Some people have a great relationship with their sisters-in-law. But it’s not always an easy thing to do. Dealing with your SIL can be tough because you have differing opinions or because they can’t seem to stay out of your business. But no matter what, you know that this person is part of your family.
One woman on Reddit shared that she and her sister-in-law got into a heated argument. Although the SIL was mostly at fault in the conflict, the family is taking her side.
The sister-in-law was babysitting someone else’s child.
The woman wrote in the Reddit forum Two Hot Takes asking for advice about her SIL. She explained that she has two children: a 3-year-old girl and 10-month-old son. Her sister-in-law has a 9-month-old of her own. That day, SIL was babysitting another baby who she referred to as “baby Z” and asked if they could come over, along with her boyfriend.
According to the woman, minutes after arriving at her house, her SIL had her nephew out of his car seat. “She left baby Z in his car seat,” the woman explained. “She had this baby sitting in his car seat for 40 minutes before I said hey guys this baby smells like he has a dirty diaper and he’s getting fussy.”
The woman was “p—ed” by the couple for leaving the baby in the car seat, not allowing him to play with the other babies.
The couple argued about caring for the baby, leading the woman to take charge.
“For the next 20 minutes her and her boyfriend argued back and forth,” she added. “Just bickering about who’s gonna change this little baby’s diaper that they were both getting paid to watch!!!” Finally, she took matters into her own hands.
“I ended up pulling this boy from his car seat and changing his diaper and getting him a new outfit. Baby Z had blood blisters on his butt and I had to put him In the bath to get the cake[d] up poop off because I didn’t want to scrub it with wipes since I knew it had to be so sore,” she explained.
She knew she needed to reach out to the baby’s mother.
She reached out to the baby’s mother on Facebook. “I said I would keep him here with me if she felt more comfortable with it since SIL and her boyfriend were straight up neglecting this baby. His mom thanked me and said she’d really appreciate it and she would come to my house to pick him up and pay me what they were supposed to pay SIL,” the woman shared.
The woman then told the sister-in-law that the baby was staying at her home. That didn’t go over well, however, and the SIL threatened to stay unless she was allowed to take the baby. Things only got worse from there.
“SIL has trashed me to every family member she can think of. She’s made a Facebook post about how I thrive off drama and creating rumors about her,” the woman wrote in her post. “I’ve had my husbands other sister ride by my house yelling slurs and throwing eggs at my house last night. I’ve never ever been in a situation like this before where I was just witnessing straight up neglecting of a child.”
People affirmed that she made the right choice.
“Tell everyone. The truth shall set you free,” one person wrote.
“At the end of the day, you did what you had to do to save an innocent baby. Poop so caked on and dried that it had to be washed off? Blood blisters?! As bad as it is having people harassing you, just know that you absolutely did the right thing,” someone else stated.
“Call CPS, chances are they are neglecting their own kid too. They wanna fight dirty? Fight fair back. They are TRASH,” another comment reads. “You’d be doing that baby justice getting someone in there to make sure they get a f—ing wake up call.”
We have to agree. Why would the SIL think it’s OK for one baby but never do it to another? Just doesn’t track.
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