My partner’s sister keeps dumping his nephews on us and they’ve broken my iPad, ruined our date night and disturbed my work meetings – people say I should tell him to move out

• The British woman shared that the mischievous pair had broken her iPad 
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A woman has vented her frustration over her boyfriend’s poorly behaved nephews after they ruined the couple’s date night.

The woman took to the British parenting forum Mumsnet to explain that she and her partner are like ‘on-demand childcare’ for her sister-in-law.

She recounted how they were lumbered with the eight and 10-year-old ahead of a dinner they had been excited about for weeks. 

And this was not the first time their plans had been ruined. The youngsters had already infuriated the woman, having damaged various items – including her iPad.

Parents took to the comments to share their empathy for the aunt, noting that the children seemed to be ‘very badly behaved’ with one saying that she should tell her partner to move out if he doesn’t start putting her first. 

The woman believes her partner’s poorly behaved eight and ten-year-old nephews are tearing their relationship apart. She no longer wants to be burdened with them at short notice (stock image)

The woman elaborated that her sister-in-law ruined their date night after asking her partner to take care of the boys.

He agreed because his sister complained that she and her husband had a ‘stressful week’ at work.

Despite having dinner plans booked weeks in advance, he agreed to take care of his nephews instead.

The anonymous woman explained: ‘This caused an argument and I ended up going to the restaurant with a friend of mine.’

She added that the man was disheartened because she went to the fancy eatery without him.

He was also reportedly ‘sulking’ because she would not change her plans to spend time with him and get pizza with the boys.

However, she claimed the youngsters are extremely ‘destructive’ and over-bearing, reasoning that the pair have already damaged her iPad which she eventually had to repair.

The defiant children had already broken the woman’s iPad and stained her favourite bag. One of the boys was even being disruptive whilst she was attending an important work meeting from home

‘My favourite bag has a disgusting stain on it from when they touched it with ice-cream soaked hands,’ she added. 

The woman went on to explain that her partner has only recently moved in with her and his sister asks her to take care of the children fortnightly or more – even when they are both working.

One time her sister-in-law only gave two hours notice before dropping one of the boys off, while the couple were working from home.

The youngster, who was with them because his brother had a football match, was running amok whilst the woman was in an important meeting.

She complained her partner could not keep the boy under control, writing ‘Nephew kept opening the door to my office while I was working. I locked the door. He kept hammering the door while running around.’ 

Ending the post, she stated: ‘I love that he’s close to his family. But I think there’s a limit to that and I can’t deal with it anymore.’

Parents expressed an overwhelming amount of support for the woman, with a whopping 96 per cent agreeing her perspective was ‘reasonable’.

Many urged the woman to get her partner out of the home, with one writing: ‘I’d ask him to move back out! The work thing is totally unacceptable.’

Another added: ‘Well he obviously has no respect for you, your home or your possessions. 

Parents flocked to the comments to offer their support to the woman, with many urging her to tell her partner to move out

‘I can’t understand why he’s still there! If the relationship is to continue then you need separate living arrangements.’

Others pointed out her partner had issues with boundaries, stating: ‘The problem isn’t the fact that his sister asks him to look after his nephews now and again. It’s that he can’t say no. He needs to put you first.’

One person commented: ‘He can take them out or start saying no. He shouldn’t have them when he is working and can’t supervise them.’ 

Praising the woman for remaining steadfast in her plans, one wrote: ‘I’m so glad you went out, I’d have done the same!’

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