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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Flaky-East-7161 on 2023-09-13 01:21:11.

I (f21) have a sister Chloe (f32). Chloe has three kids, f8, f6 and m1. She and her husband both work and the youngest goes to daycare. Ever since the youngest has been born, my sister has had a bit of a personality shift. Getting more into organic food and “holistic living” as she calls it.

Chloe and her husband started leaving the kids with our parents for the whole weekend, every weekend, so that they can get a break. My parents are doting grandparents and seemed to enjoy it but around a month ago they refused to do it anymore, their reason being that they are too tired to keep up with the kids.

They then started leaving the kids with my other sister Avery (f27) every weekend. This had a similar ending.

After Avery started refusing, Chloe asked me if I could babysit the kids on the weekends. I stupidly told her yes. I only babysat for 3 Saturdays and had to call it quits because Chloe was driving me nuts.

First of all, she has a very very long list of rules for the kids while they’re babysat. Some aren’t so difficult to follow, like organic foods only (which is only what Chloe has in her house anyway), but others just feel silly, like no holding the baby for ‘too long’ and no shows or movies from Disney. There are more but this sub has a character limit.

When I was babysitting, Chloe would be calling me every 30 minutes, and she gets angry if I don’t answer straight away. Every time Chloe came home, she would berate me over something, anything. Not answering the phone quick enough, letting the baby nap too long, etc.

When I told Chloe I’d no longer babysit, she got upset and said no one ever wants to help her anymore and her village is disappearing. I couldn’t really pretend and I told Chloe it’s her own fault, and people would be more willing to help her if she wasn’t a helicopter parent. She blew up at me and said she’s demanding basic respect.