27-year-old criticized by a jealous mom after saving $1000s to go on a European trip, then she gets guilt-tripped into babysitting for free so the mom can have a ‘real vacation’: ‘You already got your break’

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  • My aunt said my vacation didn't "count" because I'm childfree
  • I just got back from a week in Italy, a trip I saved for all year. I'm 27, single, no kids. This is relevant. At a family BBQ last weekend,
  • people were asking about the trip, and I was happily sharing photos when my aunt (mom of 3 under 10) says, "Must be nice to go on vacation whenever you want."
  • I just kind of smiled politely, but she kept going. "Honestly, it doesn't even count as a vacation if you don't have kids. It's just... life." Like. What?
  • She then asked me if I could "pitch in" and help take her kids on a trip this summer because "you already got your break." She genuinely thinks that because I don't have children, I owe her some kind of travel subsidy.
  • When I said no, she muttered, "Some people really don't get what sacrifice looks like."
  • Okay. I didn't realize "saving my own money and planning a solo trip" made me the villain here.
  • Ozdiva ⚫ Why should you 'sacrifice' anything for her?
  • RecipeOpen2606. She just sounds like she's overly jealous. Don't take it to heart.
  • Responsible_Song8... She sacrificed her freedom for 18 years when she decided to pop out kids. Not your problem.
  • Ravenclaw_Starshower ⚫ People who choose to have children have valid lives and expenses just like childfree people do. If you had 6 kids and she had 3, then I guess she'd
  • owe you because she needs to sacrifice more. She should also try going up to rich people in the street and telling them that they owe her too because they can afford nannies and clearly don't know what sacrifice is.
  • Could say something next time like "If you're jealous of me being childfree, and you're rethinking your life choices, maybe don't make it so obvious. You wouldn't want your kids to overhear your regret and you wouldn't want other people to realise you can't handle being a parent".
  • Goddessviking86 I'd simply brush her behavior/words off like raindrops on a raincoat and if your little cousins start bothering you to take them somewhere tell them it's not your responsibility and if they start freaking out like your aunt just let them be raindrops on the raincoat. If anyone gives you grief let them also be raindrops on the raincoat.
  • Ituzem⚫ Oh the envy is strong here))) She wants a vacation without kids, bit it's not happening anytime soon)
  • Vivid-Farm6291. She made the decision three times to sacrifice. You didn't pop out kids so you have zero responsibility to hers.
  • Amazes me how people with kids expect other people to drop their lives because they CHOSE to bring children into THEIR lives.

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