My Neighbor Refused to Pay My 73-Year-Old Mother for Babysitting, Saying She Was ‘Just Sitting at Home Anyway’ – So I Stepped In

Across the street lives Claire. She’s 36, works at a marketing agency, and is always heading to “client lunches” and “strategy meetings” that somehow land right at happy hour. She has a three-year-old daughter, Lily, who seems to exist in three modes only: screaming, sleeping, or bouncing off the walls.