HairyChick

I’ll do a poll but I feel that if she’s stupid enough to wear a $2,200 blouse to a newborn baby’s ceremony, she deserves to be puked on. Dry cleaning isn’t very costly and if it can’t be dry-cleaned, lesson learned.

This Mother Refused To Pay For A Shirt That Her Baby Vomited On — Is She An Asshole?

There's a community on Reddit called "Am I The Asshole?" It's a place where people can describe a tense situation they found themselves in, and ask thousands of internet strangers whether or not they behaved like an asshole.

Needless to say, the conversations get heated — it can be very addicting to read!!!

So this week, a new mother posted her dilemma to AITA and it quickly went viral — with nearly 10,000 people jumping into the comments to argue over whether or not she's a jerk. Let's break this down.

"I gave birth four weeks ago," the OP wrote. "And we decided to have a 'baby ceremony,' where everyone gets to meet our lovely daughter Charlotte."

One of the invitees was her cousin, Alice, who apparently spends a lot of money on her clothing:

The day of the baby ceremony arrives, Alice shows up, and the party quickly turns into a disaster:

They offered Alice a change of clothes, which she accepted, and they thought the drama was behind them. But the next day, Alice made a request that took the OP by surprise.

"They want me to reimburse the cost of the blouse (roughly £1800) since it was completely ruined," the mother writes. (Note for my fellow Americans: that's nearly $2,200.)

The mother says she is declining to pay for the stained blouse:

And so, the mother asked Reddit: Is she an asshole for refusing to cough up the money? And y'all...people are SPLIT on this.

Many folks feel like the OP is Not The Asshole (NTA) in this situation:
—slytherin2019
After all, babies are generally known to be messy:
—cubiczarcarbia
Some felt like it was unreasonable to ask for such a large sum of money from new parents:
—UglyDuffelBag
Others pointed out that Alice didn't have to hold the baby at all:
—egnards
But others disagreed, chiming in to tell the OP that, yes, You're The Asshole (YTA):
—illini02
Many felt like she should at least offer to pay for dry cleaning:
—BroItsJesus
Some commenters felt like OP was being too judgmental of Alice's spending habits:
—[Anonuniquename](https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=746... CAPL_NWS&xs=1)

A few commenters pointed out that if this were anyone but her cousin, she would likely be forced to pay for it:
—CrazyLadybug
And some felt like this was an important learning lesson for the new mother:
—InUEndo

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