A refusal to a request can be hard for others to accept.

This woman has a small lakeside cabin that she inherited from her grandparents.

She uses it regularly and shares it with close friends and family.

One day, she received a message from a woman she barely knew, asking if she could use her cabin.

When she politely refused the request, the woman snapped at her and called her selfish.

Read the full story below to find out more.

AITAH for declining my sister’s friend request to use my cabin?

My name is Rose.

I am 38 years old and I have just one loving sister, although we live in different cities.

I have a small cabin off town that I inherited from my grandparents 3 years ago.

It’s about 2 hours from our family house.

This woman often goes to this cabin.

It’s very quiet and it has a lake nearby.

Nothing really luxurious, but a great place to cool off.

I do go there often.

And I only allow close friends and family to use it if they ask in advance.

As long as they use it neatly and treat it with respect.

She received a message from someone she barely knows.

Earlier this week on Tuesday, I received a message on my Facebook from a woman I’ve met once.

The only thing I know about her is that she’s my sister’s friend.

During the course of our interactions, I then learned that she’s a nurse.

We chatted briefly at a BBQ last year. That was when I met her.

The woman asked her if her cabin was available, and she said no.

She messaged me saying she just learned about the cabin.

And wanted to know if it was available for the weekend.

I told her no, that I was planning on going up this weekend myself.

Her response was sharp, as if she was offended.

She replied politely, saying she understood her concern, but the cabin was indeed unavailable.

“Oh, wow, okay. I just really needed a break.

I’ve been on a tight working schedule for a week and you know, as a nurse, it’s exhausting.

This would’ve been a perfect reset for me. I figured you’d understand.”

I said I do understand and I appreciate her work.

But the cabin isn’t available this weekend.

The woman went on and on, and even called her selfish.

I was hoping everything would end here, but she flared up.

“You don’t even use it that often, right? I don’t get extra money enough to afford places like that.

I wouldn’t have come to you. I just thought if you weren’t selfish, you would offer it as a kindness.”

I knew where it was all headed. I read and ignored.

Her sister called her afterwards, asking what happened with her interaction with her friend.

Later, after some hours passed, my sister called asking me what happened.

She said her friend was really upset and felt like I was being rude and inconsiderate.

It turned out that she told my sister I didn’t care about her even as a healthcare worker.

That I made that fact clear and that it would’ve cost me nothing to let her use the cabin for two days.

AITA?

Let’s find out what others have to say about this.

This user shares a valid suggestion.

Short and simple.

This person gives their honest opinion.

She is a brat and a jerk, says this one.

Finally, here’s a clear response from this user.

Some people are so entitled, they wouldn’t listen even to a reasonable response.

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