Family gatherings often bring joy, nostalgia, and occasionally… unnecessary drama.

So when one family chooses comfort over tradition, the backlash came loud and swift.

Before she knew it, her relatives were treating her like booking a hotel room instead of staying in cramped quarters was an unforgivable crime.

You’ll want to read on for this one.

AITA for not staying with everyone else on our trip?

Once a year, my grandparents invite the whole family to their home.

We all go because we love them, and it’s the only thing they ever ask us to do.

I didn’t go for years after I turned 18 because I wasn’t in contact with the rest of the family, but now they asked me to join them again.

But when factoring in the rest of her family, they decided it was too cramped to stay at the house.

It’s my husband’s and kids’ first time coming here.

My husband wasn’t happy when he saw that we have to share a room with our kids and asked me if we can stay in a hotel.

I agreed to do this because their comfort is my priority.

Her family didn’t like this one bit and now everyone’s pointing the finger at her.

Now everyone is acting like I committed a crime and calling me “princess,” saying I couldn’t handle living with the rest of the “poor people” for a few days.

I didn’t tell them my husband asked me to do this because I don’t want them bothering him.

AITA?

Who knew honoring your own needs could be so controversial?

Redditors chime in with their thoughts.

Her family really shouldn’t be getting so worked up over this.

Child-free relatives may not understand the unique challenges of parenting.

There’s a perfectly reasonable explanation she could offer.

Maybe it’s a good thing these visits are infrequent.

At the end of the day, this family still showed up, participated, and honored the tradition — just with a comfier mattress.

Honoring your own comfort shouldn’t be looked down on.

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