was a bit annoyed today

**Blackhorse** · 17-03-2009, 08:55 PM

my neighbour, (she is actually very nice) asked my how my babysitting was coming on...

Ahhhh

**sarah707** · 17-03-2009, 09:04 PM

Sorry I'm laughing too much to write a sensible reply!

**berkschick** · 17-03-2009, 09:08 PM

And?? How is it going?!

**Blackhorse** · 17-03-2009, 09:16 PM

**haribo** · 17-03-2009, 09:16 PM

haha i get that from a elderly lady ive known for years , everytime i see her i have to grit my teeth when she says "still babysitting are you" lol ive been doing it for 16 yrs now and am used to so many reactions when i tell people what i do that it doesnt bother me now ,especially now im doing all this paperwork i hold my head high

**ORKSIE** · 17-03-2009, 09:17 PM

Yeah, Isnt that just Soooo annoying!!

If only they new!
Makes you wanna say some words!!

**Twinkles** · 17-03-2009, 09:20 PM

I've overheard my mil telling people how lucky I am that I don't have to work

**Chatterbox Childcare** · 17-03-2009, 09:28 PM

This is where you need a thick skin and a smile like the joker off of Batman!

**fionamal** · 17-03-2009, 09:48 PM

What gets me is when they say "have you not got a proper job yet?"

**ajs** · 17-03-2009, 09:51 PM

i expect it from an elderly neighbour but i get it off my own mother who has no idea what our job entails

Lady Haha · 17-03-2009, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by Twinkles

I've overheard my mil telling people how lucky I am that I don't have to work

Oh, I've had that off a long term friend!

**Blackhorse** · 17-03-2009, 09:53 PM

I just feel that it is a shame that we are working very hard to get registered and then even harder once there are mindees in the house and people don't realise!!

**cher25** · 17-03-2009, 09:59 PM

I get the same from almost everyone. Dp's dad, my mam, brother.lol It does my head in.

Pipsqueak · 17-03-2009, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by Twinkles

I've overheard my mil telling people how lucky I am that I don't have to work

**Jules27** · 17-03-2009, 10:41 PM

My best friend refers to me as her 'sitter!!! I have her kids on an ad hoc basis if she has chance of extra hours at work and if I have space!!! Drives me mad too but I just grit my teeth and get on with it!!!!

**Bushpig** · 17-03-2009, 11:36 PM

I was asked yesterday by a friend if the kids I looked after was for missionary work

... she knows I don't have my own kids and knows I look after them in my own home... and to her all childcare takes place in a nursery...

**Bushpig** · 17-03-2009, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by Blackhorse

my neighbour, (she is actually very nice) asked my how my babysitting was coming on...

Ahhhh

Originally Posted by Twinkles

I've overheard my mil telling people how lucky I am that I don't have to work

I don't have words...

**Mrs M** · 18-03-2009, 08:26 AM

My father in law always asks how my babysitting is going. I then sit there and bore him with all the paperwork, hard work etc that goes into my full time job. He always apologises as I make a big deal (in a jokey way) that I'm NOT A BABYSITTER, I'M A CHILDMINDER!

amirose · 18-03-2009, 09:14 AM

I had one of my dads friends ask me wether if he and his wife wanted to go out one night could he give me a tenner to come over and babysit - is that how it works

I told my dad and he said "whats the problem"

Pipsqueak · 18-03-2009, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by amirose

I had one of my dads friends ask me wether if he and his wife wanted to go out one night could he give me a tenner to come over and babysit - is that how it works

I told my dad and he said "whats the problem"

I would have said make it £25 and you got yourself an insured, qualified childminder for the evening