‘I would not take her spoiled brats anywhere’: Man offers to take sick friend's 8-year-old daughter to Disneyland Paris with his family, his sister thinks her 3 teenagers get a free invitation

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Sep 25, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

When our loved ones are struggling, we take it upon ourselves to make their lives more comfortable in any way we can. This might take the form of babysitting their children free of charge, lending them some cash when their wallet is tighter than they'd like, or giving their children a good time while they deal with a serious illness.

Not all of us have Disneyland money, but the man in this next story does. This man's friend is seriously ill and jobless while his wife works two jobs, so it's safe to say they're financially struggling. To help, the man offers to bring his best friend's 8-year-old daughter to Disneyland Paris with him and his family. The man sees this as nothing but a favor for a friend and wants to alleviate some pressure on his best friend's household for a little bit. Seeing the smile on the little girl's face is just a bonus!

Enter the entitled older sister who expects the man to take her three teens with him and his family… without offering to pay. Not to mention that the older sister has more money than the man. What can you do? Well, you just say no. His sister was not happy.

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    a group of three teenage siblings standing next to each other
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    "WIBTAH if I take my best friend’s little daughter with us on our family vacation and not my sister’s children?"

    | 35M am going on a vacation next week to France with my wife and 8 year old son because my sister in law is getting married there.
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    I have been best friend with George my entire life since as far back as I could remember, he's married and has a 10 year old daughter Emma who's my goddaughter.
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    Now for the past 6 years George has been in a hard and brutal fight with c cer and it honestly doesn't look good for him lately and sometimes I cry at night thinking about it.
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    Obviously this has destroyed them financially especially since he hasn't been able to have a job for 4 years now and his sweet wife is working two jobs to stay afloat.
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    I've been helping them as much as I could every month to atleast make sure they have food at the table, and I get Emma multiple presents for both Christmas and her birthdays.
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    They always thank me and say I don't have to do anything.
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    Now my wife's been planning to take our son to Disneyland in Paris for two days while we're there and I loved the idea, he's always been into old Disney classics and would absolutely love it there.
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    I suggested to her that we take Emma with us because her father lately has been doing so bad and I wanna cheer her up a little and my wife accepted, she absolutely loves Emma too and has no problems with her coming along and says it'd be a good thing for her.
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    So we told her parents and her mom cried and kept thanking us and Emma is so happy and excited about it.
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    a smiling 8-year-old girl excited for what's to come
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    Now I love my wife she's the sweetest person ever but girl talks a lot and it somehow reached my older entitled sister who has three teenagers.
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    She expects the whole family to treat them like royalty and honestly it made them all insufferable entitled kids that I genuinely can't stand anymore.
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    She reached out and said since I'm taking some kid along to France I should take her kids too since they're actually family, she never even suggested to give me money for it.
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    I told her she's family to me and is my goddaughter and even if I was a millionaire I would not take her spoiled brats anywhere with me especially not for a whole week.
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    She went and cried to our family and now all of them are giving me sh.
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    My thing is that my sister and her husband make considerably more than me and my wife do and it wouldn't be a financial problem for them at all but they're just cheap unlike my friend who's literally d_ng and can't do nice things to his little daughter.
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    I just give some relief and breathing space for the little girl.
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    Am I wrong here?
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    starrynyght NTA - you're not the AH. Your sister is though... you can take whoever you want to take regardless of the reasons, even though you have some pretty good reasons for wanting to give Emma some good memories. Your sister is just entitled and self-centered.
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    GeneRaddit It's wild how she thinks she gets to dictate your vacation plans just because she's family. Choosing to do something kind for Emma doesn't mean you owe her kids anything.
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    grayblue_grrl Taking 1 extra 8 year old is not the same at taking 3 teens. Nope. ΝΤΑ
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    -Nightopian- They're going to be interested in vastly different things when they're out making them incompatible on the trip too.
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    Potential_Squash1434 Tell your sister that the other family members volunteered to take your kids. See how fast they get mad at you for volunteering them and their money!
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    bino0526 You said NO end of discussion!!. Don't continue to engage with any of the screeching flying family monkeys about this. Take Emma to give her and her parents a break. It will take her mind off of the situation with her dad. You are a GREAT FRIEND Sending of comfort, strength, and peace to you and your friends Travel safely
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    Allyredhen79 You know you're NTA here OP. It says so much about your sister that she can't see why you won't fund her kids take this trip, but will take your goddaughter. Plus a 10 and 8 yr old would have/ want the same Disney experience.. one very different to teenagers.
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    If your other family members have an opinion, tell them that they are free to take the teenagers to Disney themselves, seeing as it's such a reasonable request!
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