So tired of this

[twistdfateangel]

 I love children. Really I do. They're precious and snuggly and adorable. I'm glad to watch them. Provided I volunteer or am asked, rather than being "volun-told".

I have been drafted to look after the Boss' baby. I don't mind as long as I am ASKED first. I had things I was going to do tomorrow morning. The bedroom needs serious cleaning. The dishes need doing. I have sewing and laundry to do. If they had asked me before "Hey, Brenna, can you watch the baby?" I might have said, "sure, okay." I would have been able to reschedule my chores to keep an eye on him without being more than a room away. Instead, everybody, whether they mean to or not has gotten in on this. I just got a text, from my husband (who I THOUGHT understood) asking if I was getting up at 8 to watch the baby. I left my phone downstairs and didn't hear it until he texted me back with "Well?"

I am tired of everyone assuming that because I am housebound and young, that I am just sitting around waiting for shit to be given to me to do. I am tired of feeling ganged-up on and picked at and used up. I wish I could just run away with the circus, like they used to do.

I just want them to acknowledge that I have a say. At the very least, they could pay me for this.

Comments

Well...

[ysabetwordsmith]

You have a say. One of the things you can say is NO. I like this list of 20 ways to say no:
http://www.onlineorganizing.com/ExpertAdviceToolboxTips.asp?tipsheet=16
If that is not enough, another thing to say is "Fuck off!" (which may or may not be to your personal taste).

I occasionally have issues with
people trampling on my time
because I work from home as a
freelance writer/editor. Some
people take a while to
understand that when I
am in my office, I'm WORKING and
not to be interrupted lightly, on
pain of dragonfire.

If you want people to respect
your time and space, you will
probably have to put concerted
effort into teaching them that.
They have to understand there
are consequences if they don't.