"Don't worry, we just need $15,000 from you": 36-year-old aunt fails to live up to promise to bankroll 15-year-old niece's quinceanera party, family call her stingy when she tries to compromise

Sweet 16 parties aren't quite as popular as they used to be during the height of MTV's My Super Sweet 16. However, quinceañeras — the Latin American equivalent — are still going pretty strong. Having grown up in a Hispanic household, my parents waited with baited breath for me to request my own party, but I never did. I was a shy kid, and I knew even then that it would be a logistical nightmare with my family being all over the place. The parties are usually quite frivolous and expensive. Guests dress to the nines, there are catered meals, and if there isn't a live mariachi band, there is a skilled DJ blasting boleros and Bad Bunny.

In our story today, an idealistic woman makes a promise she can't keep: that she will bankroll her niece's 15th birthday celebration. When the time comes, she realizes it's not going to happen. Not only is she not in a place financially to pay for parties, but the family expects her to cover 15 grand of the expenses.

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AITA for refusing to pay for my niece's "dream quinceañera" even though I promised to help with it two years ago?

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Woah. I've never even been to a wedding with a horse-drawn carriage. This girl expects luxury.
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I get the feeling that because our protagonist makes more than anyone else in her family, they would have pressured her to pay for the party even if she hadn't made some offhand comment years ago.
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