Plans change all the time, but some people are not capable of adjusting accordingly.

If a family member were willing to babysit your kids for free, would you fire them from babysitting if they overreacted about a scheduling change that was outside of your control, or would you still let them babysit?

This woman and her husband are working full-time, so her mother-in-law agreed to look after their children.

But when she told her MIL that the school had extended the school year, her MIL got really upset.

Read the full story below to find out more.

AITA One last meltdown was all it took. We fired my MIL

AITA for “firing” my MIL as our babysitter after she threw a fit over the school schedule changing?

My (40F) husband (41M) and I live in Iowa and have two kids, one of whom is 8 and on the autism spectrum.

This woman found out that the school district extended her children’s school year.

There was a ridiculous number of snow days and early dismissals this year, so the school district extended the school year.

Instead of ending on May 23rd, the last day of school is now June 2nd.

Annoying, but not unexpected.

We told my MIL about the change as soon as we found out.

Her mother-in-law agreed to look after their kids while she and her husband work.

Normally, my parents do most of the babysitting since they live much closer, but they’ll be out of state on a fishing trip during that time.

MIL lives about two hours northeast of us, and she had agreed to stay with the kids while my husband and I work.

They never paid her.

She’s retired and unemployed, and she spends most of her days watching game shows, NASCAR, and poker tournaments.

She also plays slot machine games on her tablet.

She insisted in the past that just spending time with her grandkids was “payment enough,” so we never paid her.

When they told her about the change in school schedule, she lost it.

To her credit, she is good at keeping our kids, especially our autistic 8-year-old, on a solid routine.

But she also has a pattern of blowing up any time plans change, even slightly.

This time was no different.

As soon as we told her the school calendar shifted, she went off about how “incredibly inconvenient” it was and said she wasn’t coming down at all anymore.

Her husband told his mom that she’s fired.

We were both kind of stunned. Like, what exactly is this interrupting?

My husband had enough.

He told her, “Fine, don’t come down. In fact, you’re fired. We’ll find someone else. Maybe one of our other relatives who lives closer.”

He hung up on her.

She fully supports him but she also feels guilty.

Then, he put his phone on “Do Not Disturb” and hasn’t looked back.

I fully support him.

We’re tired of the emotional rollercoaster whenever plans shift, especially when it’s out of our control, but part of me still feels a little guilty since she has helped out in the past and is good with the kids.

So… AITA for standing by my husband and “firing” his mom as our backup babysitter?

It seems like her MIL overreacted, but did her husband overreact as well?

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

This person gives their honest opinion.

Here’s another innocent assumption.

This user shares a similar thought.

Meanwhile, this person thinks their response was rude.

Finally, people are divided in their responses.

Some people only offer help when it’s convenient for them.

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.