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rotzaprachim · 1 year

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Local neighborhood drama thing I feel conflicted about with this family I babysat for for a year or so who are the epitome of the white waspy (kinda) expats who think they’re more progressive than they are and were just…. Not good employers. And how bad I feel for their whole situation because it’s a mom saddled with two kids with no family in the area who as far as I can figure out only gets respite from when she can pay babysitters, and who has been struggling with her mental health a lot recently. But also I do not particularly enjoy spending time with their kids (I don’t know if it’s me being not great with kids but I space out like no other time) and I really really do not enjoy their ve tu large untrained dogs climbing on me, but like, damn is society and the patriarchy extremely fucked up for putting this situation on women

#Like I’m very pissed they owe me over $150 usd but part of why they do that is I wasn’t bitchy about actually asking for cash #So they got in the habit of cutting corners and not paying me #But I should be payed but I feel terrible about making them pay me for something extended family should be doing #But also I hate them for being bad employers but they shouldn’t be employing anyone for this #Anyway! An extreme awakening in terms of people that think they’re liberal but have very patriarchal dynamics #I’ve been on a Reddit thread thinking about this experience huh

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