So, my family just did their yearly egg hunt. I was the designated egg hider this year hiding, including our grand prize egg. During the hunt we let my youngest cousin (3 y/o) think he won, because he found a gold egg that wasn’t part of the hunt, but he needed to go home. As I was bringing him to get his prize (just an Easter basket that he would have gotten anyway) my uncle lied and told him the egg would have 100$ in it. There had been multiple times during the day I had had to say “hey please don’t do that” or making unwelcomed “jokes” and not stopping after I said too. After I got the youngest home, the older kids kept looking for the actual prize egg. My uncle then proceeded to tell the kids I hid it in my car, already knowing that that wasn’t where it was. I immediately told him not to tell them that, because we have always had cars being an off limits spot. He doubled down saying I was lying and I “totally put it in there”. Now this is where I might be the AH but I went off a little telling him that I didn’t need my little cousins going through my personal property, to look for an egg that isn’t there. That as a single adult, there might be items in my car my little cousins don’t need to see. And that I wouldn’t tell them to go dig around his car because I understand that’s his personal property, why would it be okay for him to do it to mine? He tried to laugh it off as a joke, but I don’t know how more clear I could be by saying “don’t” and “no” and also is it really to much to ask for at least some decency for when another adult says no you listen?
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So, my family just did their yearly egg hunt. I was the designated egg hider this year hiding, including our grand prize egg. During the hunt we let my youngest cousin (3 y/o) think he won, because he found a gold egg that wasn’t part of the hunt, but he needed to go home. As I was bringing him to get his prize (just an Easter basket that he would have gotten anyway) my uncle lied and told him the egg would have 100$ in it. There had been multiple times during the day I had had to say “hey please don’t do that” or making unwelcomed “jokes” and not stopping after I said too. After I got the youngest home, the older kids kept looking for the actual prize egg. My uncle then proceeded to tell the kids I hid it in my car, already knowing that that wasn’t where it was. I immediately told him not to tell them that, because we have always had cars being an off limits spot. He doubled down saying I was lying and I “totally put it in there”. Now this is where I might be the AH but I went off a little telling him that I didn’t need my little cousins going through my personal property, to look for an egg that isn’t there. That as a single adult, there might be items in my car my little cousins don’t need to see. And that I wouldn’t tell them to go dig around his car because I understand that’s his personal property, why would it be okay for him to do it to mine? He tried to laugh it off as a joke, but I don’t know how more clear I could be by saying “don’t” and “no” and also is it really to much to ask for at least some decency for when another adult says no you listen?
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> Action- telling off my uncle because he told children to go through my personal property to find an Easter egg he knew wasn’t there.
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NTA – obviously not…case closed.
NTA, your uncle was being a dick
No, but the uncle definitely is one. He has no decency.
NTA your uncle is a jerk. And so immature he should probably be hunting for Easter eggs.
NTA -that was rude and mean of him, raising the kid’s expectations like that
NTA but your nephew is gonna have issues as he grows up.
NTA. Being a dick towards people isn’t funny despite what your uncle seems to think.
You’re NTA. Is your uncle a 12 year old? With apologies to adolescents, he is acting like one. Who actively tries to suck the fun out of an Easter Egg Hunt?
NTA Not sure hold old your uncle is but he is very immature and passive aggressive. He is showing you who he is, I would avoid contact with him. He seems to like making trouble.
NTA When I was little my dad told me where to look for easter eggs where there weren’t any, when I couldn’t find them I got upset and my mom asked him not to do it again.
Guess what my dad never did again.
Getting kids worked up like that isn’t funny.