This.

Makes me think of the movie The Florida Project. Watched it after being cooped up for days with the flu and cried very very hard.

Send your girlfriend over to handle it?

They are back and were gone for about 2 hours. Yesterday they were gone for quite a bit longer.

If it continues tomorrow night, I'll call CPS.

I’m a staunch proponent of minding one’s own damn business. But leaving an infant unattended so you can go to the bar would probably get me to violate that principle.

Curious, how do you know the child is being left unattended?

Well, the first time I noticed was 3 days ago when they came back arguing about her taking her top off at a bar and just general drunken arguing and then they started arguing about the kid. The dude left, I'm assuming he slept on the beach.

Uneventful next day but I saw them with the kid for the first time.I'm bad with ages but this kid is little. Like definitely no where near walking.

It's a 2 story motel with exterior hallways but my room is the biggest and directly above the office, so I can see pretty much everything.

I overheard the mom asking the housekeeper to keep an eye on her room because she was leaving the kid in the room while she ran errands. I went to work so I don't know exactly how that played out but the maid agreed.

I saw her with the kid at around 5pm. And then I saw her and the guy leave the room very quietly at around 9:30. I suppose a babysitter could have come by or someone picked the kid up. They don't seem like the most responsible people so I'm kind of discounting that.

Ditto.

If you're really sure a 2yo is alone you gotta do something. I'm reluctant to just say call CPS because if there ends up being a grandma or even a 13yo in there, you've caused trouble, but you don't wanna get shot over this either.

Falcon may have the right idea here.

edit: Most kids walk at about 1 year old.

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I would try to change few words with the woman and get a better feel how are they generally. I would never call officials.

But I am also coming from the society where the fact in itself "left infant for few hours alone" is definitely not a crime.

FML. In addition to finger lacerations, hedge-trimming seems to have included poison ivy or some such. Rashes on my arms are bad enough, but eye swollen closed is a real *****.

Of course this happens on the weekend my wife came up to visit. Sigh.

Villian1,

Ultimately, it isn't going to be a popular opinion but you should just stay out of it. You are already aware of more of those people's business than is necessary. For your sake.

Garick,

Sounds like a rough go of it. But now you have a newfound appreciation for landscaping!

Villian,

Unless you are offering to watch the kid i wouldnt recommend doing anything until you are about to move out

Garick,

That sucks! Get better

Garick,

Not sure if you've had it before or not? Do you keep any of the special scrubs for it? If not, you need a very hot shower, exfoliating scrub(something with grit in it), and a loofah or shower pouf and scrub vigorously.

Wiping the effected areas with bleach (not your eye obviously) is the single most effective treatment I've found. I've tried a bunch of remedies and an old farmer told me to use bleach. It works the best. Barring that keep the areas slathered in calamine lotion.

If the kid isn’t walking and is left in a crib for a couple of hours at a time, there’s not much trouble to be found. That certainly wouldn’t be my style of parenting but I don’t think it’s worth a call to state officials.

After my kids were about ten, I was very much a free range parent. Kids need to learn how to navigate the world. Modern coddling culture is neurotic and insane IMO.

Ten year olds should be able to be left alone for a couple hours.

The age here is pretty important. A six month old left in a crib may be safe enough. A two year old would be the worst. A newborn would be pretty damn awful as well.

If your wife happens to have a pirate fetish, you're in for a scorching hot weekend.

(I hope you recover quickly.)

Yipes. That’s no fun, Garick.

Don’t know what to say about that baby thing. It’s not okay, but the implications of what that kid's life has in store for them are the sad part to me. Obviously there is no need to hold a vigil over a sleeping infant, but I lock my ****ing laptop and passport in the safe when I leave a hotel room. If the fire alarm does get pulled what do those parents do, run up the stairs?

That’s a tough spot.

Agree. When our youngest was eight and the older one ten, we’d go out for dinner without a babysitter, and we probably could have done so at seven and nine.

Two, no. That’s solidly in the area of mobility without judgment.

Did you decide this after you got decked by the guy who was manhandling his girlfriend?

No, the policy was in effect at the time. And I probably should have adhered to it then.

No, you shouldn't.

Because you don't want to live in the world where no one sees problems of other people not directly related to "your " business.

And because it is a lot more attractive to women around when a guy can help sometimes even when a problem is not his direct business.

Clearly the key is sensible evaluation of the situation.

Calling the authorities could, but may not improve that kid's life or future safety. Could make it worse. It is not an emergency most likely.

On the other hand, it matters to care about kids and defend them even at the expense of our own discomfort.

I think the only real solution is to watch carefully for the rest of your stay, then break in and take the kid when you check out. Take them home and raise them as your own. Real parents can drink and fight all they want, the kid will have a better shot at a normal life, and you will never have to wonder what ever happened to them. There is no downside, really.

I'm sure Villain would figure it out, but if he can't tell the difference between a 2 year old and a kid who is definitely not walking he'd better watch some parenting videos or something if he steals the child.

Idk, sounds like a low maintenance kid.

Well I was going to say that I looked more like a losing prize fighter, but she just bought me an eye patch, so...

Talk to y'all later.

Haha