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AIBU 05.08.2024
AIBU, which stands for 'Am I Being Unreasonable', is the perfect platform for sharing your thoughts and opinions! So, for today's AIBU discussion, we have this story from Reddit/Inevitable_Nature985:
Am I being unreasonable for refusing to help my son and daughter-in-law?
'My son married Sierra, and they live in a different state. Sierra is from a Latin American culture where it is customary that after she gives birth, she will not do any household chores. The family members will go over and do all those chores like cooking, cleaning, shopping, etc. She explained this to me, and it happens for a few weeks after the birth.'
'Since she's not close to her family, they asked me to help. My son will be back at work a week and a half after their baby is born.'
'She is supposed to give birth in about a month, and I was talking about the logistics of the whole thing. I asked where I would sleep, and she informed me that I would need to get a hotel. This shocked me since they own a nice home. I felt it was a lot to ask, especially since I'd be using all my personal time off (PTO) and paying for a hotel on top of doing chores. This isn't even my culture.'
'I told Sierra I couldn’t come full time if I had to stay in a hotel but could visit for a weekend. My son then called, angry, saying Sierra was upset and that I was disrespecting her culture and rejecting her from the family. We argued, and he insisted I could afford it, which I can, but I don’t want to spend thousands to be a maid.'
'Am I being unreasonable?'