Mother-in-law schedules surgery during son and daughter-in-law's long-awaited 15 day international vacation, wants them to cancel: 'This was clearly intentional and you'd be nuts to cancel'

If you've been planning something for a long time, odds are you're pretty committed to that timeline. Especially if it's a vacation. You've been planning it, you've bought your tickets in advance, maybe you've booked some tours, and you're taking time off work. You're putting time, effort, and money into this trip, and you want to make good on it because you're probably not getting those back. Of course, life happens, and sometimes you have to abandon your plans at the last minute. But not everything is an emergency. You know what they say, "A lack of preparation on your part does not constitute an emergency on mine." This is one of the truest sentences ever uttered.

You know this if you've ever worked in customer service or if you've ever had a pesky family member. People will try to take advantage of your kindness if you let them. It's good to be known as a generous person, but you have to draw boundaries to protect your peace. That's what one woman had to do when dealing with her drama queen mother-in-law.

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When her mother-in-law scheduled a surgery for when she and her husband were on vacation, she knew that it might have been on purpose. But she wasn't quite sure how to proceed with her plans without causing major family drama. So she turned to the internet to see what others thought of her situation. Read on for what they said.
AITA for not cancelling our long-planned trip because my MIL scheduled surgery at the same time?

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Commenters agreed that this was an unreasonable ask.

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