March 27, 2025 at 9:49 pm

Woman Planned To Go Shopping With Her Cousin On Friday, But When Her Cousin Wanted To Go On Saturday Instead, She Told Her She Had Other Plans

by Heide Lazaro

Woman sitting on the couch and looking at her phone upset

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Making plans and not keeping them says a lot about someone.

This woman and her cousin made plans to go shopping on a specific day, but then her cousin changed her mind about what day she wanted to go shopping.

That was a big problem.

Read all the details of the story below.

AITA for refusing to go shopping on Saturday since 1) I have plans and 2) the original plan was for Friday

I’m living with my cousin’s family right now.

My cousin suggested going shopping.

We agreed that Friday evening would work best.

This woman assumed the shopping trip was cancelled.

The day came and passed.

No one even mentioned the shopping trip, and nobody rescheduled, so I just assumed that it didn’t work out.

She drives, so it’s not like she is dependent on me to go anywhere.

She refused to come the next day.

When she asked again this Saturday morning, I said I wouldn’t come.

She asked about 2 minutes before she left.

Additionally, I have a college visit on Monday.

It will be an overnight trip, so I have to pack, and I have to finish all the undone work before leaving on Sunday.

Her cousin got mad.

She got mad at me.

She said that I had agreed to come.

I told her I have plans and the original plan was for Friday.

But I wondered if I should have gone anyways because I do feel bad.

It seemed like she skipped doing a chore.

Another thing is that we go grocery shopping every weekend.

She was planning on us going to Costco after the mall, without telling me, so me refusing to go shopping is the same as not going grocery shopping.

My cousin’s family consider grocery shopping pretty seriously, so me not coming would sound equally bad as me not doing my chore.

This was never my responsibility but I like helping out whenever I can.

Her cousin thinks she’s flaky.

For the record, I had almost canceled on a plan before this, but I changed my mind.

Ever since, she has been holding a grudge that I would cancel any plan we make together.

This was the one and only time I did something like this.

Her cousin sounds like the flaky one for changing the plan from Friday to Saturday without asking her if that would work and just expecting it to work.

Let’s see what others have to say about this on Reddit.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

Screenshot 2025 03 17 at 12.13.23 AM Woman Planned To Go Shopping With Her Cousin On Friday, But When Her Cousin Wanted To Go On Saturday Instead, She Told Her She Had Other Plans

This person suggests putting more effort into plans like this.

Screenshot 2025 03 17 at 12.14.07 AM Woman Planned To Go Shopping With Her Cousin On Friday, But When Her Cousin Wanted To Go On Saturday Instead, She Told Her She Had Other Plans

You have no obligations to go along, says this person.

Screenshot 2025 03 17 at 12.14.31 AM Woman Planned To Go Shopping With Her Cousin On Friday, But When Her Cousin Wanted To Go On Saturday Instead, She Told Her She Had Other Plans

Finally, short and simple.

Screenshot 2025 03 17 at 12.15.00 AM Woman Planned To Go Shopping With Her Cousin On Friday, But When Her Cousin Wanted To Go On Saturday Instead, She Told Her She Had Other Plans

A plan is a plan. Just stick to it and save yourself trouble.

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