My Family Excluded Me from Vacation So I Could Babysit Their Children – I Taught Them a Good Lesson
I was in the kitchen making coffee when my sister mentioned Aunt Carol’s retirement cruise to Hawaii—and that we’d give her a gift there. I was stunned. “Cruise? What cruise?” I asked. She told me I wasn’t invited because the family expected me to stay behind and babysit the kids—Jessica’s toddler, her little one, and the twins. No one asked me if I wanted to stay; it was just assumed.
That night, I was furious—not only excluded from the trip, but also given the role of babysitter without any discussion. So, I planned my own vacation with my boyfriend and son, leaving on the same day as the family cruise.
On the day they left, I imagined them arriving with diaper bags and strollers, expecting me to care for the kids—but I was…
