My mother-in-law is charging me for babysitting while my bf was in the hospital. If she charges me it’s charging my husband which is the same as we share and pool our money.
So he got into an unfortunate accident and broke his legs and a few of his ribs so he can barely move. He has been hospitalized since last week and we have a child that we often take turns taking care. But now he is injured I have to not only take on his role as a parent but also take care of him everynow and then in the hospital.
But I only have a pair of hands and juggling between my 2-year-old son and him is too much.
So I went to my mother-in-law for help and she said that she could take care of my son while I was at work. But there was a catch.
She wanted to charge me $100 a day! I wanted to tell her that I am taking care of her son in the hospital and she should pay me as well?
It’s her grandson and she is behaving like it’s a total stranger. It’s not like she is working or in need of money. My husband and his siblings give her a total of $5,000 a month as allowance.
Unfortunately my parents are no longer around and I have no one to rely on.
So I told my husband about it and he got angry and cried at the same time and said that his mother is a “money face”. He tried talking to her but she insisted on getting paid for taking care of my son.
He said that he is contemplating stopping giving her mother any allowance once his out of the hospital.