September 12, 2024 at 8:17 pm

Grandma Figured She’d Take The Kids To Disney For The First Time While Their Parents Were Away. Now They’re Upset, But She Doesn’t Think An Apology Is In Order.

by Diana Whelan

Source: Reddit/AITA/Pexels/ Craig Adderley

Imagine being asked to babysit your grandkids for a few days, only to turn around and take them to Disney without informing their mom, who had big plans for that “first.”

Well, that’s exactly what this grandma did, and now she’s refusing to apologize.

Buckle up, because this story has family drama written all over it.

Check it out!

AITA for taking my grandchildren to Disney for the first time without their mother and refusing to apologize when confronted?

I recently babysat my grandchildren (5 and 4) for a period of four nights and five days so my son and his wife could attend a wedding in Mexico, and spend a few days on vacation.

They approached me since her mother would not be available, and I initially said I wasn’t comfortable with that.

It seemed like a long time to watch the kids, and she has point blank told me that the woman’s family is more important than the man’s, so I was irritated I was being asked and not her mother.

Nothing like defined gender roles.

I will admit that I did give in when my son became very emotional, but I felt/feel like they were being manipulative.

While I had the kids I was invited to a birthday at Epcot and wanted to go.

It didn’t even occur to me to run it by my son or daughter in law, as I had the kids for an extended period of time and obviously they knew they would be going where I went.

My daughter in law had previously mentioned wanting to save up for Disney, but she’s said that about a lot of things, and never made me aware it was something super special to her.

Also it was Epcot. It’s not like I took them to Magic Kingdom and they had some magical moment of seeing their favorite character.

This isn’t going to go well, is it?

When they returned and found out my daughter in law was furious and burst into tears. She said I stole one of her kids firsts and called me entitled.

To be honest I didn’t react well to being called entitled, when she was the one who had previously demanded babysitting.

My son asked me to apologize as she was distraught over missing their first Disney trip, but I declined and asked them to leave.

My son reached out again and said I should have asked for something that big, and his wife feels robbed.

Boo hoo.

I know she is a huge Disney person, but it was Epcot, not quintessential Disney and I don’t feel I should have had to miss out on a birthday party I wanted to attend.

I told my son I am not apologizing for anything and maybe they should think about how they made me feel when they didn’t respect my initial no.

My son feels like Reddit is going to show me the error of my ways.

So, was grandma’s Disney detour just a harmless trip or a major overstep?

Let’s see what Reddit had to say about this…

This person thinks Grandma actually deserves a ‘thank you,’ not a ‘screw you.’

Source: Reddit/AITA

This person feels the same…she didn’t do anything wrong.

Source: Reddit/AITA

This person feels everyone stinks here…

Source: Reddit/AITA

Guess it’s gonna take more than a FastPass to smooth this one over.

The kids are forever going to be caught in the middle.

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.