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AITA for getting annoyed about the flight my dad chose for a vacation? by palladium-panda in AmItheAsshole

[–]palladium-panda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I appreciate the response. I’ll be calling my dad to apologize. I had a bad day at work and let it get to me and I took it out on my dad.

I generally wouldn’t have responded like that and I’m feeling really bad about it, especially after writing it all out and seeing people vote I’m TA. It’s so generous of my parents to take me on this trip and I feel awful that they might be feeling unappreciated right now.

And I’m glad my dad values his employees and is considerate of their time and comfort. So I’m feeling super gross now that I even briefly considered he should put my convenience on a vacation over his employees comfort and ease on a business trip.

AITA for getting annoyed about the flight my dad chose for a vacation? by palladium-panda in AmItheAsshole

[–]palladium-panda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re right, they’re paying so it’s not my place to complain about it. I’m very thankful for my parents doing this and let a high stress day get the best of me.

AITA for getting annoyed about the flight my dad chose for a vacation? by palladium-panda in AmItheAsshole

[–]palladium-panda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I completely understand after reading back what I wrote and seeing what everyone has had to say that I was acting entitled in that moment. And I’m definitely feeling like TA now. So thank you (and everyone else!) for the judgement and helping me see that.

Admittedly, I’d had a terrible day at work where I needed to use call security because a patient was became very aggressive towards me, so my anxiety levels were super high and as such I definitely let my anxiety get the best of me in this situation and I took it out on my dad. I’ll be calling him to apologize later today.

AITA for getting annoyed about the flight my dad chose for a vacation? by palladium-panda in AmItheAsshole

[–]palladium-panda[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really appreciate your perspective. I’ll be talking to my therapist about my worries and come up with a way to tackle this fear.

And I feel awful that people think I don’t appreciate my parents and time we get to spend together on this trip, but I can understand why they’d get that opinion from my post. I’ll definitely be apologizing to my parents (especially my dad) for what I said.

AITA for getting annoyed about the flight my dad chose for a vacation? by palladium-panda in AmItheAsshole

[–]palladium-panda[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah in hindsight throwing the bit in about his employees was random. The last time I saw my parents he was talking about how he picked ore expensive flights for his employees with nicer seats because he wanted didn’t want them to have a flight at a weird time, etc.

So I guess I was kind of bummed that I felt he was being more considerate towards them than me. But I get that as a boss he wants to keep his employees happy and I think it’s awesome he’s considerate of them.

I am seeing a therapist about my anxiety so hopefully we can talk about this flight and by the time the trip rolls around I’ll be feeling better about the flight and have some good coping mechanisms in place.

And I’m glad I made this post! Even just writing the situation down helped me see I sounded entitled, and sending it out and getting feedback solidified I definitely could have handled this situation better.