{"id":1976,"date":"2025-08-30T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=1976"},"modified":"2025-08-30T14:48:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:48:37","slug":"my-dil-tricked-me-into-babysitting-she-regretted-it-instantly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=1976","title":{"rendered":"My DIL Tricked Me Into Babysitting\u2014She Regretted It Instantly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A\u00a0week ago, my\u00a0DIL came to\u00a0me\u00a0in\u00a0tears and<strong>\u00a0asked me\u00a0to\u00a0watch my\u00a03\u00a0y.o. grandson for 5\u00a0days<\/strong>\u00a0because her mom had gotten very ill. So, she and my\u00a0son needed to\u00a0travel to\u00a0be\u00a0with her.I\u00a0agreed&#8230;2\u00a0days later, I\u00a0was scrolling through Facebook and was shocked to\u00a0see<strong>\u00a0a\u00a0video posted by\u00a0her mom: my\u00a0son and daughter-in-law celebrating their anniversary with 20\u00a0guests.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furious, I\u00a0took her son and put him in\u00a0the car. Without thinking it\u00a0through, I\u00a0drove him to\u00a0the nearest hospital and<strong>\u00a0made him get a\u00a0routine checkup.<\/strong>\u00a0After all, a\u00a0checkup is\u00a0good for a\u00a0child\u2014and he\u00a0even got a\u00a0lollipop in\u00a0the end, so\u00a0he\u00a0was happy.At\u00a0the hospital, I\u00a0took a\u00a0photo of\u00a0him and sent it\u00a0to\u00a0my\u00a0son and daughter-in-law with a\u00a0message that said,\u00a0<em><strong>\u201cJust so\u00a0you know, we\u2019re at\u00a0the hospital!\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Then I\u00a0turned off my\u00a0phone so\u00a0they wouldn\u2019t be\u00a0able to\u00a0reach\u00a0me.Within just a\u00a0few hours, they took a\u00a0plane and came rushing back. My\u00a0daughter-in-law was visibly shaking as\u00a0she asked if\u00a0their son was okay. I\u00a0smiled and told them he\u00a0was perfectly fine\u2014but I\u00a0also made it\u00a0clear that<strong>\u00a0I will not tolerate being lied to\u00a0again.<\/strong>In\u00a0the end, I\u00a0felt satisfied that\u00a0I gave her a\u00a0taste of\u00a0her own medicine. She lied to\u00a0me, so\u00a0I lied to\u00a0her. Maybe I\u00a0went too far\u2014but\u00a0<strong>their betrayal was more than\u00a0I could take.<\/strong>Was I\u00a0wrong?<br>Naomi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0week ago, my\u00a0DIL came to\u00a0me\u00a0in\u00a0tears and\u00a0asked me\u00a0to\u00a0watch my\u00a03\u00a0y.o. grandson for 5\u00a0days\u00a0because her mom had gotten very ill. So, she and my\u00a0son needed to\u00a0travel to\u00a0be\u00a0with her.I\u00a0agreed&#8230;2\u00a0days later, I\u00a0was&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":798,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1978,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions\/1978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}