Rant...... Sil drama stupid long.
Rant...... Sil drama stupid long.
So I'll try to make this short. So back In Jan of this year I started working due to us needing a new car and just wanting more In life. I asked my sil if she would like to before taking the job. She jumped at the chance because I was helping her with extra cash and her me. We agreed to 100 a week. She also agreed to get dd2 from school and we would pay her gas. So $480 a month.. Everything was great. Only down side was the drive time. 30-45 min a trip. During the summer she watched both my girls so I paid her a extra $40 a week. 90% of the time there would be anywhere from 40-80 extra added on. I never complained because again she was doing us a huge favor. Then once the new school year started she told us she could no longer pick my oldest from school. So I figured with her not having to watch dd2 it would drop back down to 100 a week. We always supplied food, snacks, diapers and so on. That way she didn't have to feel the burden of feeding them too. But the price stayed the same at $480 a month sometimes $550. Again I didn't say anything.... Then about 2 months ago my bil quit his job and I noticed the payments got higher. She would ask $350 bi weekly when it should of only been $200. So almost double. I finely asked her why so much. She then tried to say I forgot to pay her a couple times. Yet when I checked my bank it showed us paying on the set days we agreed too. One time we payed them early because they told us they couldn't make rent. So I remind her and she denies us every paying her yet we purposely pull her money separate just for this reason. I tell her I will now be paying her by check to keep a paper trail. Well guess what the next payment asked is for the $200 We agreed on. When we dropped off the check bil tells us we need to talk about payment and needing more. We say no prob and ask how much. They said not to worry we are not trying to get rich off you. Well they text 2 days later asking for $1200 a month. That daycares charge $600 a week and they feel this is fair. So it would make it pointless for me to work. I honestly feel because bil quit his job they had to make the money some way and that was off us. I looked into daycare in my area and I could get a licenced daycare for $950 and wouldn't have to drive the 45min drive. I know I may sound petty but the whole point of her babysitting for us was so she had some pocket money and me able to work. Also to top it off turns out her 14 year old was watching my youngest not sil. I found this out a few weeks before all this went down because my niece slipped up and said how she was stuck babysitting all day. This wasn't a once in a blue moon. It was everyday. No way would I have agreed to this. So not only was I getting railed on payments it wasn't even a adult watching my child. I felt pretty freaking used. Also for the time I paid early to help them. I found out they in fact didn't need it for rent it was so they could buy a gun. That was our extra money I gave to them. So we went without all because of a gun. Luckily my brother needed a place to stay and offerd to watch my girls in exchange to live with us.. So we text them that they will no longer need to watch the girls. Thank them for the help and end it at that. Well then then text us saying we owed them $300 on top of the 200 we just paid. Again I'm confused and tell them it will have to wait till we get paid. No joke they blow up my phone with at least 5 texts a day demanding payment. I tell them we haven't gotten paid yet and all the money we have left went to bills. So fast forward to this week. But first a little back story. I would send dd with a full bag of diapers and each day they would all be gone. I always found it odd my 3 year old blew though 10-15 diapers a day. At home she used maybe 5 tops. Where in the middle of potty training. Then I see sil posting our brand diapers for sale for dirt cheap. Then I also see her selling dds toys she took there. So I text her asking about the toys and wanting them back. She told me sorry I already sold them and that it was to make up for money I shorted her on. Like wth? I payed her in full then the extra 300. I didn't even bring up the diapers she sold. Again I've never felt so used. Since she's stopped watching my girls more and more keeps coming out. Like how they would talk crap about us and how they felt we could afford anything they asked because we make so much money. That it's b.s. that we can afford two new cars but not the $1200. Dh and I work our butts off for what we have. Yes we do have nicer cars and home but that's there choice to buy things like guns(12 and Counting) or go out to eat all the time. We never go out to eat and live very simple no cable or extras unless you count our cell phones that I got on a promotion paid $150 for both our phones and pay for the lowest plan. So pretty much jealousy over some dumb cars. Sorry I just needed to rant. What really bugs me is her selling dds things and claiming she did it because we didn't pay her. Before we let her go we paid them 900 in one month when it should of been $400 max. So here's my petty rant. Normally during Xmas we all meet at mil but this year I don't want to see or speak to them. Now mil is getting involved and is taking sil side. She feels bad for them because now both have no income and we "took" away part of that by not agreeing to paying $1200 a month. If we had agreed to paying them 1200, rent, cars, food and insurance we would be left with nothing. Bil even said we should let our car get repoed to make it work. So they rather us screw ourselves so they could get more money. Like who tells a person That? Everyone knows getting a car repoed can destroy ones credit and make there chance of getting any type of loan almost impossible without ridiculous interest rates. See I never minded paying more then the $400 but to ask for $800 more was just insane. I know our income is not there problem but you don't do this to family. I use to babysit for sil on days or nights she wanted to go out. Not once did I ask for anything in return. I'm just greatful my brother needed a place to stay and is great with my girls. My uncle kicked him out. Uncle was drunk and got pissed my brother wouldn't taken him to go buy more beer because he could barely stand and just got a dui. He use to watch my youngest all the time and those two are as thick as thieves. I'm sure I'll get crap for only paying $400 but don't agree to one thing and never hold to said agreement. She could of said no and been done. Okay rant done.