Have you ever tried to do what you thought was the right thing, but someone else pointed out that you should’ve done it a different way instead?

Would you get upset and cry about it, or would you listen to the correction and move on with life, not turning it into a big deal?

This girl shares how her niece got offended by her behavior and things spiraled out of control.

Check out the full story!

AITA for getting frustrated with my 9 year old niece?

Hi all. Recently I (33, F) went to my mom’s house for a BBQ.

My sister (39) also lives there with her partner, daughter (9), and son (1.5.)

We were eating under the carport, which is made of wood and has some carpenter bees.

We live in harmony with them as they don’t bother anyone. However my niece swatted one down that was near her, and it landed on my nephew’s play mat on the ground.

Her niece was upset.

The poor thing was squirming and so I stepped on it to take it out of its misery.

My niece said to me, “why would you do that on the play mat? You have no common sense! You should have moved it to the ground!”

This is where it gets bad!

I got pretty frustrated, and told her that was an extremely disrespectful thing to say to someone and I was simply trying to help the bee not be in pain anymore.

I told her she needs to stop being so rude to people as this is definitely not the first time she’s acted like this.

She has called my mom names, broken a lot of my mom’s things around the house, and has also been rude to me many times too.

She was dealing with it nicely…

I didn’t yell at her, but I was stern.

My niece went back inside the house, and then shortly after came out with her dad.

Some time passed, and I made a comment about the basketball game they were playing.

She ignored me.

UH OH!

I said, “So you’re not talking to me now?”

Her dad said, “nope” in a way that made it clear he was not happy with me.

I was really upset and started crying, but tried to hide it from everyone.

After my mom passes away, they will be the only family I have. I feel so disrespected by them constantly and like I don’t matter to them at all.

It got worse!

A few days later, my mom disclosed that my sister did know I was crying.

I’m kind of upset that she never brought it up to me or tried to talk about it. I think they’re all just mad at me for being stern with my niece.

I love my niece dearly.

Things are rough!

I try to be supportive of her and I want a good relationship with her. I want to be there for her and be someone she can rely on.

It’s just hard because I think she’s being raised without consequences and hasn’t had a chance to develop a lot of empathy/respect for others.

AITA for trying to be the person that teaches her?

Am I being selfish by trying to change the dynamic?

YIKES! That sounds frustrating.

Why can’t her family members be more supportive of the situation?

Let’s find out what people on Reddit commented about this one.

This user blames her for being mean.

That’s right! This user knows shel got very emotional over nothing!

This user thinks the niece was right here!

This user has an important question for her.

This user thinks the kid is more mature.

Someone’s being a little too childish here!

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