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Should I babysit...or should I leave things as they are??
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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 605721" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>I don't know how many kids you will be caring for, however, teenagers here make up to $10 an hour for babysitting one child, so $3 may be way too little money. </p><p></p><p>However, what I am most responding to is your level of satisfaction and joy at what you are doing now. At our age, this is not always easy to find and you found that in your life. I would not want to give that up. Is there a possibility you could negotiate your time babysitting around your schedule, be willing to watch the kid(s) when you have the time so you can continue to do what you love? I would try that, make it a win/win, so <strong>you</strong> win too. I would be honest, I would say "at my age I have found real happiness filling my time with things I've always wanted to do....... and I would also enjoy helping you, can we work out a way we can both benefit and I don't have to give up these things that are important to me?" As my SO always says, "You can't win if you don't swing the bat." I would try negotiating. Life is a negotiation and if we don't ask, we'll never know. In the absence of being able to work out a compromise that worked for me, I would say don't do it. Being in a happy place (to me) is worth giving up a few extra bucks (if you can swing that financially of course).</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 605721, member: 13542"] I don't know how many kids you will be caring for, however, teenagers here make up to $10 an hour for babysitting one child, so $3 may be way too little money. However, what I am most responding to is your level of satisfaction and joy at what you are doing now. At our age, this is not always easy to find and you found that in your life. I would not want to give that up. Is there a possibility you could negotiate your time babysitting around your schedule, be willing to watch the kid(s) when you have the time so you can continue to do what you love? I would try that, make it a win/win, so [B]you[/B] win too. I would be honest, I would say "at my age I have found real happiness filling my time with things I've always wanted to do....... and I would also enjoy helping you, can we work out a way we can both benefit and I don't have to give up these things that are important to me?" As my SO always says, "You can't win if you don't swing the bat." I would try negotiating. Life is a negotiation and if we don't ask, we'll never know. In the absence of being able to work out a compromise that worked for me, I would say don't do it. Being in a happy place (to me) is worth giving up a few extra bucks (if you can swing that financially of course). Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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