Teen 'Loses' Passport Before Family Disneyland Trip, Avoids Babysitting Kids for Demanding Sister

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Jul 17, 2023 6:00 PM EDT

Family dynamics are never simple. Even those who are blessed with great relatives are going to have their issues, and most people don't receive that blessing. Most of us have some unwelcome realizations about our family members as we grow up, and if we're really unlucky, these can impact us severely.

One individual who has been dealing with this epiphany is a young Redditor, who asked for extra opinions after she went against her family's wishes. She did this by pretending to lose her passport to avoid vacationing with them.

A Disneyland trip had been planned to supposedly celebrate her graduation, but she hatched a plan to get out of it when her older sister and her kids turned up at the airport with them. Explaining how her sibling always made her take care of the children whenever she visited, it meant that she couldn't see herself having much of a holiday.

Most of her fellow Redditors were sympathetic to her reasoning, even if the stunt had wasted money on the family's behalf. Taking responsibility is one thing, but being shoehorned into a specific role is another.

 

 

 

 

 

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    Font - r/AmltheAsshole u/No_Writing9686.1d 1 1 2 1 AITA for "losing" my passport to avoid babysitting on my vacation? Not the A-hole 1 5 1 2 1 3 5 1 8 1 11 1
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    Font - I (F17) still live at home. My sister (28) is married and has two kids (5/3). Whenever she comes over to visit my parents and her stick me with the kids. This wouldn't be a problem except she doesn't visit for an evening. She will come for a week. And for that week I'm an unpaid nanny. If we go out to a restaurant I have to entertain them because my mom needs to talk to my sister and BIL.
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    Font - You get the picture. My parents decided that since this was my last summer before I became an adult we would be going to Disneyland to celebrate my graduation. I asked who was going and they said it was just the three of us. But when we got to the airport my sister and her family were there. Strangely enough they were also going to Disneyland. I went into my backpack and grabbed my passport. I put it in my sock.
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    Font - When we got to the international security I couldn't find it. We looked everywhere. I had to Uber home and I missed my flight. Oh well. I get to stay home by myself for a week of peace and quiet. My parents were very mad at me for losing my passport. The money they spent on my flight and entrance was wasted. Darn. My mom and sister have both been posting about how hard it is to be at Disneyland with two little ones. They both posted that I ruined the vacation by being so thoughtless.
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    Product - My dad says he knows why I did and he understands. But he says I should have let him know so he didn't waste money. He said he would have gone along with my ruse. I feel bad about wasting money but I have been to Disneyland before. And I will go again later by myself or with friends.
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    Font - poorladlemonadestand 1d Partassipant [1] 1 Award NTA. But if they posted on social media say "wait. I ruined the vacation because I was supposed to help with the kids or take care of them myself? So this wasn't about me?" ⠀ Reply homeschooling-mama 1d 32.3k 22 Awards Yeah. Reply with " Oh, I'm sorry I ruined your vacation. If you had only let me know in advance that you didn't in fact plan this vacation as a celebration for my graduation like you told me but only wanted me there as your u
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    Font - NtA 1d Gladtobealive2020 Asshole Aficionado [11] 1 Award But if your dad figured out what you did and understands why, he should advocate for you and tell your mom& sister that your function on earth is not to serve as your sister's babysitter and that you are done babysitting and to ask you to anymore
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    Rectangle - GungHoStocks 1d Partassipant [4] 1 Award My dad says he knows why I did and he understands. But he says I should have let him know so he didn't waste money. He said he would have gone along with my ruse. Huh?!?!?! If you only found out at the airport, then how could you have warned him? Smart move of you, though. NTA : Reply 7.1k
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    Font - NTA. sorahatch 1d Was going to Disneyland for *your* graduation even your idea? Or was it some kind of way for your sister to take her kids when she could have free babysitting? I'm honestly really disgusted by the way people take advantage of others, especially girls and women, for free babysitting.
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    Font - ro ExRiverFish4557 1d Partassipant [4] NTA You asked who was going on the trip in order to avoid this exact situation. They lied, so you improvised. Sounds like you're having the better week. If you feel exceptionally generous, you could offer to repay them some amount, but I wouldn't feel obligated to do that.
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    Font - RedshiftSinger 1d S 1 Award NTA. Their response in complaining about it being hard to deal with the kids and blaming you for "ruining" the vacation (by not being there?) is telling. They tried to scam you into being an unpaid babysitter instead of enjoying your vacation. Tell your dad that if you had been given notice that going on the vacation would mean being expected to spend the whole time babysitting, you could have given him notice that you wouldn't be going. But because they chose
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    Font - No_Writing9686 OP • 1d 6 Awards Boy did your idea light off the fireworks. They both re getting lit into by everyone. I guess my mom promised my dad she wasn't going to invite my sister because this was supposed to be for me. She went behind his back. The whole trip has turned into a shit show because they had plans to go shopping and stuff while my dad, BIL, and I took the kids to Disneyland. My dad moped out so my mom, BIL, and sister have had to take care of them with no help. On the p
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