It’s rude to ask for everyone’s help and then say it’s solved. You could help a lot of sitters if they’re ever in a similar situation. It’s what communities do - they give as well as take.
She did NOT agree to it. She agreed to petsit.
Hello. I thought I’d replied to everyone on my previous post.
The situation has been solved.
I hadn’t yet re-asserted what I was willing to do / not do for the homeowner - they asked their neighbour to change the beds off their own bat.
Thank you for all your responses in this.
Here’s one question you didn’t answer
Even if your personal experience has been solved, a clear accounting of how things develop is really helpful for other forum members who may avoid being trapped in similar situations or, if they are, they may get an idea of how to deal with them.
Thanks for your message. I have now sent a public message explaining the resolve.
Yes she did agree to it, she said “I semi-reluctantly agreed”.
She knows now she should have just said no, it’s outside the T&C’s, but she did actually agree to it (albeit reluctantly).
Oh, okay, got it! What a good lesson for almost all women - stop trying to accommodate other peoples’ unreasonable demands all the time : ) We don’t have to prove our worth by being so generous and denying our own needs. We already have great worth.
I don’t think this is a lesson specific to women…