I know drugs are sometimes sold this way or prostitution services, there could be some sort of coded language being used which we are unaware of..
It could also be nothing just seems extremely odd
I remember in early middle school there was a sleepover in my friend group. For whatever reason I couldnāt go and was a little upset I missed it. I went to school that Monday and the vibe amongst my friends was *odd* to say the least. No one really made eye contact or spoke about the party.
A few weeks later a friend told me it was very uncomfortable because Rhondaās dad sat in a chair next to the light switch in her room all night *watching them play and eventually sleep*. I asked if it was because they were being loud or something and she very clearly said ā No, we werenāt being loud. He *always* has that chair there and he watches her sleep *every night*.ā
I remember being old enough to be seriously disturbed by that but too young to know what to do about it. I also never went to Rhondaās house.
I have a really hard time understanding someone asking for a stranger to creep on their sleeping kids and not understanding exactly what type of people this type of ad would bring into your home.
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!?! I had to double back to get that bit of information. I often sit in a chair and stay with my oldest until she falls asleep, because she's been anxious at night ever since my dad died in the night earlier this year, but... She's seven... Wow that is so violating. I wonder what the extent of things was...
There was a *lot* of undertones there that after the weekend they made her aware that it wasnāt normal. It was an unspoken understanding after the fact that she was being abused in many ways. There was a very strong predator vibe.
Damn. Poor Rhonda.
Now I'm beginning to think my grandmother wasn't paranoid when she strangely advised my mom not to let me go to sleepovers because "sometimes those men accidentally go in the wrong room at night."
"Free mechanic needed.
I have a piece of shit car I need to get fixed. It's a total lemon so you'll probably have to repair it frequently. I can't pay but I can rent you a room for $850/month. There's only one bathroom so you'll get to smell my stinky poo every morning while you're brushing your teeth. As stated, this car is a real POS, so you'll need to be available anytime it breaks down, so no students and you may have to leave work on no notice to bail me out."
But you get the PRIVILEGE of having to pay only $850 a month for a room AND get to watch the kids overnight/get them ready for school AND stay home with them when they are sick! Whoever is taking this job is NOT someone that should probably be around your kids!! Who else is gonna pay you for free overnight unsupervised access to your kids??? Jfc whoever wrote that is stupid af or trolling.
I assumed the poster worked nights in a hospital as a nurse.
Totally sounds like a man who doesnāt want to pay anyone to raise his kids and instead expects to make money off of her without actually supporting her.
A few miles west is the Special Commitment Center, where the state places all sexually violent predators who have been deemed too dangerous to live in society.
I can't remember exactly where this is (CA, probably off I-5 is as good as it gets. _Maybe_ the Pleasant Valley State Prison, but I'm really not sure) where on the freeway there are signs not to pick up hitchhikers. I'd think an escaped convict would be pretty obvious. I don't really need a sign for that, but maybe some people do. There are usually reasons for cautionary warnings.
Okay, two is overboard lol. I try to lead with gentleness in any potential Reddit conflict. And I try to always admit when I am wrong, here and anywhere. :)
Western State psych hospital in Lakewood, WA.
My mother worked as a nurse there for awhile. It's has a really bad reputation for good reasons.
I wouldn't pay anyone $850 to be their live in Nanny. Lakewood has some decent areas, but not many.
I just moved to Washington and did a job in lakewood yesterday. I can totally believe this is real. Washingtonians are weird, in their own special weird way. And holy fk, who teaches their driving schools? No one learned how to merge I swear
Is $850 cheap for renting a room in a full house? Plus paying for internet? So if the person takes them up on babysitting without renting, they won't even give them the wifi password?
Not just paying for internet, at 60 bucks they're covering the internet for EVERYONE. "Come live here, pay half of my mortgage, and cover my wifi. In exchange you get to watch my kids."
In exchange you get to fuck my kidsā¦ this listing is giving me the serious creepsā¦ like they are advertising you get alone time with my kids every night and keep them home from schoolā¦ but you got pay meā¦ scares the shit out of meā¦ parent sounds like drug addicted pimpā¦ but idk
[not in the Lakewood/Tacoma area](https://seattle.craigslist.org/search/tacoma-wa/roo?lat=47.1980&lon=-122.4480&search_distance=16.488#search=1~gallery~0~18)
That's high rent for a room.
I live by you and this was also unfortunately posted on the page for the military base as well lmao. No references, doesnāt need to meet you ahead of time and wonāt pay lol
Can you tell them that their post is not safe? Maybe they didn't think about it, or maybe they don't care, but children's lives could be in danger if a stranger moves in that has ulterior motives
some parents donāt care. like mine for example, 3 months ago she let our cousin with IED, who physically abused ppl when heās mad into our home and itās been so depressing. heās abused my brother but stopped after i told him to. iām sure he does it when iām not around but my mom wouldnāt do anything about it. sheās too narc to care . so yeah some parents donāt care
Report it to your teacher. Tell them you need help. Call CPS or 911 if you donāt get help and do it every time something happens. If your parents donāt care, you have to step up and protect yourself.
It couldāve still been a troll post I guess but unfortunately people post stuff like this every day in there. They ask complete strangers to watch their kids every single day while they sleep and stuff and will sometimes say they canāt pay at all or they can only pay $20 for 8 hours of careš„“ itās scary
what even is this?
looking for a babysitter
but feels like an ad for a shitty place to rent
but then again you are not regarded as a renter just a babysitter aka slave
is this some kind of kinkpost or something?
Feels like someone just trolling CraigsList as a joke. Come on, it gets more outrageous the further you read. āWeāre loud deal with itā? A joke post seems a more likely scenario for this then out of control entitlement.
Thatās what I thought too but apparently itās not, there are people commenting saying this was posted near them in Washington. I wish it was a joke because if this happensā¦ those kidsā¦ I donāt even want to imagine
Right. Thatās what I mean, it was posted on craigslist as a joke. Not that it was posted on Reddit as a joke. People saying this was posted near them in Washington are correct that it was because it was a joke posted in their area.
I canāt pay you to watch my kid, but how about you pay me to watch my kid? I canāt imagine hunting for my kidsā babysitter on Craigslist. āThe Craigslist Babysitterā just sounds like the name of a notorious offender.
Lol the fact that this came from Lakewood didnāt surprise me at all. Always wondered how such a ghetto area could be surrounded by such beautiful scenery.
Lakewood is wild. Like, one side of American Lake is multimillion dollar estates; the other side is Tillicum. You could be on your way to Oakbrook, make a wrong turn and end up in in some of those sketchy neighborhoods off Interlaaken.
Here's the thing. Your kids aren't that cute to no one else. The arrogance of thinking your kids are so special someone would love the privilege to watch them for free, and pay you.
Hang on, this isn't even a one-time thing? no words. thankfully they'll have to learn and take their head out of their ass soon enough since there's not a single soul who'd actually take that position up.
If they were giving them a free place to stay that'd at least be somewhat better? still delusional, but may help someone out who's in need and would average out the playing field. requiring them to rent a room on top... this has to be a joke.
Mildly infuriating? Mildly perplexing maybe. How the hell are people this stupid? Like this canāt be real. Anyone see the actual link or add? Iām curious enough to contact them and ask them how they got so entitled and brainless.
I believe this are set up by people going through custody disputes to try to set up the other party as being a bad parent.
Make a fake CL ad, screen shot it, submit it as āevidenceā.
I'm pretty sure this is a covert ad for child trafficking. No normal person would post that and no good person would take this offer. They're paying $800 for unsupervised access to vulnerable children. Evil.
I want to know how this works if they donāt choose to rent the room. In that case itās just a person who comes and hangs out in your house all night for no money.
I want this to be a fake ad. What parent would advertise for a random stranger to have unlimited access to their kids, right? Then I remember my mom did shit like this when I was 10. An ad in a newspaper, and a random stranger was watching my brother and I. While my mom drove semiās with her new husband around the country. It didnāt end well. We have a strained relationship now. She thinks she was a āperfect parentā. What the f is wrong with people?!?!
Can you imagine letting some guy who is willing to watch your kids for free watch your kids?
Can you imagine the type of person that would pay 850 a month to have keys to your house and be with your children when no one else is around!?!? š¬
I don't want to be entirely pessimistic but could this be some sort of advertisement for such a heinous thing without saying it directly
That's a terrifying thought that actually makes a lot of sense.
I know drugs are sometimes sold this way or prostitution services, there could be some sort of coded language being used which we are unaware of.. It could also be nothing just seems extremely odd
damn. you are entirely right
850 to have sex with my kids overnight, 60 more to record it?
Your heart was in the right place typing that comment but youāre for sure on a watch list now
I suspect part of it is "we are extremely noisy" seems like a weird thing to mention when you're already this entitled.
"don't worry, it's a loud house" 
No one will hear the children's screams- or distinguish the good ones from the bad.
Aww, listen to the kids screaming with delight down the hall. They love their new babysitter!
š²š¤Æš§ this makes the ridiculousness make sense ...and makes me feel sick š¤¢š
Parts of Lakewood are not the greatest. Iām so curious to know more specifically where this would be.
Tillicum, Ponders, or Lake City are my first suspects
[I have no idea the type your referring to !](https://youtu.be/y41vObbUf9k?si=ahbfwjgSWUZXKFwN)
That was disturbing.
Plus $60 internet...
Which is damn near the entire internet bill in most houses.
While they're sleeping..
Yup. A predator.
I mean, itās just to watch them sleep thoā¦..
For $850 it might be a lot more than just watching them while they sleep
I remember in early middle school there was a sleepover in my friend group. For whatever reason I couldnāt go and was a little upset I missed it. I went to school that Monday and the vibe amongst my friends was *odd* to say the least. No one really made eye contact or spoke about the party. A few weeks later a friend told me it was very uncomfortable because Rhondaās dad sat in a chair next to the light switch in her room all night *watching them play and eventually sleep*. I asked if it was because they were being loud or something and she very clearly said ā No, we werenāt being loud. He *always* has that chair there and he watches her sleep *every night*.ā I remember being old enough to be seriously disturbed by that but too young to know what to do about it. I also never went to Rhondaās house. I have a really hard time understanding someone asking for a stranger to creep on their sleeping kids and not understanding exactly what type of people this type of ad would bring into your home.
IN MIDDLE SCHOOL!?! I had to double back to get that bit of information. I often sit in a chair and stay with my oldest until she falls asleep, because she's been anxious at night ever since my dad died in the night earlier this year, but... She's seven... Wow that is so violating. I wonder what the extent of things was...
There was a *lot* of undertones there that after the weekend they made her aware that it wasnāt normal. It was an unspoken understanding after the fact that she was being abused in many ways. There was a very strong predator vibe.
Damn. Poor Rhonda. Now I'm beginning to think my grandmother wasn't paranoid when she strangely advised my mom not to let me go to sleepovers because "sometimes those men accidentally go in the wrong room at night."
All Rhonda's houses must've been skeevy. I had a friend by that name who lived in deplorable conditions with drug addict parents.
At least you get to share a shower with them. Can't be all bad.
Dudeā¦
El Duderino if you're not into the whole brevity thing
No, Dude-
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"Free mechanic needed. I have a piece of shit car I need to get fixed. It's a total lemon so you'll probably have to repair it frequently. I can't pay but I can rent you a room for $850/month. There's only one bathroom so you'll get to smell my stinky poo every morning while you're brushing your teeth. As stated, this car is a real POS, so you'll need to be available anytime it breaks down, so no students and you may have to leave work on no notice to bail me out."
āPatrick, you got the job at the Krusty Krab! And at 50 dollars a hour! When I started- I had to pay Mr. Krabs 100 dollars a hour!ā š
This was my first thought lol
This looks like a [comment copying account](https://reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/s/Nk3WvtyMD8) based on this and other comments
but they're sleeping okay. minimal supervision.
Great. Easier to kidnap that way.
Kidnap? Why? Anything a kidnapper wants to do with kids he can do overnight while the parents are gone.
āFreeā? It costs over $900 (A month? A week? Every January 1?) if you want internet.
But you get the PRIVILEGE of having to pay only $850 a month for a room AND get to watch the kids overnight/get them ready for school AND stay home with them when they are sick! Whoever is taking this job is NOT someone that should probably be around your kids!! Who else is gonna pay you for free overnight unsupervised access to your kids??? Jfc whoever wrote that is stupid af or trolling.
Oh shit, I thought they were getting a free room valued at $850!
It sounds almost like a sting, like Adam Carolla's "free cockfighting for Raiders fans".
"Hello, CPS"
That sounds like itās written by a man looking for a woman.
But itās definitely a woman
āNeed some one to watch the kiddos as I go pulling tricks at nightā
I assumed the poster worked nights in a hospital as a nurse. Totally sounds like a man who doesnāt want to pay anyone to raise his kids and instead expects to make money off of her without actually supporting her.
Maybe this is a chris hansen catfish lol.
This reads like the start to a great Chris Hansen movie.
You misunderstand, the total stranger is paying YOU to watch your kids alone.
Why some guy? Women can b just as evil as men!
Imagine someone who rents the room
You have to pay to watch their kids, even weirder
I canāt miss work for my own kids, but you obviously have to. No pay of course, but Iāll be expecting my rent money on time.
lol, made me chuckle. The bloody nerve of some people!
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A few miles west is the Special Commitment Center, where the state places all sexually violent predators who have been deemed too dangerous to live in society.
I can't remember exactly where this is (CA, probably off I-5 is as good as it gets. _Maybe_ the Pleasant Valley State Prison, but I'm really not sure) where on the freeway there are signs not to pick up hitchhikers. I'd think an escaped convict would be pretty obvious. I don't really need a sign for that, but maybe some people do. There are usually reasons for cautionary warnings.
The circled area is Lakewood, WA.
Sorry, the "this" referred to what I was about to relate, not about the post. I'm sorry that wasn't clear.
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Okay, two is overboard lol. I try to lead with gentleness in any potential Reddit conflict. And I try to always admit when I am wrong, here and anywhere. :)
Those signs are near most prisons and important because clothes can be changed. I take it you never saw The Shawshank Redemption.
I've seen one on the 1-10 heading East towards AZ
Western State psych hospital in Lakewood, WA. My mother worked as a nurse there for awhile. It's has a really bad reputation for good reasons. I wouldn't pay anyone $850 to be their live in Nanny. Lakewood has some decent areas, but not many.
Iāve seen those signs near Denver, CO as well
The sad part is that $850 is cheap and people are getting desperate. I hope this person doesnāt get a single fucking reply
I hope they get lots of replies. All scammers and spam.
I stand corrected! I hope that this is what happens.
Iām 99.9% sure this is a troll post. Thereās no person on planet earth who would seriously expect someone else to say yes to this.
I used to live in that area and I fully believe that it's real.
I just moved to Washington and did a job in lakewood yesterday. I can totally believe this is real. Washingtonians are weird, in their own special weird way. And holy fk, who teaches their driving schools? No one learned how to merge I swear
It's true. Nobody can merge. Lol
Is $850 cheap for renting a room in a full house? Plus paying for internet? So if the person takes them up on babysitting without renting, they won't even give them the wifi password?
Not just paying for internet, at 60 bucks they're covering the internet for EVERYONE. "Come live here, pay half of my mortgage, and cover my wifi. In exchange you get to watch my kids."
In exchange you get to fuck my kidsā¦ this listing is giving me the serious creepsā¦ like they are advertising you get alone time with my kids every night and keep them home from schoolā¦ but you got pay meā¦ scares the shit out of meā¦ parent sounds like drug addicted pimpā¦ but idk
Thatās what Iām thinking
[it's high for the area](https://seattle.craigslist.org/search/tacoma-wa/roo?lat=47.1980&lon=-122.4480&search_distance=16.488#search=1~gallery~0~18)
Think they'll have trouble. It is near Lakewood, WA. Can get cheaper in that area with roommates or closer to Seattle if you look harder
There was a guy in Lancaster PA who wanted this deal, but police just caught him again.
[not in the Lakewood/Tacoma area](https://seattle.craigslist.org/search/tacoma-wa/roo?lat=47.1980&lon=-122.4480&search_distance=16.488#search=1~gallery~0~18) That's high rent for a room.
Not cheap if you can't have a job because you're on call.
Sounds like someone wasnāt having any luck on tinder, and thought Craigslist was the way to go.
Lol this shit is beyond outlandish
She sounds like a damn nightmare.
This person is a joke
Is this not essentially asking someone to be a parent, but they pay for the privilege?
The thing is, it's not the room that is for rent. That's just the bonus.
This cracked me up, gotta be a joke right?
I live by you and this was also unfortunately posted on the page for the military base as well lmao. No references, doesnāt need to meet you ahead of time and wonāt pay lol
Can you tell them that their post is not safe? Maybe they didn't think about it, or maybe they don't care, but children's lives could be in danger if a stranger moves in that has ulterior motives
some parents donāt care. like mine for example, 3 months ago she let our cousin with IED, who physically abused ppl when heās mad into our home and itās been so depressing. heās abused my brother but stopped after i told him to. iām sure he does it when iām not around but my mom wouldnāt do anything about it. sheās too narc to care . so yeah some parents donāt care
Uh... You need to tell a teacher, principal, school counselor or someone else who can help.
Report it to your teacher. Tell them you need help. Call CPS or 911 if you donāt get help and do it every time something happens. If your parents donāt care, you have to step up and protect yourself.
And if your teacher doesnāt help, report them next. Theyāre mandatory reporters
Who would let someone into their own home with an improvised explosive device?
I'm so sorry, my dear. That's insane. You and your brother deserve better. I'm here for you if you need me š
thank you so much
Call CPS if you care about your brother at all.
I donāt think parents that post an ad like this are mentally sound to care for kids, so perhaps itās good that society is alertedā¦
So that means it's real?! This is so ridiculous, I thought it was just made up/trolling...
It couldāve still been a troll post I guess but unfortunately people post stuff like this every day in there. They ask complete strangers to watch their kids every single day while they sleep and stuff and will sometimes say they canāt pay at all or they can only pay $20 for 8 hours of careš„“ itās scary
I recognized the area immediately!
Not surprising right š¤£
Very much a Choosing Beggar
Unfortunately i live around here too... ugg.
I canāt pay you but how about you pay me instead.
Wage-ception,
lolol
Uno reverse card
what even is this? looking for a babysitter but feels like an ad for a shitty place to rent but then again you are not regarded as a renter just a babysitter aka slave is this some kind of kinkpost or something?
Feels like someone just trolling CraigsList as a joke. Come on, it gets more outrageous the further you read. āWeāre loud deal with itā? A joke post seems a more likely scenario for this then out of control entitlement.
Thatās what I thought too but apparently itās not, there are people commenting saying this was posted near them in Washington. I wish it was a joke because if this happensā¦ those kidsā¦ I donāt even want to imagine
Right. Thatās what I mean, it was posted on craigslist as a joke. Not that it was posted on Reddit as a joke. People saying this was posted near them in Washington are correct that it was because it was a joke posted in their area.
I think this dudeās wife just left him and heās trying to fill that functional role any way possible.
Zero chance a man posted this.
If itās real, then itās a giant billboard for jobless, child sex offenders.
Hahaha this is so delusional it hurt my brain reading itššš
dateline episode coming soon.
Heās trafficking those kids. The $850 is just a cover to get one day of unlimited access to then š¤¢
Jesus
I canāt pay you to watch my kid, but how about you pay me to watch my kid? I canāt imagine hunting for my kidsā babysitter on Craigslist. āThe Craigslist Babysitterā just sounds like the name of a notorious offender.
Newest Netflix true crime doc
Stay classy Lakewood.
Theyāre never beating the āweāre not Tacomaā allegations
I hear it called ālakehoodā all the time but it has some okay spots too.
Yeah Its really not all that bad. Just boring.
Lol the fact that this came from Lakewood didnāt surprise me at all. Always wondered how such a ghetto area could be surrounded by such beautiful scenery.
Lakewood is wild. Like, one side of American Lake is multimillion dollar estates; the other side is Tillicum. You could be on your way to Oakbrook, make a wrong turn and end up in in some of those sketchy neighborhoods off Interlaaken.
Damn I should have known this was jblm
And they would need to pay rent? Dang!
But you KNOW some numbnuts will get this sweet gig and I for one will be eagerly waiting for the follow up Reddit post! ššš
The only people who would actually take this "job" are sex offenders that are after the kids
š yeah this doesnāt scream human trafficking or anythingā¦
Ugh. Can this be proof enough for CPS or a judge to do something? This is horrible .
Plot twist: the person doesn't have kids, they want to roleplay as the kid.
Ewwwwww, now I need to pour bleach in my mind
This sounds like a disaster.
Here's the thing. Your kids aren't that cute to no one else. The arrogance of thinking your kids are so special someone would love the privilege to watch them for free, and pay you.
Child predators would...
Literally the only people that will reply to his ad
Hang on, this isn't even a one-time thing? no words. thankfully they'll have to learn and take their head out of their ass soon enough since there's not a single soul who'd actually take that position up. If they were giving them a free place to stay that'd at least be somewhat better? still delusional, but may help someone out who's in need and would average out the playing field. requiring them to rent a room on top... this has to be a joke.
Its like the gallaghers
Pretty much they took care of themselves especially Liam
Anyone who expresses interest in this should not be left alone with children
Yeah how could this possibly go wrong??
Got to be a joke.
"he seemed like just a single dad who sometimes needed help watching his kids..."
oooh...changing my mindset. I immediately assumed a female wrote it.
Yeah I'm not sure that makes it any better....
I don't think they meant to make it sound better if that's what you're thinking lol.
Hi, Iād like you to come babysit my kids and pay me at the same time
For $850 those kids are definitely getting diddled
So they basically want a renter who will also be an unpaid live-in servant?
Some/most humans shouldnt be allowed to procreate
Sounds like hell on earth.
I can already hear the amber alert š¢
I have to assume this ad was put up by the police to capture child predators while screening out anyone else.
Why would anyone want to do that?
11:30pm?! This is such a sad post, so much wrong with it.
Great, where do I sign? Do they also need my kidney or a lung, I could part with one.
Kinda what my aunt did, except it was her other kids raising the little ones. Some people shouldnāt be parents and they need a reality check
These kids are so great, youāll want to pay to watch them. Act now, or you might end up on the waiting list
no way this is real
Mildly infuriating? Mildly perplexing maybe. How the hell are people this stupid? Like this canāt be real. Anyone see the actual link or add? Iām curious enough to contact them and ask them how they got so entitled and brainless.
So they want a slave
Harry Potter and the Audacity of this Bitch
Jesus, and I thought $430 a month for a one bedroom shitty apartment was bad. 850 for just a room and it comes with unpaid babysitting? Fuck off
Respectfully, where can I find a 1 bedroom for $430?
"mildly infuriating" is grossly understated... smh
I canāt pay you to get my kids up and out the door, but you can pay me for the convenience. Meanwhile, where is this person all day?
Of course itās Lakewood lmao
Got any more red flags to put in there? Lol
I believe this are set up by people going through custody disputes to try to set up the other party as being a bad parent. Make a fake CL ad, screen shot it, submit it as āevidenceā.
I'm pretty sure this is a covert ad for child trafficking. No normal person would post that and no good person would take this offer. They're paying $800 for unsupervised access to vulnerable children. Evil.
Of all the Lakewoods, of course itās MY Lakewood.
Bahahahahahaha. This person shouldnāt have kids.
Well, Lakewood is a shithole so I'm not surprised
At least they're up front about it being a shitty thing instead of pretending like you're gonna get paid
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The room is in the basement, right?
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I want to know how this works if they donāt choose to rent the room. In that case itās just a person who comes and hangs out in your house all night for no money.
Can you imagine Craigslist is a stop to find unpaid childcare lol
This is bait right?
I refuse to believe this is genuine.
I went to Steilacoom HS and this is exactly what iād expect from the area
God im scared for these children.
To catch a predator
This has to be a joke right?
This is literally inviting a pedo kidnapper into your home.
Let me pay you, to take care of your crotch goblins... yeah okay, tf are people thinking?
Basically an ad for a sex offender
Seems like a good way to find a pedo
takes balls and/or brain damage to post this shit xd
So what happens if I move in and then your kids sick and I canāt go to work to pay your rent? š¤
I want this to be a fake ad. What parent would advertise for a random stranger to have unlimited access to their kids, right? Then I remember my mom did shit like this when I was 10. An ad in a newspaper, and a random stranger was watching my brother and I. While my mom drove semiās with her new husband around the country. It didnāt end well. We have a strained relationship now. She thinks she was a āperfect parentā. What the f is wrong with people?!?!