Some parents can’t see how their choices weigh on their adult children.

This woman invited her parents over to her tiny apartment for a month, but her parents decided to invite other friends over.

So said she’d leave the city when the guests arrive.

Were they asking for too much? Read below for the full story.

AITAH for telling my parents that I will go away on a trip if they invited guests to my house

For context, I live in a very popular tourist city. I live in a small one-bedroom apartment where I don’t even have all types of furniture (I have a bed, sofa, dresser, and electronics, but no dining table or chairs).

My income is slightly below average, and I have had zero savings this year (I’m a bit financially irresponsible and the cost of living is too darn high).

My parents planned a trip to visit me for a month, after I begged them to come visit me.

This woman’s parents invited some friends over to her place.

However, due to the fact that they dragged their heels in planning, I told them that I would be away for 2 days for a friend’s bachelorette party.

I had committed to these dates far in advance and couldn’t back out. On an unrelated note, the bachelorette trip was postponed due to other people dropping out.

Three weeks before my parents’ onward journey, they informed me that they had extended an invitation to their friends, who could be instrumental in getting business for my dad’s firm.

The plan was for them to stay at my apartment. My mom said that I should probably ask my friend if I could stay at her place.

She shared some alternatives, but her parents did not like them.

I don’t want to do that because the friendship has felt off and unbalanced for sometime, and I don’t want to be indebted to my friend anymore.

So I told my mom that five grown adults cannot cohabitate in a one-bedroom apartment. Maybe they should consider putting the guests in a hotel.

To that, they said the guests wanted to stay “family style”. If we put them in a hotel, we might offend them.

I ended up telling my parents that I will plan a trip during the time the guests stay at my apartment. My mom got offended by that and said I should stay in the city so that I could help them out in case of emergencies.

Bringing people into your home and asking you to stay at a friend’s? How insensitive!

People in the comments are weighing in.

Here’s a valid point.

Some sound advice.

Another user chimes in.

This one calls her spineless.

Hard no, from this person.

The audacity to invite strangers and kick you out of your own home.

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