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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Civil-Diamond-9369 on 2023-07-30 03:14:59.
I’m currently at a weekend away with my husband’s extended family. Both he and I are technically WFH over this week so we took our laptops to the big house the family is renting.
I also brought my baby’s play pen because he’s very active and I knew that there was going to be times when one or both of us wouldn’t be able to run after him.
So anyway I was watching him yesterday evening (Saturday) in the playpen while I was responding to some emails that were urgent. Husband’s cousin-in-law Amy walks past me with their 1yo and saw the playpen setup that I had.
I admit she looked kinda tired but I wasn’t really taking any notice of anything outside my kid and my laptop. She asked if I could play with her baby in the pen for a couple hours so she could nap. I said no because I needed to finish work, then I was putting my kid down for his nap and then me and my husband would cook dinner (it was our turn).
I admit I did say “Baby E has a dad doesn’t she? I saw him playing football earlier why doesn’t he take over so you can nap?”
Amy left and I carried on the stuff I had to do. I noticed that she and her husband, and her MIL didn’t come to eat at the same time as everyone else.
After dinner my MIL took me and husband aside and said I made issues between their family because Amy is mad at her husband and Amy’s MIL thinks I’m interfering and should have just helped her out.
MIL thinks I was TA because I could technically have watched over a kid that can only crawl when I was watching one who loves to run and climb but husband and I don’t think it was my responsibility in this instance