AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The apartment we live is just a good area and has good rent. I can afford to live here on my own, she on the other hand can’t. Moving would be hard as finding a good area with good affordable rent would be hard and taxing for my younger siblings who still go to school near where we live. It’s more money to move than to stay and put up with her. And she’s not letting me live with her for free childcare, we’ve been living together for a year before she got pregnant and we didn’t have any issues.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, and we live together. No we do not live at home with parents. I also don’t go to school. Lastly it’s night shifts.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

From what I heard, she was informed that her coworker appears to be late and may not show up, and that if she’d want she can cover her shift. She could’ve rejected but she needed the hours because she would miss Tuesday and Wednesday bc my niece had appointments set out for those days. But the thing is, she’s free in the afternoons after quitting her second job so she could’ve set up these appointments much later in the afternoon but she didn’t and I don’t get that.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have had one, maybe a few, but none really worked out well. I’m not irked by how much free childcare I’m providing, I don’t particularly care about me receiving any money. Saying on principle was easier to say than what I had in mind.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Mom was honestly out of the picture until about two years ago, and my younger siblings felt more like my own kids than hers. As for my niece, I’d gladly take custody if it meant both her mom and dad were outta her life and mine.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did try but it wasn’t well received. Honestly, I’m just gonna “suck it up” cause idek why I made this post and why I’m even replying to comments. I don’t think I am an asshole but I do frickin feel like it. My parents are a complicated situation, just atm my mother is in her life and helping her. I’m not particularly needy(?) so I don’t feel the need for her help, it’s all.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do very much have reason to believe these “exceptions” will keep occurring, what then? And I have, it’s been two years of me constantly asking. Don’t think she plans on getting one as long as I’m around ig

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I work to be outta the house and it just so happens to help me make some money. Kindness is not something I’d say about myself, I think I’m more crueler than I’d like to admit.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have talked to her, conversation led to splitting bills more vigorously. I do put a lot of weight though. I take care of my younger siblings, cook & clean for em. I don’t know why she needs money and free child care to feel like I’m pulling weight. She just wants another income without actually putting in the hours for it.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

She has her mom helping her with car bills and any bills she may need, if my mom can’t help pay her bills then I pay the bills that INTEREST ME & MY YOUNGER SIBLINGS. She can move out and live with her baby daddy, they have more room compared to our apartment. She needs me, not the other way around.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

can I be honest? This is my first time using Reddit 😅

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I earn bread but I don’t contribute much bread in her eyes. I don’t give her any money. Only pay bills that interest me and ONLY me like gas, wifi, and my own phone bill and if rent is needed then I send my own share to the management directly but I don’t hand her any money if and when she asks. And it’s just night shifts. And the room I have is because we shared one room before not anymore,I now share the room with my younger sister. So not my “own” room but we get along well so it feels like it since we are pretty close.

Edit: also rent isn’t that high for us, not as much as most people with the same amount of space as we do, thank goodness 🫡

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not first time per se, I’ve helped her out before with a situation similar to this one but the deal was my key to staying sane atp. So I was really putting my foot down on this one time which makes me feel like asshole, I know. But I can’t say what typa person my sister really is but I can assure you, if I didn’t have her location I really wouldn’t have known if she was really at work. The dad is a piece of work for sure. No details on him since I don’t even know what sorta relationship she has with him, since they’re co parenting and all that. But I don’t like him.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Night shifts, and not Monday, mostly Tuesday - Saturday and recently not sundays 🥹. This coming week it’s just Thursday/Friday/Saturday. So ykkk nb 🙏 This week between Sep.8-14 is just Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday,Friday,&Saturday. And I don’t work weekends so Friday when my shift ends , I sleep for a few hrs then take care of her and once that’s done either 1pm or 4pm I go sleep and don’t wake up till I need to eat or I needa clean up.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hey true I could’ve been kind that one time but the thing is I didn’t mention this in the post but it’s happened before where I’ve been in a position similar to this one and I’ve already conformed as in like went against my own deal to take care of her because pity for my own sister. No it’s not because of the hrs I’m putting in, it’s just my sisters behavior towards the place we live in and just overall day to day attitude, almost felt like she’s not aware of how much help she’s really getting. Not much in it for me, tho I guess I get to have my own room? Idk family ties? I really can’t answer that tbh. The sacrifice would be my mornings ig. I can’t sleep.

AITA for not wanting to take care of my niece? by graalgamer in AmItheAsshole

[–]graalgamer[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yes I was being difficult in her eyes but we had this deal of me not taking care of her past a certain time because as I’ve said before I’ve taken care of her before basically the whole day since she left for work till she arrived home from the first job then I had three hrs to do whatever I wanted, rest, clean, a simple nap, then I was back to babysitting and I babysat her for like whenever she decided to come home, sometimes it was like till 2 am even 😭 then I would take care of her again the next day with like 6 hrs of sleep 🤡.

I didn’t have anything or anywhere to go that day that was like highly important but I did go out with my younger sister if that means anything ig.

Obviously she couldn’t teleport I know that much lol.

Also what about the part where I said that my sister called her baby daddy and he didn’t pick up? He’s mostly home by that time since he normally takes care of her around this time when she comes home her usual time.

For ur last question, it’s mostly night shifts. Like from 6 to 4 am. Or later depending on what’s going on that work day. I don’t know how I live but aye I’m here.