My babysitting experience.

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GodBlessAmerica
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I took care of a baby today, except the girl is twelve years old.
She's a Cancer, and this was all without pay.
I feel bad for her. Should I? Should friendship be based on sympathy at times? The girl needs someone, and I know she's lonely most of the time. She's stuck in her room on the tippy top floor, and the evil witch in the story is her mother. She controls everything she does, and the things she teaches her daughter are insane.
I asked her if she wanted to go to the festival nearby, and she nearly knocked me over with a big hug. I thought, "Good. She's going to be happy." Wrong. Wrongo! When we arrived at the place, she wouldn't leave my side.
She was constantly pushing me into traffic. This girl has no sidewalk sense. I kept saying, "Let's move onto the sidewalk", but she kept pushing me to the left where all the cars were coming. And it was strange how she kept stopping every time I made a statement. I would say something like, "This is lemon candy," and she would stop and say, "Really?" She would stop. How ridiculous. Walking with her is like taking fifty minutes to get to the corner bus stop.
I couldn't play soccer because the girl would start crying if she didn't get attention. Actually, she doesn't cry when she's upset. She gives you this stupid, blinking stare with no expression, and she sits there like a dummy. She's a psycho, at twelve years old. Just her look is nauseating, and she's mighty controlling.
Since the festival didn't work out, I took her to a store nearby. I asked if she wanted a drink or some candy, and she went all nuts on me again. "You pick first. I can't pick anything until you pick." She even claimed to be thirsty by the water fountain, but she wouldn't take a sip until I tried it out first. I didn't want water. I already had a bottle of it. I said the obvious thing: "Why don't you just try it out? It's fine." And she said, "How do you know? Have you tried it before?" "Yes, it's fine." We stayed there for ten minutes just arguing about water, and it was aggravating. I wanted to pull her by the ears and say, "Come on!" I refused to drink it, mainly because I was tired of her never making decisions. This wasn't hard to do. Drinking water is simple, and you should want to do it. Does she want me fetch a bucket and throw it at you?
I'm good with kids generally, as I've grown up with plenty of them, but she's tasking. I shouldn't have to sacrifice so much.
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SweetestFatale
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lmao GBA, she is a classic sheltered babied preteen. She's probably never had to make decisions on her own, her mother doesnt take her to public places, her mother hold her hand when they walk down the sidewalk, or ever worse she doesn't take her on walks because she considers it utterly dangerous. Poor thing, it sounds like she needs friends her own age, a couple play dates, and SERIOUS therapy. I bet you $ 500 she's and only child and her mother is a single mother.