Confused, I asked, “Wait… where are you going?”My stepmother smiled and said, “Oh, just a quick date night! You don’t have kids, so it’s not like you’ll miss anything.” And just like that, they walked out, leaving me with three kids I barely knew. spent five long hours playing babysitter without warning. The kids were sweet, but I was frustrated. When my dad and stepmom came home, I tried to explain how unfair it was. She just brushed me off, saying, “You’ll understand when you have children.”