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Indrė Lukošiūtė

New Mom Complains About MIL Not Buying A Car Seat On Her Own Dime, Gets A Reality Check Online

One great part of being close with your extended family is the ability to use them as free childcare, particularly if both parents are working. But it’s important to understand that free help doesn’t mean that you now have on-call servants.

A woman asked the internet if she was wrong for refusing to buy her MIL a car seat after she enlisted her to drive around her newborn. Despite her husband offering to find and deliver the car seat, the woman insisted her MIL do it herself. Netizens were quick to call her out for her behavior.

Getting family to help you babysit is nothing new

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