Comments on: BabySitting http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:31:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Jennifer http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9516 Jennifer Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:20:53 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9516 :happy2: :happy2: :happy2: OMG, Andrea! Yes, you did have the crazy experiences. Hey, I'd forgotten all about the porn house. Another couple I used to babysit for had Hustlers and some other raunchy mag stacked up by the toilet in the bathroom. It wasn't one or two, the stack was higher than the top of the toilet tank. What? Like their kids never looked at them? And I'm not talking semi-tasteful Playboy. I was always glad she was the one that drove me home. :happy2: :happy2: :happy2: OMG, Andrea! Yes, you did have the crazy experiences. Hey, I’d forgotten all about the porn house. Another couple I used to babysit for had Hustlers and some other raunchy mag stacked up by the toilet in the bathroom. It wasn’t one or two, the stack was higher than the top of the toilet tank. What? Like their kids never looked at them? And I’m not talking semi-tasteful Playboy. I was always glad she was the one that drove me home.

]]> By: Andrea http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9515 Andrea Mon, 27 Aug 2007 17:02:55 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9515 I had a lot of odd experiences... - the time the two little girls refused to sleep or stay in bed, so I turned off all the lights and the tv and sat reading a book with a pen light while they cried on the living room floor. They never called again. :twisted: - the parents that for some reason, watched far too much porn and everytime I'd turn on the tv, it was on the porn channel or there'd be porn in the vcr. (yeah, I was like, 12). The only food they ever had in the house was ramen noodles and peanut butter. They would also drive me home drunk, which was always a great way to cap off the night. - the one lady who said she was a dealer at a casino, but methinks she was actually a prostitute. She always paid me in silver dollars, which was odd. - the lady who had me watch her kids on weekends when her national guard husband was away in training so she could "party." That ended the weekend he came home early and wanted to know WHO I was and where the heck his WIFE was. Not my problem, buddy. Vegas...what a town! I had a lot of odd experiences…

- the time the two little girls refused to sleep or stay in bed, so I turned off all the lights and the tv and sat reading a book with a pen light while they cried on the living room floor. They never called again. :twisted:

- the parents that for some reason, watched far too much porn and everytime I’d turn on the tv, it was on the porn channel or there’d be porn in the vcr. (yeah, I was like, 12). The only food they ever had in the house was ramen noodles and peanut butter. They would also drive me home drunk, which was always a great way to cap off the night.

- the one lady who said she was a dealer at a casino, but methinks she was actually a prostitute. She always paid me in silver dollars, which was odd.

- the lady who had me watch her kids on weekends when her national guard husband was away in training so she could “party.” That ended the weekend he came home early and wanted to know WHO I was and where the heck his WIFE was. Not my problem, buddy.

Vegas…what a town!

]]> By: Jennifer http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9514 Jennifer Mon, 27 Aug 2007 15:32:10 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9514 That's the sort of sad part, Kimberly. We so seldom left her with a sitter, I can count it on two hands and be missing a couple of fingers. I think her dad let her younger brother drive the mower at their house so maybe she didn't think it was a problem. :fryingpan: Oh, Kathy! That's bad. She stole from you and was a friend's daughter. Not cool. My friend had her daughter's friend pet sit and she stole from them. Bad, bad, bad. LOL, at your siblings being nuts, Ginger. Bet you have some good stories. :mrgreen: That’s the sort of sad part, Kimberly. We so seldom left her with a sitter, I can count it on two hands and be missing a couple of fingers. I think her dad let her younger brother drive the mower at their house so maybe she didn’t think it was a problem. :fryingpan:

Oh, Kathy! That’s bad. She stole from you and was a friend’s daughter. Not cool. My friend had her daughter’s friend pet sit and she stole from them. Bad, bad, bad.

LOL, at your siblings being nuts, Ginger. Bet you have some good stories. :mrgreen:

]]> By: Ginger http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9513 Ginger Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:59:00 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9513 :happy2: Too funny. No, I didn't do a lot of outside babysitting. I did watch my younger brothers & sisters, and they were nuts. :happy2: Too funny. No, I didn’t do a lot of outside babysitting. I did watch my younger brothers & sisters, and they were nuts.

]]> By: Kathy http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9512 Kathy Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:53:24 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9512 Thankfully, I always had good experiences babysitting. We were always very careful about who we asked to babysit for us because we moved so much, but I had the babysitter from hell :twisted: who stole from us. Because I couldn't prove that she'd stolen from us, I couldn't do anything about it. :fryingpan: She was the daughter of a friend too. Thankfully, I always had good experiences babysitting. We were always very careful about who we asked to babysit for us because we moved so much, but I had the babysitter from hell :twisted: who stole from us. Because I couldn’t prove that she’d stolen from us, I couldn’t do anything about it. :fryingpan: She was the daughter of a friend too.

]]> By: Kimberly http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9511 Kimberly Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:12:54 +0000 http://jenniferlabrecque.com/wp/565/babysitting/#comment-9511 I'd like to think that most babysitters would err on the side of caution and just *assume* lawnmowers were a no-no. Guess not. (Adds to list of things for the sitter, even though we don't have a riding lawn mower.) Who am I kidding? I'm so paranoid, I don't leave AC with folks I haven't known for a minimum of ten years. But I know I'm going to have to break in a sitter sometime soon...I'd like to go to a movie occaisionally. I’d like to think that most babysitters would err on the side of caution and just *assume* lawnmowers were a no-no. Guess not. (Adds to list of things for the sitter, even though we don’t have a riding lawn mower.)

Who am I kidding? I’m so paranoid, I don’t leave AC with folks I haven’t known for a minimum of ten years. But I know I’m going to have to break in a sitter sometime soon…I’d like to go to a movie occaisionally.

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