Welcome to R-slash top posts, where a mother abandons her infant in the middle of the woods to die alone.

Our next Reddit post comes from R-slash entitled parents.

Over the week, my husband and I went on a camping trip before summer season with its glorious warm weather was officially over.

We weren't at home and had no cell reception where we were.

We left Thursday on the 7th and returned on Monday the 11th. While we were away, my cousin left my niece,

still strapped to her car seat outside my house door on Friday, September 8th, and sent me some

text messages. Remember, I had no cell reception where I was camping. I would have never known

while I was gone. I saw the missed messages after I returned home. It wasn't a request to ask if I can

help her. It was simply a message notifying me that she left my niece in front of my door

along with a bag with her stuff for the weekend. She did not ask me beforehand

if I could help her babysit. There was no possible way for me to know. Even if I knew, I would

have still declined unless it was a medical emergency in the family and they had no other choice.

I live in a rural area where everyone is on 30-acre plots of land, so no one knew that my niece was

there. I had no clue. The neighbors had no clue. My niece was literally abandoned in front of my door

until Saturday noon when my parents came by to drop off my parcels that were delivered to their

house. That's when they saw my niece. My parents called my aunt and had her come pick her up.

I can only assume that my parents, my aunt, and my grandmother's

scolded my cousin for leaving my niece at my door.

When I got home, all I saw was the initial text message telling me that my niece was

dropped off at my place.

Then, a string of very rude text

messages and voice messages from my cousin calling me irresponsible for leaving my niece outside

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