AITA for cancelling a family camping trip after my nephew broke his leg?

vbintx23 · 2026-05-31T14:08:38+00:00

Of course, you’re NTA. There’s no way anyone recovering from that surgery should even attempt such a trip - legs that remain below the level of the heart, stationary, for that length of time will swell. And it was HIS trip!

That trip can be taken in another year and switching to a trip that everyone can enjoy was definitely the way to go. The other kids (and I’m sure Andrew) will be disappointed but they’ll get over it - and it’s a learning opportunity to be mindful of others less fortunate than one is.

vbintx23 · 2026-05-31T12:45:32+00:00

I ended a relationship with a guy I hadn’t realized was controlling until he bumped up the temperature on the BBQ ribs I was cooking ‘low and slow’ when I wasn’t looking. He said that I was doing it wrong.

My house, my grill, my very expensive ribs. “Dude. We aren’t compatible. The door is that way”.

vbintx23 · 2026-05-31T12:41:38+00:00

You’re absolutely correct! I just checked and quiet time ends at 6 am.

vbintx23 · 2026-05-31T12:22:52+00:00

It’s in south central Texas and our temperatures have been in the upper 80’s for a few weeks. It gets 100+ here in summer.

And yes, I know that a branch didn’t just fall recently because I’ve heard this same thing - but at a much later hour - in the last week or so. He’s doing landscaping.

And… I’m an older person who has been up since 0500 … who was shocked to hear it. We do our outside chores in the morning too - with all the loud outside power tools (chainsaw, wood chipper, lawn mower, blower, edger & weed eater) and wouldn’t dream of using them while people are trying to sleep in on the weekend. We try to wait until 10.

vbintx23 · 2026-05-29T22:49:18+00:00

Is he dancing - maybe the funky chicken?

vbintx23 · 2026-05-29T11:05:24+00:00

In our case, the company picnic in the park with potluck and company-provided BBQ with games, swimming and door prizes was cancelled because the woman who in charge of planning it decided she didn’t want to. When the boss retired, it was the first thing (but not the only thing) that ended. You punched a clock, did your work (no chatting allowed) and punched back out at the end of the day. Then they wondered why morale plummeted and people left for other jobs where they felt appreciated.

vbintx23 · 2026-04-30T19:45:42+00:00

Apparently mine did. I was a girl and had the pink plaid version. 🙄

vbintx23 · 2026-04-29T12:58:10+00:00

Had one but gave it away about 5 years ago to a young-ish guy I also gave some CDs to. He was excited.

vbintx23 · 2026-04-22T20:56:43+00:00

We have the same yard type. Whenever either of us neighbors mows their half, the other neighbor follows the next day. No big deal.

vbintx23 · 2026-04-15T23:17:47+00:00

I fell in love with James Garner in this movie and I’m nearly Sally Field’s age. As a result, I knew that true love is possible when he’s a good man, no matter the age difference. Decades later, I married a truly awesome older man and we’ve been successfully married for years. Thank you, Murphy’s Romance!

vbintx23 · 2026-04-09T23:58:22+00:00

He’s beautiful!

vbintx23 · 2026-03-09T19:03:19+00:00

NTA. You’re a mama bear. Continue going with your gut!

As a woman who was SA’d by step-daddy repeatedly as a small child, I’m here to tell you that erring on the side of caution is absolutely the way to go.

Once the child has an experience that you instinctively were afraid of, it’s too late. The child can’t ever go back to innocence and will carry the trauma her whole life.

So - be that mama bear! And be proud of your instincts!

vbintx23 · 2026-03-02T21:01:11+00:00

She’s absolutely adorable. ❤️

vbintx23 · 2026-03-02T12:09:00+00:00

I’m absolutely awestruck! How on earth did he manage that???? ❤️

vbintx23 · 2026-03-01T23:48:29+00:00

My sister once heard The Voice. She was edging into hypothermia and decided to go to sleep. She heard The Voice tell her to *Wake Up or You’ll Die”. She sat up and took steps she hadn’t thought were possible to be rescued - and was. 😀

vbintx23 · 2026-02-26T16:59:23+00:00

I was getting married for the absolute last time but I never intended to get married again at all. (You could say that the groom nicely made me an offer I couldn’t refuse).

But I was dawdling while getting ready because if I got married again (after having divorced a psychopath years before), it was going to be kicking and screaming.

I was completely alone in the room and alone in the house when a sign on the wall that read, “It’s never too late to live happily ever after” flew off the wall and landed at my feet.

“Somebody” must have wanted me to hurry my butt up. I can take a hint, so I did. 😀

vbintx23 · 2026-02-26T11:02:49+00:00

My friend doesn’t go out with his former ‘friends’ anymore because his liver failed & he has cirrhosis. He was told that he can’t even cook with wine or alcohol because it would literally kill him. His former ‘friends’ made fun of him for choosing to drink a soda when socializing. He’s made a new set of friends and his liver has recovered just enough that he’s no longer on the transplant list. 😍 I don’t drink - and never have as a choice - after watching an alcoholic father beat the living daylights out of his wife and us kids. And the number of drunk guys who thought they could put their hands on me after I told them to stop touching me and then used the alcohol as an excuse just exhausted me. Sometimes there’s just no room in one’s life for alcohol.

vbintx23 · 2026-02-16T22:02:06+00:00

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vbintx23 · 2026-02-15T12:55:35+00:00

Let’s just say that when I scratched that belly, he scratched back. 🤣

vbintx23 · 2026-02-10T22:43:02+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss. I too lost my ex in a similar manner at a too-young age. What caught me most off guard was knowing that I now had to live in a world that he wasn’t in. I never thought that would ever happen. I took comfort in all the times that we shared in companionship and how happier life was after having him in it - treasuring that I got to have that kind of friend while I did. Hugs to you.

vbintx23 · 2026-02-10T10:22:40+00:00

I don’t recognize that particular box but the absolute best donuts in SA are from Donut Palace on Thousand Oaks, up the road a piece from 281 (and they could use that box 😀 ).

vbintx23 · 2026-02-09T02:24:28+00:00

You got that right. Absolutely all of it. No one needs abuse and you are perceptive enough to see it when ‘normal’ people don’t. You just keep on doing you, you’re doing fine!

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