It’s annoying when people say yes to doing favors for someone but back out last minute and others have to deal with the consequences.

In today’s story, a mother did this exact thing.

Find out how she made her son in law’s life miserable.

AITA for telling my mom my husband isn’t a babysitter

My husband and I live about 4 hours away from my sister, husband, and her two kids (13f and 12m).

They lost power this week due to the hurricane and won’t get it back until next Saturday.

The mother bought it upon herself and agreed to babysit the kids.

My sister asked my mom if she can bring my niece and nephew to stay with her this week and she agreed.

She is going to meet my sister halfway now to get them.

We are supposed to be going to a wedding this week in another state, but my husband and son (5) were staying home because it is too expensive for flights and it is my cousin’s wedding anyway who he doesn’t know well.

This is where mom started being unreasonable.

It is also a child free wedding.

My sister was going to take her kids and they were coming to the rehearsal party but staying with another relative in the same city for the wedding night.

My mom just called me and asked if my husband would watch the kids instead.

My husband is hesitant because he has to work, has to get my son to school everyday, and they would just be here.

He is just uncomfortable doing it himself.

Her mother is mad that he doesn’t want to babysit.

I told my mother I can stay home and help him but she is adamant I go.

She doesn’t see the big deal because they are teenagers that don’t do anything but that is not true. They always complain that they are bored constantly.

I know it will be hard for him to handle all 3 for 3 days plus the pets.

My mother is mad now because she doesn’t understand why we are pushing back.

She’s not sure if her sister knows her mom asked her husband to babysit.

She also got angry because I asked her if my sister knew she was calling me and why won’t she call me herself to ask, to which she replied of course she does, what is the big deal?!!

My sister has enough money to change their flights to come out of our city instead so I don’t understand why we aren’t keeping that plan.

I just have a weird feeling she didn’t want my mom to ask and now I am split between my husband and mother.

Everything seems to be going downhill…

My husband is also annoyed because ever since we got married four years ago she treats him like her own personal mechanic, IT support, you name it.

She doesn’t even ask she just tells.

And her reason is of course, family helps each other.

So reddit, AITA for fighting for my husband and telling my mother no?

She’s not sure even wants to go to the wedding…

Honestly I don’t even want to go to the wedding anymore because I won’t have my husband with me when she inevitably talks about him pushing back to everyone she can there.

She is retired and has nothing else to do but cause drama.

OUCH! Now that’s an annoying mother!

Why did she agree to keep the kids if she didn’t want to in the first place?

Let’s find out what folks on Reddit think about this story.

This user knows the husband isn’t bound to do anything he doesn’t want to do!

This user says it harsh and clear!

This user finds the mother really annoying.

This person knows how families function.

This user thinks talking to the sister is more sensible at this point!

Every comment boils down to one thing, know your boundaries!

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.