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AITAH for refusing to go on any more vacations with my friends who have toddlers.
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They're both just coming from such different worlds. On one hand, the protagonist still has a busy life despite the fact that she doesn't have children. She's still going on vacation for her own benefit of relaxation time. And on the other hand, her friends are envious that she doesn't have the responsibilities of being a parent.
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The friends are pretty at fault here. If they wanted a real vacation then they shouldn't have brought their kids! Why did they bring the children in the first place? Then they expect that everything will be fine and dandy? They can't put their responsibilities on their friend.
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29-year-old childless woman treated like live-in nanny while on vacation with her mommy friends, she refuses to go again with them: “I cleaned up after everyone everyday”
Everyone needs a vacation at some point. We all know the term, "workaholic" and most of us know people who are. I have friends that take zero vacation days between jobs, and another friend who sleeps on average 4-5 hours a night, because she's working the rest of the time. Though these are extreme cases, this kind of lifestyle has a time limit. No one can go on like this forever, and at some time there will be the breaking point. This is where those accumulated PTO days come in hand.
Some people vacation alone, or with their spouse, or friends, and some people mix all of it together. Vacationing and traveling alone is a wildly unique experience, it's not as much of a vacation as it is an experiment. The only thing a vacation really needs to be is relaxing.
In the story below, that's far from what this protagonist gets. She vacations with her other couple friends and their children, along with her husband. In the past, she didn't have a problem with their kids. Until their most recent trip that made her rethink the whole thing.