Money has a way of making even the closest of family ties feel more like tangled knots.

One dedicated woman has worked tirelessly to fund her travels and independence.

So when one entitled aunt starts making crazy demands over what she should do with her money, tensions rise to a boiling point.

Read on for the full story.

WIBTA for refusing to talk to my Aunt?

I’m 25F and I’ve been working full time for the past 3 years.

For context, my parents are immigrants but they keep in contact with their friends and family on a regular basis, but I’ve never been close to my Aunt A, one of my dad’s sister.

Our personalities just clash and I hate her for enabling her daughter (26F).

Since she became an adult, she’s worked hard to build a comfortable life for herself.

I travel for work pretty regularly and I like taking long holidays (Australia, Canada, Japan) at my own expense.

I haven’t took a dollar from my parents since I started working full time.

But after seeing her success, her aunt starts expecting a handout.

Now, Aunt A wants me to fork out money so that she can buy a holiday house in Thailand for her son (35).

Her exact words were, “That girl has so much money before she’s married and she doesn’t even spend it correctly so I’ll spend it for her”.

This isn’t what she wants at all.

I’ve been to Thailand, it’s a nice place but I can’t see myself settling down there.

No way in heck am I going to be paying for her holiday house when I’m not gonna be staying there.

She tried asking my parents first, but they shut her down and she’s asking me now.

She’s over her aunt’s entitled attitude and is determined to stick up for herself.

I usually stay out of family drama, but I’m being dragged in against my will.

I have her number blocked now but she’s dragging my name through the mud with lots of other relatives I’m close to.

I refuse to be in the same room as her or even talk to her on the phone and I’m being branded as a disrespectful brat.

Now the rest of the family is divided.

My other cousins are on my side, but her daughter just hates me for being the well-behaved kid that all the other uncles and aunts adore.

My moms on my side but my dads just being a jerk and refusing to get involved with it.

AITA?

If standing her ground makes her a disrespectful brat, then so be it.

What did Reddit have to say?

Is the aunt actually being serious with these insane demands?

This commenter can’t believe her aunt would even ask such a thing.

It’s incredible how angry entitled people get when you refuse to let them disrespect you any longer.

This aunt’s pattern of manipulation is quite clear.

If her aunt wants a fancy house in Thailand, she needs to start saving her own money like everyone else.

She worked hard to build a future for herself, not bankroll someone else’s vacation.

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