Reddit User Asks Sister To Stop Fostering Dogs And Help Her With Her Kids Since She Can't Afford A Sitter
One Reddit user found herself at the center of a family fight after asking her sister to stop fostering dogs and help with childcare instead. What started as a simple request quickly turned into a debate about responsibility, money, and who should be expected to step in.
The woman said she could not afford a sitter and wanted her sister, who had been helping with her kids, to pause dog fostering so she could keep watching them. But her sister had already taken in a new foster dog, and Reddit had plenty to say about that choice.
Now the family tension is out in the open, and the comments are not holding back.
Here's the original Reddit post by u/Throw_away_no374828:
The state of the dogs was extremely frail, and the kids could easily stress them.
OP's sister couldn't babysit her kids anymore because she was fostering a new dog.
Since OP couldn't afford a sitter, she had no one to help her.
OP later made an edit to clarify more things.
Here's how the Reddit community reacted to u/Throw_away_no374828's dilemma:
OP's sister is already helping her a lot, yet she still feels entitled to more.
That set off the first wave of blunt reactions.
That's some useful advice that OP should take into consideration.
OP and her husband should split those responsibilities.
The entitlement is astonishing.
Fostering dogs is a great cause, and OP should be encouraging it, not the opposite.
Deal with your problems on your own and stop involving others.
The father needs to pull his weight as a parent.
OP and her husband have some talking to do.
More commenters kept circling back to the same point.
OP's kids are not her sister's responsibility.
Dog parents love their dogs as much as people love their kids.
OP should apologize to her sister.
The user then offered to help OP figure out how to approach her husband with her suggestion.
If people followed this more often, the world would be a much happier place.
That's just tragic...
She's using her for free labor, and she's still complaining.
By then, the tone had turned even sharper.
What were they expecting after having four kids?
OP is complaining about the wrong adult.
OP assumes that her sister owes her labor and aid.
Kids are much more work than dogs.
The sister probably needs a break from OP.
She is expecting her sister to give up her passion for her.
Her demands are selfish and rude.
This is a new level of entitlement.
The husband is the real villain here.
She can't take a hint.
OP should respect her sister's time more and not expect her to do things for her just because she feels entitled to it. Her sister is already helping her a lot, and asking for more makes OP seem greedy and ungrateful.
OP is definitely the a-hole here. She's complaining about the wrong person; her husband should be the one helping her, not her sister. She should welcome with open arms any help she can get and be grateful for it. A lot of people aren't lucky enough to have a sister like hers and have to rely on themselves 100% of the time.
Wait until you read how one Redditor refused to keep caring for their sister’s dogs after three years, then got called selfish. Read the full dog-care fallout.
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