11/04/2024
MY SON DEMANDS THAT I BABYSIT HIS SON BECAUSE I'M RETIRED
He's 35 and married, and he and his wife had my grandson last year. My daughter-in-law wants to go back to working outside.
Since I'm retired, my son asked me to take care of my grandson. I asked him how long he needed me to do it, to which my son replied that they had NO plan for it.
I asked if they had considered daycare, and he said that neither he nor his wife were okay with it. I also suggested they ask his wife's parents, and he said that they didn't have time for it.
He thought of asking me because I had helped his older brother, and it would "basically be the same thing."
But the point is that I was 42 then and I'm 59 now. I didn't have the health issues that I do nowadays, like back pain and arthritis. Also, he is a married man with a wife by his side, not a single 16-year-old with a baby.
What would you do in my place? As I decided to ⬇️