He Refused to Take Turns Babysitting on the Family Disney Trip—So They Called Him Selfish
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Group vacations tend to get complicated quick, especially when someone suggests an unexpected nightly babysitting rotation.
One man and his wife planned a Disney trip expecting to enjoy the parks on their own terms, only to hit resistance when the family proposed taking turns leaving early to watch a toddler each night.
He pushed back, pointing out that everyone paid their own way and shouldn’t have to build their vacation around someone else’s kid’s bedtime.
His mom and sister saw it differently, insisting the whole point was staying together as one unit for every part of the trip.
Now what should’ve been a magical family getaway has turned into a dramatic standoff.
Keep reading for the full story.
AITA for wanting to enjoy Disney at my own pace instead of doing everything together as a family?
During planning, it was suggested that each adult and family take turns “on duty” at night, meaning leaving the parks early to watch the kid.
I said my wife and I are there to enjoy the parks ourselves, not follow a rotating schedule built around someone else’s child.
The family is severely divided on this.
My mom and sister feel strongly that this is supposed to be a “tight family” trip and that all experiences should be shared together, parks, meals, evenings, all of it.
I feel like everyone paid their own way and should be able to enjoy the trip the way they want, without being obligated to move at the pace of a group with a toddler or leave early for someone else’s kid.
Now there’s some serious drama.
This has caused real tension with my sister and mom especially. They think I’m not being a team player.
I think a shared family trip doesn’t mean six adults have to sacrifice their own experience for one kid’s bedtime.
AITA for wanting to do our own thing at Disney instead of being one big group the whole time?
Yikes!
Redditors are sure to have some strong opinions.
This user tells it like it is.
Coercing family into babysitting isn’t the move.
A fellow parent chimes in.
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No one wants to pay hundreds of dollars for a theme park just to sit and babysit.
Paying your own way on a trip usually comes with the expectation of having some say in the itinerary and overall experience.
A “tight family” trip is a nice sentiment, but it starts to lose its charm the moment it requires six adults to structure their nights around one toddler’s bedtime.
Wanting to actually enjoy Disney instead of clocking rotating babysitting shifts isn’t a lack of team spirit. It’s just wanting the vacation everyone paid for.
Nobody’s obligated to sacrifice their own experience just because someone else brought a kid along.
Family trips work best when nobody’s keeping score.
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