Entitled parents blame family member after their 18-year-old daughter fails to board a flight they were all on: ‘She's stuck alone in the airport terminal until the next flight’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Jul 31, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

Airports are stressful environments to exist in, especially after a long trip away from the sacred place you call home. This is especially true if you're a parent who your children rely on to get from Point A to Point B. Weren't we kids once? Why are we walking compasses all of a sudden?

All jokes aside, it is a parent's responsibility to lead the herd in the mortifying maze that is an airport terminal. You check your pockets every five minutes for your passport as if it is growing legs each time your palm isn't resting upon it. The childless bachelors and bachelorettes have a simpler time ensuring their own travels, while parents have to rest their palms upon their children's passports, too. 

In this next story, a set of parents expect their 18-year-old daughter's aunt/uncle to lead her to airplane boarding paradise. Last time I checked, an aunt or uncle is supposed to do the fun stuff, not the important stuff. Scroll below to read about the fallout when they find out their daughter will be stuck in an airport terminal overnight because of their parenting fail.

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  • Yes, it's nice to rely on multiple people when you're traveling with your kid. However, parents should always rely on themselves first and foremost, then use others to double-check their own work.

    The parents in this next story put their faith in a family member who is reeling from bad decisions and one too many drinks the night before. I think it's safe to say that this person is not reliable for checking on their daughter's whereabouts…

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  • "AITAH for not making sure my niece got on the plane home?"

    My cousins wedding was yesterday. Early this morning, we all left on our flights back home. Several of us had the same flights back. We had standby seats
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  • though, so we had to wait to the end to board. We also had one layover. We all got on the first flight no problem. Second flight
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  • everyone got on except my sister's daughter, Rachel (f18). We didn't find out until we all got off the flight that she didn't get on and
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  • there were a bunch of texts from her saying she didn't know what to do. So her parents were all trying to figure out what to do, but the
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  • next flight in isn't until tomorrow and they can't get her a hotel room because they require someone older to check in. So she's stuck alone in the airport terminal until the next flight.
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  • My sister (Rachel's mom) and dad think it's my fault because I was the last one called to board the plane. They think that I should
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  • have gone up and offered to let her have my seat first since she is basically still a kid and hasn't travelled on her own before. Tbh I
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  • didn't even notice her there or who was left because I wasn't feeling great because I was hungover from the wedding. So I
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  • had my eyes closed the whole time and was just listening for my name and not really paying attention to who else had already
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  • been called. They all knew I was feeling bad to because they were making fun of me for it earlier.
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  • Still they think I should have noticed that Rachel was still sitting there alone, but at the time I just wanted to quickly get to my seat
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  • so I could sit down and close my eyes. Also they're mad because they think that I had even confirmed that Rachel got on because when I passed by my
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  • sister and nephew's aisle. She asked "all good?" and I gave her a thumbs up. I thought she was just asking if I was feeling okay, not asking if Rachel also got on.
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  • I kind of wonder why I ended up being the one responsible for her just because I was the last one there. Which I asked them about
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  • because any of them could have asked if Rachel could take their seat first, but they said no because they all had work the next day while I didn't.
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  • edit. I should probably clarify that her mom (my sister was on the flight), but her dad (my brother in law) was not on the flight. My other sister and our cousin, and Rachel's two underage siblings were also on the flight.
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  • Artistic-Tough-7764 Her parents were on the plane? And they didn't make sure she was? And they are looking for somewhere to point an accusing finger??? NTA
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  • bklyngirl0001 Wait, wait, wait....her MOM and brother were on the flight and said YOU should have been the one to make sure she made it on the plane???? No, no, no...you are not the AH...her mom is!!!!!
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  • musicislife04 At first I thought you should look out for your niece but then when I realized the parents were on the plane - they should have looked out for her!! One of them could have stayed behind as well as you. NTA
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  • I_IdentifyAsAstartes NTA, you aren't her parent, not your responsibility. Would it have been nice? Yes. Was it her parents responsibility? Yes.
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