A woman who asked others for help on social media described a “nightmare” situation involving her brother's children and detailed why she won't allow the children to stay in her home again.
To date, more than 5,500 reactions have been received and more than 1,500 comments have been posted on the personal drama.
The woman, who described herself as 32, told others on the Reddit page known as “AITA” (“Am I an idiot?”) that she lives “in a nice, cozy house that I've worked very hard to maintain.”
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He said his brother, 34, has three children, ages 10, 8 and 6, and that “a few months ago, he asked him[ed] If only they could stay at my house on the weekends because he and his wife needed a break.”
The woman agreed, she said, “thinking it would be nice to bond with my nieces and nephew.”
“The kids went completely crazy. They broke several things, even a… [vase] “That was a gift from my late grandmother, I spilled juice on my white couch and even scribbled on the walls with markers,” one woman (not pictured) said on social media about what happened when her brother's kids stayed over. (iStock)
That was a mistake, apparently.
“The weekend turned into a nightmare,” he wrote.
“The kids went completely crazy. They broke several things, even a… [vase] That was a gift from my late grandmother, I spilled juice on my white couch and even doodled on the walls with markers.”
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The woman said she “tried to control the situation, but every time I told them to stop or tried to set boundaries, they completely ignored me.”
“He did not offer to help clean or replace anything.”
When she later told her brother about the “damage,” she said he “laughed and said, 'Kids will be kids.' He didn't offer to help clean up or replace anything.”
The woman described herself as “really hurt, but [I] “At the time I didn't give it much thought,” he shared with others.
After the first weekend didn't work out, the woman (not pictured) said her brother is now asking “if the kids can stay again” because the couple wants to “take another weekend trip.” (iStock)
So, “fast forward to now, [and] He asks if the kids can stay again because they want to take another weekend trip.
The woman said, “I told him no, explaining what happened last time and that I don't want to deal with that again.”
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At that, “he got very angry and said that I was punishing his children for being children and that I was being unfair.”
Now, her “parents are involved,” she wrote, “saying I should 'be a grown-up' and help my brother. They say the kids are sorry and just want to spend time with their aunt. But I'm still traumatized from the last time they were here.”
“They don't live in your house. You have no obligations.”
The woman asked the others if she was wrong “to deny them the chance to stay in my house again.”
In the most upvoted response on the platform, one user wrote: “This is totally ridiculous. You are not the parent of these children and they do not live in your home. You have no obligation to care for them except in an emergency.”
“It's perfectly reasonable and acceptable to say you can't stand having them in your home, particularly given your previous experience,” one Reddit user wrote in response to a woman's account of what happened. (iStock)
The person also said: “It's perfectly reasonable and acceptable to say that you can't stand having them in your home, particularly given your previous experience.”
The same person also suggested: “Why don't your parents take their grandchildren over for the weekend?”
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Or, “if you want to help, you could stay at your brother's house for the weekend,” the same user wrote.
“Why don't your parents take their grandchildren home for the weekend?”
“That way, the kids will be home and can write on their own walls if they want. Plus, your brother could pay you to do it.”
Another user of the platform responded to that answer by writing: “That last paragraph is a brilliant remedy.”
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Another person on the platform wrote: “Kids are kids, but not destructive. He and his wife probably need a break because they can't control their own kids.”
Fox News Digital reached out to a psychologist for comment.
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On the topic of family members caring for the children of other members of their household, etiquette expert Lizzie Post, co-president of the Emily Post Institute and co-author of “Emily Post's Etiquette, The Centennial Edition,” recently told the website Scary Mommy that people shouldn't assume that “anyone with childcare experience is available or willing to devote their time to caring for your children.”
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She added that as much as people would like to think that grandparents, aunts, uncles, older cousins and siblings will help with childcare, “that's asking a lot.”
The article also noted that “every child care arrangement has nuances and is worth discussing.”
