Meh It's neoliberal of me, perhaps, but there is a difference between "I won't do it" and "I'll only do it for $2,000" and I see no reason to lie if it's actually the latter
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Why not, if the person you're talking to can't afford you? Is one supposed to devalue one's work?
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Replying to @AndreColabelli @TheRandomOne and
The fact is the cousin is desperate and has no other options and it's a choice between shelling out the $2000 or just not having that vacation she's been looking forward to all this time A mature person would be glad to at least have the choice
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The whole "Money doesn't change hands between family" thing doesn't work in many situations precisely because our society isn't as homogeneous anymore The cousin can't just promise to pay OP back in kind because OP doesn't have kids who need babysitting and possibly never will
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Meh I think it's worth doing partly because there's an obvious double standard at play If she were a high-earning middle aged man (with little previous experience or interest in childcare) she'd never have been asked at all, and certainly not repeatedly asked after refusing
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I guess that's the problem, she was willing to negotiate because she herself wasn't 100% confident in her own right to refuse She describes her own decision process as sitting down and realizing this would likely be much more of a pain in the ass than she thought
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