AITA for refusing to babysit my grandkids until my daughter fixes my trampled garden?
My daughter Carol (42F) drops off her two kids, Ryan (7) and Emma (5), at our place three mornings a week so she can work. Me and Ruth (72F, my wife of 50 years) are happy to help, we love them kids. But my garden is my life's work, been tending that same dirt for 40 years. This is the third time this summer the kids have run wild through my squash and tomato rows chasing our old dog Duke. Last week they knocked over near two dozen seedlings I started from seed back in March, probably $200 worth of work gone in ten minutes. I told Carol twice before, keep them on the gravel path, dont let them run through the beds. She keeps saying kids will be kids. So I told her straight, I am done watching them until she either fences off the garden herself or teaches them to mind. She called me heartless, said I care more about my dang tomatoes than my own grandkids. Ruth thinks I was too harsh since Carol works two jobs and needs the help. Now Carol aint spoke to us in a week and my son says the whole family chat is picking sides.
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