I’m a full-time babysitter – I think it’s funny to put on scary movies & I’ll cheekily go through your things

FROM nosing done your belongings, to putting scary films on, a radical of babysitters person confessed what they truly get up to erstwhile looking aft your kids astatine home. 

Some person adjacent revealed however they secretly stole alcohol from the parents cupboard, and besides “played dumb” erstwhile a model had been smashed. 

The radical of babysitters, which person decided to stay anonymous, took to the online forum Mumsnet to uncover their secrets.

Starting the thread, 1 idiosyncratic wrote: “I was conscionable listening to my person saying she was going retired contiguous and idiosyncratic from work's beloved girl was babysitting, but it's OK 'because she's sensible.’

“Got maine reasoning astir each the tricks I got up to babysitting with assorted mates (early-mid 90s) and specifically the clip erstwhile we got an bare Coke vessel and filled it with the full contents of the parents' portion cabinet... Whisky, vodka/ brandy/ eggnog.

“We ended up spewing (inevitably) and blamed the seven-year-old for the mess.

“Another time, a antithetic person had turned down a lad's advances and helium launched a ceramic done the model portion we were watching telly.

“Luckily the kids were successful furniture astatine this constituent and we conscionable played dumb erstwhile the adults came home.

“Am I being unreasonable to deliberation immoderate parents would virtually employment anyone to babysit backmost then?! Any different stories?”

The station attracted a batch of attraction from different anonymous babysitters confessing to what they got up to. 

One wrote: “I utilized to babysit a neighbour's kids erstwhile I was 13, the kids were astir six and nine.

“I utilized to fto them enactment up arsenic precocious arsenic they wanted and ticker immoderate they wanted. 

“I retrieve them watching that Chucky film, I don't deliberation they slept for a week aft that.”

Another babysitted added: “I went into the store with the nine-year-old to find a household affable DVD. 

“He recovered The Ring, and wouldn't perceive of watching thing else.

“I fto him ticker it and helium astir sh*t himself.

“I paid him £5 to not archer his mum, helium took my currency and **grassed**.”

Others revealed however they nosed astir the location portion the parents were out. 

One wrote that they did “all sorts.”

They continued: “Nosing astir 'private' areas of the house; sniggering implicit uncovering 'The Joy of Sex' connected the publication support - it was the 1970s.

“Endlessly swigging from the sherry bottle. Inviting boyfriends round.

Swigging alcohol

“Can't rather judge however fashionable I was arsenic a babysitter.

“Can besides retrieve the unusual occasions erstwhile a DF (darling father) would effort to beryllium 'over friendly' erstwhile walking maine home.”

Another added: “I’m a nosy small bugger erstwhile I babysit. Once I was staying implicit truthful I ordered a takeaway for myself erstwhile the kids were sleeping.

“The parent was a full wellness freak with the kids and her moving obsession, and I had managed to permission my crystal pick successful their freezer.

“Next clip I came it had a spoon successful the tub and was fractional eaten (she) evidently got fed up with steadfast food.”