Our son is 2 and right now he’s going through a phase where his dad is his absolute favourite person and he’s practically glued to him. It’s come at a good time since we’re visiting my husband’s family so he’s available to spend more time with our son than he normally would be.

My husband’s cousins wanted to go out on the boat with my husband. They were discussing it in front of me and I let them know they would have to take my son with them if my husband went. They told me it wasn’t a good idea for them to take him and made up some lies about how it would be dangerous for him to go with them. I suggested they do something else then because my son wouldn’t stay in if his dad was going out. They kept trying to convince me to keep my son home and even asked me why he couldn’t stay with me at one point. Eventually my father-in-law told them they could only use the boat if they took my son too which is the only reason they finally backed down and agreed. They weren’t happy about it, though.

My husband wasn’t there during the conversation as he was bathing our son but he didn’t seem concerned about taking our son on the boat which is why I know they were just making stuff up so he couldn’t go.

AITA?