Emily Duprie
Having emotionally immature siblings with children can be a real pain, especially when they seem to assume that since you’re family, you’re a free nanny. Having kids comes with the responsibility of taking care of them. Obvious, right? Well, apparently not for some people.
A post to the subreddit “Am I The A-hole?” recently discussed a man whose brother had decided to dump his two nephews at OP’s workplace so that he could go hang out with his girlfriend and her friends. This act of child abandonment drove the uncle of the two young boys to the point of calling the police on their father.
Read the story in full below, along with some of the top comments!
OP asked Reddit: “AITA for calling the police after my brother dropped off his two kids at my workplace?”
My m31, brother m36 is a single (widowed) dad of 2 kids (my nephews) both under the age of 10. He used to have babysitters but ever since he met his new girlfriend he stopped hiring any help because his girlfriend claimed that she wanted the kids to warm up to and get used to her as the only woman in their life (?wtf?).
It’s already fairly clear that bro’s gf is not good news. No longer wanting a nanny so you can replace her is one thing, but not doing her duties once she’s gone is very different. OP continued…
So he started asking me to watch the boys whenever he had something to do. I’d help if I’m able but I work a demanding job and need to cover full time. He for whatever reason refuses to acknowledge that.
Days ago, he was going for lunch with his girlfriend to meet her friends and wanted me to have the boys. I told him I had to work but he begged me to take the day off. I refused and went to work.
Here’s where things began to get absurd.
At 11a.m a coworker of mine entered the office and behind him were my nephews. I was flabbergasted he told me my brother dropped them off so they could stay with me. I was in a state of disbelief but also furious. I felt stuck and terrified my boss would see this and I get in trouble. I couldn’t even take time off because of how busy I was. Out of frustration I called the police and explained what happened. They got a hold of my brother and he was forced to come take them off me as well as get into trouble with the authorities who spent hours talking to him. My boss eventually found out and I had to leave work early and go home.
His brother’ poor choices caused him to get sent home early from work. Not to mention, how could he have known that OP was going to be at work? He just left his two sons with a random co-worker!
In the evening, my brother called and started screaming at me calling me names of all sorts and saying that I not only ruined his meeting with his girlfriend and her friends, but caused him to get in trouble with the police. He called me a vile SOB and said that I could’ve had the kids with me for a couple of hours or even took them home and took the rest of the day off.
His brother’s gf decided to put in her two cents to the situation…
We haven’t been speaking but his girlfriend is constantly shaming me for what I’d done saying she treats the kids better than I do and that I should be ashamed for this
Redditors who saw the post agreed that both OP’s brother and his gf were major A-holes for their entitlement, disregard for OP’s work and personal life, and borderline child abandonment.
