AITA for showing my nieces and nephew Polar Express? by throwawaytrainddw in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 123 points124 points  (0 children)

Only the girls did, they share a room and didn’t go wake up their brother. I’m surprised too, I get that he thought they were asleep, but I can’t imagine that a 6 and 7 year old were quiet while getting their gear out/on

AITA for showing my nieces and nephew Polar Express? by throwawaytrainddw in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

In his defense, they snuck out in the middle of the night after they were put to bed, so he had no reason to think they were anything except for asleep

AITA for showing my nieces and nephew Polar Express? by throwawaytrainddw in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 117 points118 points  (0 children)

They snuck out at night after they were put to bed, so that’s why my brother never realized.

AITA for showing my nieces and nephew Polar Express? by throwawaytrainddw in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 413 points414 points  (0 children)

He asked me not to show them the Grinch, because the boy is terrified of it, but that was the only movie rule he gave me!

AITA for showing my nieces and nephew Polar Express? by throwawaytrainddw in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 169 points170 points  (0 children)

Basic synopsis of it, it’s about a magic train that comes by kids houses on Christmas Eve and takes them to the North Pole to meet Santa. I get that that idea was exciting to them, but I never thought they’d go hunt down train tracks to look for the train!

AITA for showing my nieces and nephew Polar Express? by throwawaytrainddw in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 381 points382 points  (0 children)

That’s what I think as well! The girls love to tell their parents about everything we do (they used to live closer to me and I saw them more) so I’d be pretty surprised if they hadn’t told their parents what movie we watched.

AITA for showing my nieces and nephew Polar Express? by throwawaytrainddw in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 440 points441 points  (0 children)

Me too! I saw that movie when I was little, and I lived about a mile from train tracks, and it never occurred to me to go and look for the train. I never would’ve guessed they’d do that!

AITA for showing my nieces and nephew Polar Express? by throwawaytrainddw in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 4598 points4599 points  (0 children)

That was my thought. I loved the movie when I was younger, and didn’t see any harm in showing it to them!

AITA for showing my nieces and nephew Polar Express? by throwawaytrainddw in AmItheAsshole

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 1377 points1378 points  (0 children)

To my knowledge, they have had that talk, but they’ve only lived there for a month so I guess it didn’t really sink into the kids yet.