Aunt gets guilt-tripped at the last minute to babysit her nieces for 2 weeks, she refuses due to out-of-town work obligations and then gets berated by the whole family: ‘I’m not being a good sister apparently'

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Nov 10, 2024 10:00 AM EST

There are a lot of perks to being a single, 30-something career woman. For starters, if you're not feeling like making dinner for a family of 4 tonight, you can go ahead and order your favorite takeout food. And if someone bought you last-minute tickets to a 2-week-long Caribbean cruise, you could leave your world behind and be a jet setter in no time! Without any loose ends–like children or pets–you're entirely free to go wherever you want, eat whatever you want, and do whatever you want… Unlike a mom.

As a mother of twins, the woman in this next story had grown entitled to her family's babysitting hospitality and expected her single sister to drop everything. She wanted her to relinquish her illustrious lifestyle at the drop of a hat so that she could relive her own bachelorette years. With only a week's notice, she called her up and begged her sister to babysit her two 10-year-old daughters for several weeks so that she could go off on her own and travel. 

Although the sister had many, many reasons to refuse (i.e., because of the inherent audacity), she gracefully told her big sis that she had huge work commitments that wouldn't allow her to be a full-time parent to her nieces during those weeks. And instead of being okay with those boundaries, the mom flipped out.

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    AITA for refusing to take care of my nieces for two weeks? I am a 32 year old female who does PR for a pretty big brand. While I love my job, it can be a lot at times and it
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    requires most of my attention everyday. I live 20 minutes from my sister, 30 female, who has two daughters. Let's call my sister Annie and her daughters Lily and Lola. Lily and Lola are 10 and they are twins, and Annie is a single mother. Annie and the twins
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    dad had a one night stand and that was the last she saw of him, and ever since she has always had a boyfriend. I love Annie, though she tends to put her boyfriends before her children. She has
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    dumped the kids on me multiple times out of the blue to go on a date or go on a weekend trip with one of them. I love my nieces, though with my work it can be overwhelming to watch over two girls. Last week, my
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    sister called me and told me that her current boyfriend, Levi, had booked her a 2 week cruise as a surprise and she was going to drop the girls off the same night. As much as I wanted to take care of the girls, I can't. I am
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    so busy with work this week and I have a PR conference about an hour away this weekend. I can't take care of two girls who are at the age where they do still need me. I told her Annie that I was sorry, but I would not be able
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    to watch the girls for those 2 weeks, and Annie was ped. She tried to guilt trip me, but I kept telling her that I couldn't. She finally gave up and hung up. I hadn't Talked to her in a week, and then I got a call from my mother
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    telling me I'm not being a good sister and I'm being selfish. Apparently Annie told my mom about all this the hour before, and my mom wasted no time calling me. I explained the same thing to
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    my mom as I did to Annie, but no luck. They both are making me second guess my decision- should I have taken in the girls? Before I forget to mention, the girls are staying with Annie's best friend who is single, married, and works
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    from home. I don't understand what I did wrong because I didn't bail on plans, the twins had a place to stay, and I didn't just say no. I had to put myself first. This happened about 5 days ago, and my family has been ignoring my texts and calls. AITA?
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    Fresh Internal 6085 Let me get this straight? She calls you and wants to drop them off the SAME NIGHT for TWO WEEKS? And she thinks this is perfectly ok? There is no way that this cruise was booked that day for an immediate departure the same night.
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    She absolutely knew about it in advance and obviously doesn't think you deserve the consideration or respect to ask you well beforehand.
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    SHE is a selfish, inconsiderate, self centered a hole. And your mom is stupid for buying into her ...and lemme guess, Mom didn't put her hand up to take them either..? Meanwhile, you are 100%, absolutely NTA..
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    Herps15 Right? This is insanity! Does new bf not know that she has 2 children because who could reasonably expect to find a sitter for 2 weeks the same day?
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    If any of my sisters needed childcare for a week or so for a holiday it is planned months in advance. You can't expect people to drop their livelihoods at an hour or twos notice.
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    Why doesn't your mum look after them if she thinks you should? Is it because it's not enough notice I wonder? NTA and your sister and mum should be shown these comments so they can see how insane they are being.
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    Especially sister who essentially wants to abandon her kids for a holiday without thinking through their care.
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    NoRazzmatazz564 NTA, No notice is unacceptable and you can't watch kids with your schedule. If your mom thinks it's important to drop everything last minute than she should have done that and solved it herself
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    It's a ridiculous request and very few people would have been able to accommodate something like that in their life.
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    euwdownshit Your sister's priorities are messed up. You have your own life to manage!
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    Anxious-Routine-5526 Are Annie and your mom paying your bills? If not, they don't get to cop anything resembling a 'titude because you have to work and can't be the one call babysitter every time your sister decides
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    to shirk her responsibilities as a parent so she can go have fun with her latest flavor of the day. Annie needs to grow the eff up, and your mom needs to step up or shut up with her, enabling your sisters bulls.....
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