She thanked me, and walked her kids over to my house. I kept some of my son’s toys from when he was younger (he has moved out already) and set them up in my yard. My daughter is fairly extroverted and immediately went outside to play with them. It was around noon at that time, so I started to make lunch. I made some turkey sandwiches with American cheese. A simple lunch that we always have. I brought out some plates so that the kids could eat outside on our benches. The kids loved it and 30 minutes later the sandwiches were gone and they were back playing soccer and tag. A few hours later the neighbor’s kids and my child marched inside and sat down, tired. I put on some cartoons and told them I would be right back as I left to go get the neighbor to pick up her children. She looked tired, but was happy that she didn’t have to deal with little boys running around while she unpacked. She came over, and took her boys. By this time my husband was parking in our driveway, home from work. My daughter had a...