My Neighbor Refused to Pay My 73-Year-Old Mother for Babysitting, Saying She Was ‘Just Sitting at Home Anyway’ – So I Stepped In

Which is probably why people think they can take advantage of her.

Our neighbor, Claire, lives across the street.

She’s 36 years old and works at a marketing agency that always seemed to be sending her to “client lunches” and “strategy meetings.” These events happen mysteriously during happy hour.

She has a three-year-old daughter named Lily who’s either screaming, sleeping, or bouncing off the walls.

Claire stopped me one morning while I was watering the porch plants.

She was holding Lily, who had grape juice all over her shirt and was chewing a Barbie shoe.

“Hey,” Claire said.

“This is random, but do you think your mom would be up for watching Lily a few afternoons a week?”

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