‘The parents of the kids I babysit asked me the most unbelievable question’

Molly thought it was “wholesome” when the parents of the kids she babysat came home from their date night drunk. Then, they asked her something she’d never forget. 

A woman has recounted the time she was invited to a threesome with the parents of the kids she was babysitting.

Molly, then 19 years old, had been babysitting for the family every week for roughly eight months. 

More often than not, the parents would get home by 10.30pm, but on one Wednesday evening, they requested to stay out a little longer.  

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“We have to ask her … we can’t blow our one chance” 

“The mum was texting me, saying ‘We're actually going to be a little bit later. Is that okay with you? Do you have anything going on? Or should we rush home?’” Molly recounted. 

“No, no, no, you guys stay out,” she replied. “You have fun; it’s their date night!” 

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Hours later, they returned to their California home, and they were undeniably and “very visibly smashed.” 

“They're stumbling a little bit and they're giggling a tonne,” Molly said, at the time thinking their interactions were “wholesome” and cute. 

After asking how their date night went, the couple said “It was great.” 

“Actually, we talked about you a little bit at one point,” they told Molly, who blushed and asked what they said. 

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The pair, who Molly explained were a “good looking” couple in their 40s, began “giggling” and said they thought Molly was “really cute and really pretty.” 

Can you see where this is going? 

Slightly embarrassed, she “laughed it off” and thanked the couple for the compliment, before suggesting they “drink lots of water” and “get some rest.” 

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"We can't blow our one chance..." Picture: Molly Honan/Caters News

However, just as Molly was about to leave the house, the woman turned to her husband and reportedly said, “We have to ask her; we can’t blow our one chance.” 

After reassuring her she could say no, “pretend we never had this conversation” and “never have to come back again” if she didn’t want to, the 40yo dad asked Molly if she wanted to “come upstairs with us and just maybe take a shower and see where things go?”

At the time, she only had “10 seconds” to process everything the couple had just asked her, but she could only laugh it off once again. 

“I'm 19 years old,” the now-25yo recalled thinking. “These people are in their 40s; I babysit their children. This is so so wild.”

To top things off, “they're so drunk,” she said. “And I also just didn't want to do it.”

After “some very short contemplation” in her head, she giggled at the couple and said, “You guys are too good. Have such a good night!” 

After requesting her payment fee for babysitting the kids, she left the house and tried to “play it off so cool.” 

Much to everyone’s surprise, she returned to their house the following Wednesday and pretended like nothing happened. 

But the father, who was visibly embarrassed by the entire incident, pulled her aside. “Oh my god, we were so drunk last Wednesday,” he said. “I barely remember any of it.” 

The discussion was never mentioned again.

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Molly tried to play it cool. Picture: Molly Honan/Caters News

“So inappropriate, I would’ve been p**sed”

The videos quickly went viral online, with other babysitters sharing their own encounters over the years.

“So apparently this is a thing,” a woman wrote. “I’m a babysitter/nanny; I’ve been propositioned a few times.”

“Totally believable to me,” another agreed. “I passed up a few in my younger days, I think they hope you are curious enough.”

Others commended Molly for the way she handled the situation. “That’s great [that] you took it like that,” read a comment. 

“Some people would freak out and make a big deal out of it. And respect for going back and keeping things cool.”

But others weren’t as impressed, labelling the parents’ proposition “creepy” and “gross.” 

“So inappropriate, I would’ve been p**sed,” someone wrote. 

“I bet you felt uncomfortable,” said another. “I would.” 

Originally published as ‘The parents of the kids I babysit asked me the most unbelievable question’