I took a 5 day vacation away from my husband and two young kids. I was discussing this at a family gathering a few weeks ago. My cousin, who has a kid about the same age as my youngest, kept saying how she could “never.” “I could never be away from her like that... you aren’t scared?” “Me and my husband are really attached, we wouldn’t want to be away from each other like that.” She said multiple things like that, several times said specifically that “she could never.”

Finally I was like, “I bet if you spent as much time with your husband or kid as I do with mine, you’d feel differently.” She was immediately taken aback, and didn’t say another word. I wasn’t trying to piss her off, I just trying to make a point. I’m with my kids and my husband A LOT. These 5 days are going to be just fine for me.

I am a stay at home mom. She works a full time job, plus a part time job. Her husband does the same thing, so I can only imagine they aren’t together a lot. My whole point was that that’s probably why she feels like she can’t, and I feel like I can.

We just went to a mutual friends wedding, this cousin was very cold to me. After everyone had a few drinks, a different mutual friend told me she was mad at me because I bragged that I got to be with my kids more than she does. I immediately knew what this was in reference too, although I wasn’t bragging.

I don’t think I did anything wrong. My comment was in response to her multiple comments. And it wasn’t anymore a bitchy thing to say than her saying she could “never” do something that I was just about to go do.

So what do you guys think? AITA?