Woman baffled after sister demands payment when her daughter ate leftover cake
Sibling clashes can make things pretty awkward at the best of times, but one woman can't believe her sister is making her pay her for the two slices of cake her daughter ate while babysitting.
She shared how her sister Claudia is demanding she coughs up €20 (£17) for the slices of left over birthday cake her daughter Carly ate as the cake was expensive.
The sisters, who live close by and generally a close knit-family, have butted heads over the issue, as she is refusing to pay Claudia as she feels as if Carly didn't do anything wrong - and feels it's unfair as the cake would have gone stale.
She took to Reddit to ask if she was in the wrong by refusing to pay. She explained: "Carly sometimes babysits her cousins on the weekends so that my sister and BIL can go out, usually for 3-4 hours. In exchange, my sister gives her €30-€40, cash in hand." The mum then clarified her daughter will volunteer - and that she's never made to do it.
"She likes having the extra money to fund her Starbucks addiction without a part-time job in fast food or retail, plus the kids love getting to see her. I'm glad that she's getting to learn responsibility. I think it's a win all around. Last weekend there was a problem. A couple hours after Carly came home from babysitting, my sister calls me.
'I don't want children staying up late at weekends - I really need adult time'
"It was my niece's birthday 2ish weeks ago, and there was some leftover birthday cake in their kitchen. It was a custom-made fancy lemon curd cake and I remember at the party a lot of the kids didn't want to eat it so a lot was leftover. Whilst she was babysitting, Carly had eaten two slices," she added.
However she claimed her sister said Carly "should have asked before helping herself to the cake" and told her it was an expensive cake. She apologised to her sister and said she'd have a word with her daughter but said that her sister "mentioned again that the cake was custom-made and expensive" and that's when she said she should be "compensated".
"At first I honestly thought she couldn't be serious, but she did want me to give her money because of the cake. I mentioned that surely the cake is going bad soon if it isn't already stale (I said this light-heartedly trying to lighten the mood) but made it clear IM NOT GIVING HER MONEY. She says she paid €70 (£60) for the cake and she expects me to give her €20 (£17). I told her I'm not doing that.
"My sister says I'm being inconsiderate, and that my daughter ate the slices without permission. I feel like she is being petty, and what difference would it have made if all of it got eaten last weekend or at the birthday party?" And asked if she was in the wrong for refusing to pay.
Redditors chimed in with their thoughts and the general consensus was that the sister was in the wrong and she shouldn't pay for the slices. One user penned: "The cake was being kept at room temperature in a bread box on the counter. After two weeks, it really wasn't even a viable edible item anymore, let alone one with monetary value. Your daughter is lucky she didn't get food poisoning."
Another added: "Your sister is being extremely petty. She's upset because her niece, not a random person, ate 2 week old cake. 2 week old cake is garbage. Your daughter is family. Your sister should be happy that the cake didn't end up in the bin. She's has been getting discount baby-sitting from her niece. Tell her that based on her behavior, she's obviously looking for ways to find fault with her niece so she can steal back half her niece's pay."
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