{"id":2213,"date":"2026-02-13T06:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/?p=2213"},"modified":"2026-02-13T06:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:22:18","slug":"my-mother-in-law-demanded-payment-to-see-her-grandchild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/readupdatemystory.com\/?p=2213","title":{"rendered":"My Mother-in-Law Demanded Payment to See Her Grandchild"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have a tough situation on my hands. My husband and I have been happily married for 10 years. We have a healthy, beautiful 6-month-old baby, and both of us work full-time. My husband works from home and I work in an office. My mother-in-law recently retired and she offered to watch our baby while both of us are working. We accepted and it\u2019s all good, she has a way with kids so no comments there. I truly appreciate her time and devotion and everything she does. She not only watches the baby but also does the dishes, cooks, and cleans.<\/p>\n

My MIL and I had a talk yesterday where she dared to ask us for payment\/hour. I am still in shock. How dare she ask for money for precious time with her grandchild? Putting a price on time spent with Katie?? When I was a baby, my grandma used to babysit me and my sister for hours on end. My grandma never asked for any kind of payment, money, or gifts, she just did it out of love for us. I used to babysit my siblings for hours on end when I was younger, for free.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t even know what to say, I\u2019m angry and this situation has started to affect my marriage. My husband believes that she has the right to get paid because if she didn\u2019t care for our kid, we\u2019d still be obligated to hire a complete stranger and we\u2019d probably end up paying even more.<\/p>\n

I am out of options. I have thought through everything and I\u2019m lost. My head is just AAAH. What do I do here? Do you have any advice? My friends have never had this problem before, so I have no one else to help me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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