After I graduated from university, my parents bought me a fairly sized condominium as a gift. Since I had some extra space and didn’t mind any extra cash, I decided to find a roommate and rent it out for some cash.
My roommate is a friend from school and she has a 6-year-old son. They have been renting for the past 4 years.
She goes out 2-3 times a month and asks me to babysit since the regular babysitter, that comes 6 days a week, doesn’t work on Sunday. It isn’t a big deal for me since I just order some food and we watch TV or I just let him play video games.
So far there weren’t any issues until last Sunday. After dinner, we watched TV, and then I turned on Xbox for him so I could answer some emails. While I was typing, he comes to me, and before he could say it, the stench hit me. He had an accident. I had to get up and move from him because I was getting sick. I told him to sit and tried calling his mom, who didn’t answer.
I messaged her saying that her son had an accident and to get back asap. She wrote me to: “Just run him a bath and change his clothes”. I answered: ” No, I can’t do that, please hurry”. She didn’t respond so I just thought that she was on her way, so I told the kid to wait for his mom in their room.
An hour and a half later, she finally returned and asked me if I figured it out. I told her no and that I wrote her that I can’t do it. She just stormed off to her room. A bit later, she walked up to me upset and said: “Are you f-king kidding me, you really let him sit like this all this time? Come on, f-king Ahole, what was the problem?”
I just apologized and once again told her that I just couldn’t get myself to do it, after which she went back to her room. I’ve never in my life changed or bathed a child and I couldn’t stand the smell. I think that I would probably be able to do it if he had just wet himself, but dunno honestly.
My buddy laughed at me and called me a little B after I told him this.
Here is what netizen thinks:
- She probably assumed a 6 year old wouldn’t soil themselves. I know I wouldn’t have thought of that.
- My son is now 8, back when he was 5 and 6 he would get so deep into what he was playing (video game or pretend ninjas or some stuff) that he would have accidents occasionally. I learned real fast after the first time, to remind him all the time to use the bathroom…he hasn’t done it in along while, but I’m still in the habit of reminding him every so often. Will probably remind him for the rest of his life. Some kids just get really into what they are doing.