AITA for telling him I'm locking myself in the room for the rest of the vacation because I'm tired of holding his sisters kid?
She arrived at the California resort weary and overwhelmed, her spirit already frayed from the grueling 23-hour car ride squeezed among restless family, barking dogs, and the relentless cries of an eight-month-old baby.
Her heart ached for her children, left behind with their father, as she was thrust into the role of an unpaid babysitter, invisible and taken for granted by those who should have been sharing the joy of the trip.
Every moment chipped away at her sense of self, as she became little more than a shadow in the background—expected to soothe, entertain, and care for a child that was not hers, while her own needs and desires were ignored.
The trip, meant to be a respite, became a suffocating ordeal that tested her patience, love, and resilience in ways she never imagined.
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The original poster (OP) is experiencing significant emotional exhaustion and resentment due to being treated as an unpaid, mandatory caregiver throughout a family vacation, a dynamic that began with an uncomfortable travel experience and escalated into constant imposition by the fiancé's sister.
The core conflict lies between the OP's right to enjoy their vacation time and the family's expectation that the OP serve as the default babysitter; the question remains whether the OP's retreat into their room is an appropriate self-preservation tactic or an unfair withdrawal from group obligations.
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