Aunt cheers after getting 15-year-old niece banned from church youth group with rumors about the Pastor’s son during Easter egg hunt, shocked when the teenager refuses to babysit for her: ‘She caused a situation that made me stop doing what I love’

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Etai Eshet • Editor
May 3, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

Some families run on love and casseroles, others prefer the raw, chaotic energy of drama, and this is absolutely one of those families. Nothing major even needs to happen, someone just needs to blink sideways at a church event, and sure enough, a bored aunt will whip it up into a full-scale crisis like she's angling for an Easter daytime Emmy. 

One minute, a teenager is out here trying to live her best, socially awkward, virtual-school-filled life, finally getting to enjoy doing something joyful, and the next thing you know, the family rumor now has her starring as the villain in Auntie's morality play.

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  • In households like this, privacy is a myth, and trust is as shaky as your uncle’s folding chair. There’s always that one family member who sees a friendly laugh as a federal offense, and who treats rumor-spreading like their true calling. 

    The same people who start all the trouble are the first ones to conveniently forget the whole thing happened when they want a favor. One minute, they’re tossing accusations around for sport; the next, they’re texting requests for free babysitting, acting like family loyalty is a one-way street.

  • "AITAH for refusing to babysit my cousins after my aunt intentionally was messy caused a situation that made me stop doing what I love?"

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  • In a household where sabotage gets swept under the rug but apologies never see daylight, the healthiest response is to close the babysitting shop and let everyone else go on a caretaker hunt with their own mess.

  • Throwaway account I'm 15F, and my older siblings and I often joke about each other's crushes. They attend a public school, while I go to a virtual school, so I don't get out much. Because of this, my family, especially my parents, assumes that I like every guy I talk to.
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  • There's this boy at church who's 18 and the pastor's son. As you can probably guess, he's much older than me. Do I talk to him? Yes. Do I laugh at his jokes? Yes.
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  • But do I like him like that? No. To me, he feels more like an older brother than anything else.
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  • Last Sunday was Easter, and we, the youth group, helped with Easter baskets and the egg hunt, which I really enjoyed. I was
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  • working with the pastor's son, another boy who is 19, and a girl who's 17. We are the oldest teens who regularly attend church.
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  • While talking outside with my younger sister, the pastor's son, the 17-year-old girl, and another girl who's 14, we were chatting with a funny church member. We
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  • all started laughing, and my aunt was in the car watching. According to her, it looked like only my little sister and I were
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  • standing close to the pastor's son. In reality, there were at least six of us outside, and a wagon full of eggs was between us.
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  • Later, she told my mom that during the egg hunt, I was trying to behave cutely and impress him. This was not true. I was
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  • actually having a competition with another girl to see how far we could throw the eggs, she won. My aunt claimed I was dropping the eggs "nice and clean," but I know I wasn't. The
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  • pastor's son hadn't even been outside when we were hiding the eggs. He came out later, and by the time he joined us, I had already finished my work.
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  • The president of the youth group, whom I affectionately call my auntie, mentioned that we had been working together for the
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  • past two years. After my aunt's comments, my mom told my dad, and he responded, "I'm not smiling at you. There's not a smile on my face. Don't stand next to
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  • him at all. There's no reason." I thought this was unnecessary because I really wasn't standing that close to him.
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  • Then my dad called the youth group president and told her that I wasn't allowed to help with the youth group anymore. I have no idea why this is happening. My aunt laughed at this, saying, "See there, that's what happens."
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  • Now, she has texted me asking if I could watch my younger cousin while she goes out with her husband. I said no. My mom got upset, saying that this had
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  • nothing to do with the reason I couldn't help with the youth group any longer. I believe otherwise. My aunt has done this multiple time. AITAH?
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  • Relative Watercress67 NTA fr your aunt started the drama and now wants a favor nah thats wild.
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  • MyJoyina Well Girl, do as much work as you can in your virtual school, read everything you can get your hands on, particularly classic fiction, try to talk to as may people as you can and when you are ready, fly away.
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  • R3dmund NTA. Nosey people need to stay in their lane and quit making up stories.
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