Is OTHER wrong in the post ? POST : Hi all. 

I’m 21F. My neighbors are in their 40s. 

They went away for 8 days, and have asked me to take care of their dogs. It’s day 3, and so far I’ve been feeding them morning and night, letting them out twice a day for about half an hour (they’re unable to go for walks for various reasons), and changing the sick dog’s diaper three times a day.  I have to stop by at 8:30 am, sometime between 1-3 pm, another between 5-6 , and then again before I go to sleep. 

To put it bluntly, their house smells like urine. The dogs don’t pee in the house so idk what it is. But it’s so bad that when I left there and went to get lunch with my friend, she said I smelled. It makes me sick but I still try to spend at least 45 minutes there a day besides just quick drop ins so the dogs aren’t lonely. 

. I also have a job and I don’t currently drive (car trouble), so I bus there and back to get to them, get to work, get to the gym, get back to them, etc. I’m also taking out their trash, taking in their mail, and have been cleaning the dog’s dishes and the Tupperware their premade food is in. 

My mother, who is moderately close with them, told me today that if they offer me money for this I need to decline it. She said she will be ENRAGED if I accept money and it will be inappropriate, rude, etc. 

I feel like I did a constant service for them, and should be paid for it. Obviously if they try to give me a ridiculous amount of money I’ll say no, but I’m watching the dogs for 8 days. I’m structuring over a week of my life around them. I should also note that I’ve worked as a “professional” dog walker/sitter before. I know what those rates are, and I’m fine with accepting $75 and calling it a night. 

My mom says it’s not okay, and that if we ever needed anything from them they wouldn’t charge us. I get the sentiment. But there’s doing favors and then getting taken advantage of. If they needed me for a day or two it would be different. Our neighbors are very nice and once they drove me to work once last year, and they always say they’re here if we neeed anything. I totally get it and it’s nice. But tbh, if we asked this of them and didn’t pay them, I’d consider it really unfair. 

I just don’t know what to do and now I feel guilty. 

AITA: I want to accept payment for a service I’m providing to a neighbor. 