Man walks out of sister’s wedding over her ‘selfish’ babysitting demand: ‘She tried to use me as free childcare’

A man walked out of his sister’s wedding after she saddled him with babysitting her one-month-old.

He shared the incident on Reddit’s “Am I the A******? (AITA)” forum. His nephew is constantly crying unless he is taken outside for fresh air. When he arrived at his sister’s wedding, he was stunned to find out she expected him to babysit during the entire ceremony and reception. 

“AITA for walking out of my sister’s wedding after she tried to use me as free childcare? A few months ago, my sister announced that she was going to get married,” he wrote. “My sister has a one-month-old baby that just loves to cry. He cries all the time unless someone takes him outside for fresh air. A few days ago, the wedding started. The second I got there, my sister asked me to take the baby outside in order to calm him down.

“I agreed because the ceremony hadn’t started yet, but she asked me to take the baby outside again a while later. When I asked why the baby didn’t have a sitter, she said that they spent all the money on the ceremony and parties. I asked her about when I was expected to take the baby out for fresh air.”

But the more he asked questions, the more he realized he would barely be at the wedding. 

“She gave me this huge list of times that basically meant I missed out on the important parts,” he explained. “I wouldn’t be there for the exchanging of vows, the reception, the aisle walk, the readings, the kiss, etc. I figured out that, in total, I would have about 30 minutes actually sitting inside, and the rest was just about the baby. When I asked about the reception, she told me, ‘Oh, you’ll have to miss out. [Baby’s name] needs to be outside and has to be fed.’ That was the final straw. 

“When my mother was holding the baby, I slipped out and just left. The next day, I get a call from my sister, and she’s screaming about how I ruined her wedding and how the baby wouldn’t stop crying. I told her that I left because she treated me like a babysitter instead of a guest/family member and said that it was her fault if she couldn’t get a nanny or ask a friend to do it. Since then, I’ve been nuked with calls from family calling me selfish and telling me that I’m effectively disowned unless I apologize.” 

Redditors thought the whole family was being unreasonable. 

“She should have had at least the decency to ask you if you wanted to babysit,” a user commented

“Your family sucks; get a new one,” another advised. 

“Ask those family members who keep calling you why didn’t they offer to babysit,” someone said

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