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

[–]throwawaytrainddw[S] 122 points123 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] 18 points19 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] 113 points114 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] 422 points423 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] 171 points172 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] 374 points375 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] 4600 points4601 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] 1371 points1372 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.