Both mum and dad worked and needed a babysitter for their two little girls. The babysitter that was hired brought her little girl along for the job. The arrangement was going just fine until the babysitter was late one day by a mere 10 minutes. This made the mum late for her work. The couple discussed the matter and chose to not act upon it as this was the first time.

While asking the Reddit users for their opinion, the mum said, “A day later, she lets me know that she had been helping my daughter on her iPad and some texts popped up between me and my husband.” The mum was complaining about the babysitter in those texts. The babysitter then read the chat and scrolled about 30 minutes to go as back as she could.

She added, “I had also complained to him once that our babysitter had eaten all our Oreos. It was just funny banter, and I got over it quickly but I was still whining. I would have never said anything to her about it.”

The babysitter had decided to quit her job and texted the mum the night before she was supposed to watch her kids. She cited the reason for quitting the job was the texts that she read. The mum said, “She was really hurt I would complain about her to him. I feel horrible but also violated that she read all our texts. I apologized for what I said but I still feel sad about it all.”

Netizens unsurprisingly were quick to give their opinion on the matter. Most of them thought that the babysitter was at fault as she invaded the couple’s privacy.

One said that you have the right to vent in private to your husband. You forgave her, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t affect your day. She violated your privacy. AND she had to go back a month before finding anything else about her. If you text with any frequency, that’s a lot of personal texts for her to have gone through. Any hurt she feels is her fault.

Another user said that it was a huge breach of privacy to go through personal messages. The third user commented,” Reading texts that pop up is one thing, but the next step is to immediately tell the parents that those texts are popping up and the next step is to not violate someone’s privacy by reading texts going back an entire month.”

A fourth said that imagine if the couple had shared some photos or some banking information. She had no right to do so. There was one user who said that she and her husband have a personal chat quite often. If anyone went through it, she’d be mortified.

Going through personal messages is wrong. A couple is always allowed to crib in front of each other and no one else has the right to read it. According to us, the babysitter crossed a line by doing so and was at fault.

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