This happened several years ago, but recent events have brought it back up.

A little backstory: my parents got divorced when I was younger, after which I didnt see my dad much resulting in a bit of a distant relationship, which I think contributes to my feelings in this story. 

My dad got a nice tax refund after buying his home and he told my sister and I he wanted to take us on a vacation. Eventually, he decided on going to Disneyland. The trip was planned for right after I graduated high school. My dad planned the destination and made all the arrangements.

We ended up stopping in Vegas to see my cousin, which is where things started going down hill for me. I wanted to see the Beetles Cirque do Soleil bad enough to offer to pay for my own ticket (for this one specific thing), explaining I had some money saved up. He took this as "I got the rest of this trip for myself". From then I was expected to pay for everything on my own including attractions, food, and chipping in for gas. 

This kind of bothered me, but the worst ended up being Disneyland. I paid for the ridicously expensive ticket and we were there for maybe 4 hours (which was maybe 3 rides and a churro) and ended up leaving, though my dad said we'd go back the next day. I was super upset because this was the part of the trip I was looking forward to the most and it was so expensive and we left so quickly. The next day my dad and sister decided they wanted to go to SeaWorld (I hate fish) and my dad got very mad because I was upset about it and said I could go (and purchase my own ticket) or stay at the sketchy hotel by myself all day. 

What I had thought would be an amazing trip to bond with my dad became a pretty stressful time. I worried about all that money I hadnt planned on spending and felt pretty resentful.

To this day thinking about it still riles me up, but recently I started wonder if I was being an entitled teenager. My personal feelings about the relationship in general could be effecting how I feel about this.

So, am I the asshole for expecting that my dad should have paid for most of the trip? 