Internet reacts after woman gives her sister the brutal reason she can't watch her child
The Internet had some interesting reactions to a woman who asked on the AITA platform on Reddit, "AITA for telling my sister she is too heavy and lazy to watch my kid." The query was put out by a user named, 'u/No_Razzmatazz_6436.' The post garnered close to 500 comments with more than 1600 users upvoting the same.
AITA posts have gained massive popularity in social media nowadays. Recently, another discussion also garnered people's attention where a user was slammed for asking a roommate and her boyfriend to vacate their room so that her father could sleep there during her graduation weekend.
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What does the post explain?
The user stated, "I have a daughter Rebecca, she is 5 years old now and can be quite a handful at times. I have never had any problems catching up to her if she were to run off, she doesn't really run off anywhere in the first place, she prefer to just sit in area and play with toys. My sister is heavier, probably around 250 pounds, and growing up we didn't have the best relationship. She was 10 years older and she usually saw me as the annoying kid. We started to slowly reconnecting this year, and she got to get to know my kid. Overall I thought it was going great. This week we had rebecca sleep over her auntie so they could bond more, it was my sister's idea."
Further, it stated, "I came and picked up Rebecca today and she was on a child leash. I was shocked. She was on a leash basically since an hour after we left yesterday at her house. I confronted her about it and she told me Rebecca was too fast to keep up with. That this was the easiest solution. This started an arguement and resulted me telling her that she is too heavy and lazy to watch my child. That can't keep up with a kid that like to sit and play with toys so you put her on a leash. She started defending herself more and called me an a**hole. I told her she will never be alone or proably seeing rebecca for a good long time. My mom called and she heard about it, she is on my sister's side. AITA?"
'My sister was suuuuuper clingy'
The users had different viewpoints on the issue. A user said, "NTA. I can see using a child leash in a busy mall, airport etc, when a kid could scamper off quickly. However, in a home? That’s borderline abuse." Another claimed, "My brother was a leash kid, because my mom had him and my sister 18 months apart, and my sister was suuuuuper clingy. My brother was cool as soon as he could walk, BUT he would bolt, and when my mom already had my sister to deal with he was too hard to catch. So he was a leash kid in public until he learned to quit doing that. Gotta do what you gotta do." "Lmao my mom had a similar situation with me and my sisters and when she friend the leash thing I would just lay down," said another.
"I may be wrong, but I also thing OP's response is somewhat over the top. Sister obviously should never, ever be left in charge of OP's kid again and is an AH for her behavior. I think going from "sister never watches my kid" to "sister will never be around my kid" is kind of an AH move on OP's part. Sister is not a threat to kid when OP is around, so this is vindictive. It's also kind of an AH move to bring sister's weight into it, especially as plenty of 250+ pound people make perfectly fine parents. OP saying "a leash is not appropriate and I will not feel comfortable leaving daughter in your care going forward" is perfectly fine. OP saying "you're too fat and lazy to ever see my daughter again" is not. ESH.," wrote a user.
"I agree. "If you can't keep up with my kid, I can't leave her with you" explains the problem and solution exactly without being insulting about it or banning the sister from ever seeing the child -- and vice versa. If OP's daughter likes her aunt, keeping them apart is punishing the kid, too," noted another. "This NTA, a leash at home seems very excessive. Although my daughter is five and would probably start crawling around and barking if we put her on a leash lol. So hopefully op daughter at least had fun with it…," wrote another. "NTA- See I never saw a problem with the lead for when hyperactive kids are out with their parents, but again key words being hyperactive and outside. This is just lazy, and an overstep of your trust. Not to mention your daughter is old enough to realize dogs go on leashes, which would probably be jarring for a rather unbothered and calm child."
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