Guilt trips are the worst, but they definitely hit harder coming from family.

So, what would you do if your sister asked you to cancel a long-awaited graduation trip so you could watch her kids, just two days before you were supposed to leave?

Would you cancel your plans to help?

Or would you put your plans first?

In the following story, a recent grad finds herself in this very situation with her sister.

Here’s how it all played out.

AITA for not canceling my graduation trip to babysit my sister’s kids?

I (23F) graduated from college last week, and a few friends and I planned this small road trip to celebrate.

Nothing crazy, just four days driving along the coast, staying in cheap Airbnbs, eating good food, and taking pictures—something we’ve talked about doing since sophomore year.

Everyone chipped in, we saved for it, and it was meant to be one last trip before people start moving away or starting jobs.

Anyway, two days before we’re supposed to leave, my sister (32F) calls me kind of freaking out.

She’s got three kids under 7, and her babysitter canceled last minute.

Now, her family is upset that she won’t give in.

She and her husband had planned a weekend anniversary getaway, and now she wants me to stay back and watch the kids.

I told her I couldn’t.

I’d already paid for my part of the trip, I was really looking forward to it, and it wasn’t something I could just drop at the last second.

She got super upset and said I was selfish and immature, that I don’t have anything important going on, and that she never asks me for help (not really true; she does, a lot).

Then my mom chimed in, too, saying I should be there for family and that my trip could wait.

I told them I wasn’t trying to be mean; I just wanted to do this one thing for myself after working my butt off for four years.

AITA?

Eek! It’s easy to see both sides of this problem, but there must be another solution.

Let’s see what the fine readers over at Reddit think about this story.

This person thinks the sister is selfish.

Here’s someone else who thinks the sister is the problem.

As this person points out, her sister went about it the wrong way.

For this person, that’s life with kids.

Her sister needs to make other plans.

It’s hard not to wonder why the grandmother can’t watch the kids, especially since she has such a strong opinion about the whole thing.

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.