When a couple is getting divorced, it can make things awkward for the rest of the extended family.

What would you do if your uncle asked you to pick something up for him on your trip, but then your aunt got upset that you didn’t do the same for her?

That is what happened to the young man in this story, so he feels bad but doesn’t know what he could have done differently.

AITA for not getting gifts on my parents’ friend’s behalf?

My (27m) parents have been friends with Aunt ‘Emma’ and Uncle ‘Ted’ since they were in school.

This is always sad.

Aunt Emma and Uncle Ted have a son(15), ‘John.’ Unfortunately they’ve hit a rough patch in their marriage.

Arguments that have only gotten worse, to the point that they’re threatening each other with divorce.

Ok, nothing unusual so far.

Uncle Ted called before I went on my honeymoon in the US and asked me if he could transfer me some money to buy birthday gifts for John.

He wanted me to get a Seattle Mariners(John’s favorite baseball team) hat and hoodie.

I said ‘Sure.’ Didn’t think much of the request. Just went to the store and got the merch. Had them in a wrapped box at Uncle Ted’s office until it was John’s birthday.

This isn’t that expensive.

When Aunt Emma saw the presents, though, she accused Uncle Ted of using money to win John over with more expensive presents.

I’m sure he would have been willing to, if she had asked.

She said I should have gotten something on her behalf too and could have billed her later.

That it wasn’t fair of Uncle Ted to go behind her back and get something she couldn’t, and I shouldn’t have helped him in such a way.

AITA?

She is just being weird and she needs to get over it. This person did nothing wrong.

Let’s see what the people in the comments think about this story.

Sadly, this is accurate.

Exactly, this is in no way his fault.

This person says Aunt Emma needs to get over herself.

He needs to ignore their drama.

Yes, this was an easy problem to fix for Emma.

He is just caught in the crossfire.

If you liked that story, read this one about grandparents who set up a college fund for their grandkid because his parents won’t, but then his parents want to use the money to cover sibling’s medical expenses.