My husband told me to night that he thinks that I need to work on being a better wife to him. This hurt me a lot, I think that I am a wonderful wife. He lost his job in April and has not been able to find another one, I went back to work to help us all out, I do all the house work and have found a baby sitter for our 10month old so that he will not have to do anything. I cook all the meals and do all the shopping. He spends his time sleeping or going to his dads house to hang out. I don’t ask him to do anything but to take out the trash and sometimes to change the baby while I am cooking. He told me that I should do more to support him in what he wants to do and that I should be giving him money so that he can get his pilots license, (not commercial just private,) so it wont bring in any income. I think that the things that I do are more than enough, what do you think.
I do not nagg him to do anything. I sometimes ask him to take out the trash but not very often. When he lost his job I told him it would be ok and not to worry. When his unemployment was cut off I found a job. He does not want to spend time with us when I ask him what he wants to do he tells me he is going out and leave me and the baby alone. One a week I leave the baby with a sitter so we can have date night but the last 2 months he has left me alone even on those nights but I have not said anything thinking that it is due to his not having a job. We have not been intamite with each other in over a month his idea not mine.

I have a chihuahua that i believe is pregnant but i can’t tell. she bred with a male 7 times when at the sitters house. it’s been a month and i don’t see any big changes and now she doesn’t want to eat. help!
ok so my dog is a 5 lbs chi and she bred with a 6lb pom. the sitter had caught them an took a pic or pics to show me. she thought if you put up the male all will be fine but didn’t think the female will go to the male too. my vet just told me that i’d have to wait a few more weeks until they can check her. and the military vet that we go to doesn’t do c-sections. after this is over she will be spayed. anyways what could i feed her that will help nurture the pups and get her to like it? like wet food? raw foods? eggs? cheese? i will let her have them and will ask my friend,a retired vet and mid dog wife, to help with the pups.

My husband and I used to have 3 beautiful belgian malinois. They’re like our children as we don’t have any kids of our own. My husband is deployed to Iraq right now and he returns in November.

I took a small vacation with my friends because it takes my mind off of my husband and my lonliness. I hired a pet sitter who was in college who seemed reliable and responsible. I paid her $100 dollars a day to come into the house a couple times a day, take them out, feed them and play with them a bit.

According to neighbours i asked, she threw a large party in MY house, with lots of drinking. the cops were also called for public disturbance, but they were legal to drink (19+ in canada) so they just gave them a warning.

One of my babies had a heart attack due to high caffeine levels (guests possibly fed him a ton of chocolate or something), and my two other dog escaped through the OPEN back door and OPEN gate, and one of them got hit by a car.

I keep blaming myself for it, and I feel horribly guilty because I went on vacation while my babies were being mistreated. I don’t know what to tell my husband and how he’ll react. They were our babies. I don’t know whether to tell him now or after he comes home. Thank god for my neighbours. Noella and Delilah were together, and after Delilah was hit by a car, they took Noella in until I came home. (it happened close to home)

I wish I gave my neighbours my cell number… and that i never took that stupid vacation

Thank you. I really don’t know what to do about it. My sitter apologized profusely for hours and sent my gifts and such, and i know i should be forgiving, but somehow it just doesn’t cut it for me.
i dont know if I want to get charges laid against her though.. she seemed legitimately sorry. she didn’t directly feed the dogs anything bad or leave the doors open. she apparently kept them downstairs and told people not to let them out.

I dont want to ruin her life, i mean she’s in college. A criminal record could be devastating on her future
she learned her lesson, and has to deal with guilt for the rest of her life.

(sorry forgot to add this part to the last detail)
Anne: Before I said anything, the first thing she did when she saw me was hand back her pay. She really is a sweet girl, but made a bad mistake.
Jancy: That’s a good idea. I do believe that she needs some sort of punishment, but i’m not going to go as far as sueing her.

I’m sure she would do anything at this point to try to help me. I just want to wait until my hubby gets home so we can pick another puppy out together. Thanks for everyone’s comments, condolences, and suggestions

Hi there. I’m a nanny/babysitter for a family on weekends and I don’t really know what to think about how they’re treating me.

When I am there (and i work 3pm-12am Sat, then 630am to 3pm Sun):
-their 3 children under the age of 3 are well fed, cared for, dressed, changed frequently (every 1.5-2hrs and on demand if poopy), played with minus television (apparently mom, dad and other sitters put tv on all day long, nonstop, to the point where 20month old knows each and every song on every show and can recite the whole show word for word.) we do lots of books, puzzles, ring around the rosie, you get the point.
-their dishwasher is loaded, unloaded, and loaded again.
-their 2 dogs and 2 cats are fed, watered, petted, let in and out (all day long), and cleaned up after.
-their floors are swept at least 4 to 5 times (because of crumbs and pets) and swiffer wet jetted once (and then touch ups as needed because of the dogs)
-their house is tidied to the best of my ability (i dont always know where something goes)
-any messes i or the kids make are cleaned promptly.
-they are always updated on who ate what and when, who pinched whom, etc…
-working on potty training the 3 yr old who is not cooperating and wont eat anything but pizza and fries.
and… i bring my own small child under age 2 with me because i do not have a babysitter myself and my baby is well behaved and enjoys the kids. it’s not an issue that i bring him.

this was my 3rd weekend working… my first weekend, apparently the children’s aunt told the parents that i had done a load of laundry with a bunch of towels in it and made everything linty (i had not touched laundry and told the family that i didnt do laundry because i know how particular people can be with laundry)… this aunt straight up lied and blamed it on me…

they bitched because there was too much plastic in the trash last weekend, they did not tell me they recycled, therefore i did not know, their bins weren’t visible either. considering how much i clean their freakin house, do they really need to nit pick? i keep their house cleaner than they do, with ONE MORE KID THAN THEY HAVE!

the mom moved one of the toddler’s cribs out because the tot kept messing with light switches, apparently she didn’t inform the dad..i moved the crib out so the tot could go to sleep without any distractions (mind you, the crib can be pushed back in one quick movement, it was really no big deal)… in the morning the dad flipped out on me, kind of yelling, saying ‘why was the baby’s crib moved out in the middle of the room!! and the mom was like ‘oh, i started that..’ the dad’s loud and comes on a little too strong, kind of like that guy on cake boss.

i’m supposed to be out at 3, they’re ALWAYS LATE… today I didn’t get out til 4:30, no call, nothing. and they seemed put off that i had to jet because I had been there since 630 AM and was exhausted, plus I had a family thing to go to!

this morning, I showed up at 6:25, five whole minutes early, and the mom was like ‘is your clock wrong?’ and i was like ‘no, i think it’s 5 minutes to 630′ and she growled ‘oh, my clock must be wrong then. i thought it was too early’.

my first time there, there was like $50 conveniently left in the middle of a dining room table sticking out under some mail or something. Their bank information is everywhere all over the table. Plus, the dad’s prescription pain killers are on the hutch, in the most random place. I feel like they’re trying to set me up. Maybe I’m being paranoid because I’m offended, but this just seems fishy to me, and no, I don’t touch, look at any of that crap, I could care less about someone’s personal business, I think meds should be locked away strictly because there’s small children in the house, and I’m there to make money, not take what’s not mine.

I just need some feedback. I really liked the gig when I first started, the kids are so sweet and it’s a way for me to make some extra money and still keep my baby with me. I think I’m a great sitter/nanny, but I’m getting the impression that they’re taking advantage of me.

PS. the pay is good, but it always seems like I’m getting jipped like $20 because they’re always late, and although the pay is pretty good, it’s still on the low side compared to what I normally charge.

i just recently put up flyers to be a dog sitter. i have no idea what to charge tho. i’ve had one prospective customer call, and i told them $20 a day to visit, $30 to stay at the house, plus $10 per each additional dog (this lady had 4). my mom told me this was too high. i can always lower it to $10 a day, but then do i charge extra for more dogs? and should i charge them twice if they want me just to visit, since i would be using gas to go there multiple times in one day? and should i charge extra to administer any medication? please help!

I was reading that Cara and Mady walked in on Jon and their baby-sitter and they were being all touchy feely with each other and they frantically called Kate. Kate at the time was in still in PA and drove too the house as fast as she could and then Jon would not let her in and the the cops became involved. And at the end it says message to the kids: When the judge asks u who u want to live with say mommy! Do u think they get to chose and who do u think they should chose.

Im going too be straight up, Im 17 years old, i have a 9 month old daughter. I live in a house WE OWN IT, i pay all the bills, i have a job.

Ok, my cousin is 14 years old, she has depression, and is a bit troubled. She trys too act older than she is, but it lands her into trouble. She confides in me, she pours her heart out too me.
Shes grown up with a druggo mum and her dad wasnt there for her until she was about 10 i think.
Her dad recently confiscated her phone, because she was arguing with her brother, he took her tv, her phone, her playstation everything she had that she liked you know.
So she thought she’d run away too her baby sitters which is where she still is at the moment (its been over a week).
I dont like it, i do not like that shes with a non family member at all.
And i want that too change, I help her when im there and i feel very strongly towards this, Id obey any rules her father gave me about what not too let her do, But i think it would be good for her too come too a new town for 3 months, start fresh since she’s been in the same little town all her life. And i really think it could help.
Id have her in school, And id supply all her needs, i have a well paying job so it wouldnt be hard.

Do you think i would be able too do this?
Just for the last term of school (3 months) (australia).

She trusts me alot, and half the things she tells me brings tears too my eyes, and i really think i could help her.
Her father agree’s dont worry.

Hi, I am in desprite need of help !!!!! A.S.A.P not alot of time and four children …..Hubby and I’s 3yr wedding anniversary is Sept 20th .We’ve been together for 13yrs. though. And let me tell you (Life has def. happened to us) Things have been rocky and we don’t share alot of time together already due to work and kids…I want something that will be fun,memorable ,and bring the spark back..Even though we share the same house I miss him so much..PLEASE HELP!!! It’s on a Sunday ,I already have a sitter set up Sat.night till Monday morning..
We are still a young couple ,we both need one day to feel like it again.
Thankyou all for reading this and any suggestions

neighboor

i dont really care that he smokes but anyways here is the story

we had been talking about getting engaged for awhile. we have been together 5 years and have 2 kids and have come along way. we had been getting along a lot better and decided to do it. i am 21 he is 28.

anyways tonight after we get the ring he was being right cold and totally not how i expected. he told his mom and everything but when we got home he just started gaming. i asked him if we could do something together so it was a more special night and he got mad at me and got ready to go out. he went over to a female neighboors house and i actually went and looked in the back window (bad i know but it really bothered me. he has been hanging out with her quite a bit) anyways they were high as a kite watching tv.

what should i do. was a wrong to expect the night to be a little special. we had a sitter and everything for the night and now i am just sitting here alone crying wondering if he is coming home tonight

not what i thought about when i was a little girl:(:(

I have a new family to babysit for. The kids are 4 and 6. Anyway, I babysat them for the first time with their normal sitter just to get to know the parents, the house, and of course the kids.After they were in bed, the regular sitter did laundry, dishes and cleaned around the house. I have a job alone soon and I was wondering if I should clean some too. I know my main job is watching the kids but I feel like they’ll go back to the old sitter because she cleans too and they charged us the same amount of money.