I Am A Teen And Still Have A Babysitter

I lived at home until my early 20s. By the time I was 18 I didn't have daily babysitters (that would have been pathetic) . Then one day when I was 19 my mom called me over to the dining room table. She was sitting with some lady I never met before. My mom told her "I wanted you to meet my kid". She then told me she was going out of town next weekend and this was my babysitter. Babysitter??? You have got to be kidding me, I'm 19 years old". I didn't say this but it was what I was thinking. What made things all the more embarrassing is this lady (who my mom worked with during the week) wasn't all that much older than me, she looked to be in her 20s.

I couldn't believe this was going to happen but it sure did. She didn't interact with me much which was a relief. She mostly watched TV and talked on the phone. My mom gave her a list of chores for me to do. She would periodically snap out an order "Ok it's time to clean your room" etc.

The most embarrassing thing to me was my bedtime. Yes I still had a bedtime. The first night she said "Ok it's your bedtime" (it was 10pm IIRC). I decided to challenge her and asked if I could watch the rest of the TV show. She gave me a bitchy look and firmly said "NO". As I walked upstairs I regretted that I even asked. It made the whole situation all the more embarrassing. The next night when she ordered me to bed I marched upstairs with no incident.

My mom arrived home Sunday night. She soon ordered me to bed. The babysitter hung out for awhile. I could hear my mom and her talking downstairs. It struck me how this girl had a personality...she was talking and laughing a lot. She was so quiet and aloof with me....just taking care of business. Perhaps she wasn't friendly towards me because she knew it was pathetic for a young man like myself to have a babysitter?