r/Offmychest I'm Being Paid to Babysit a Creepy Doll

The best part about the first post is that extortion is illegal.

That baby doll story is fucking heartbreaking. God that poor woman

First title: “Yes I like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain.”

I literally had Story 1 happen to me (minus the blackmail lol). My wife (then girlfriend) and I were out at a bar. She dyed her hair often, and switched up the colors quite a bit. One of our mutual friends came over to our table yelling at me for cheating and then she turned around and he realized it was her. The look on his face was priceless. Still makes me laugh years later.

11:28 Babysitting her doll is not at all taking advantage of her. If OP refuses to babysit, she'll find another babysitter who may not be as gentle and kind as OP was.

Story 4. 'I assume this is her way of grieving' Yeah, that's the whole purpose of those realistic 'baby alive' dolls. People always make them out to be weird pervert things b/c of how realistic they look and stuff, but, the intent is for like. Grieving mothers.

The doll story: treat her and the doll like any other client. Everyone deserves dignity. This is a common coping mechanism for people who have gone into states of psychosis to cope with the loss of their child.

The CPR story is exactly why you get recertified and practice. When the real life situation hits your hind brain kicks in and you don’t think, you just do.

Potato as a name for a Corgi is perfection.

The baby doll story: Absolutely DO NOT tell her. While this is a way to grieve for some mothers, it's also a genuine psychosis when a grieving mother can't accept the reality that her baby is gone. Not knowing where that line is, especially with no medical professional present to control the situation, breaking that reality can go south really quickly. Worse case, the mother can harm herself or others as a result.