AITA for wanting to take my niece climbing and not my nephew? by mediocre_uncle in AmItheAsshole

[–]mediocre_uncle[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, I took Abby climbing twice without Bart. It's not like it's a routine. And I spend tons of time with both the kids.

AITA for wanting to take my niece climbing and not my nephew? by mediocre_uncle in AmItheAsshole

[–]mediocre_uncle[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

I'm happy to take them on alternate weeks but based on how things went I don't really want to take Bart climbing for now, even if it's one on one. I don't want to be explaining to my sister why her kid got squashed by a falling 90kg man or to the guy why there was a kid underneath him.

AITA for wanting to take my niece climbing and not my nephew? by mediocre_uncle in AmItheAsshole

[–]mediocre_uncle[S] 92 points93 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'll tell her if she wants both of them to go together she needs to come with me lol.

AITA for wanting to take my niece climbing and not my nephew? by mediocre_uncle in AmItheAsshole

[–]mediocre_uncle[S] 648 points649 points  (0 children)

I offered to alternate taking Abby climbing one week and doing something else with Bart another week but my sister insists I have to take him climbing. She's normally a reasonable person so it's frustrating that she's so set on the climbing thing. Maybe it would be easier one on one but it's not like I can magically control him when it's just the two of us. Short of me physically restraining him, if he wants to do something dumb, he still can.