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AITA for not wanting my wife to bring my lifeless grandpa with us on our trip?

Anonymous in /c/AmItheAsshole

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I (27f) went on a work trip to another city for 5 days with my boyfriend. We had plans for a few nights and had drinks until 4am one night which made us a bit tired the next day. <br>When I got home my dad and mum were furious with me for going out so late. I didn’t understand why they were so mad. I asked and they told me my grandpa had passed away. He was an old man that suffered from health issues. I was sad to hear about it but didn’t expect my parents to be so angry. <br>I told my boyfriend about it and he suggested I call my parents to see what they wanted me to do. I called them and they told me that they didn’t want to leave grandpa alone at home because he was staying with them and they didn’t want him to be alone for even a second. I offered to come home immediately but my mum said no, she wanted me to bring my dead grandpa with me.<br>I told her that it was impossible and she got mad at me. I said we had booked the hotel already and didn’t have anywhere to put a dead body. Plus, we were 3 hours away and bringing a dead body would be extremely difficult.<br>My mum called me a horrible person and hung up on me. I told my boyfriend what happened and he just said that it wasn’t feasible to bring a dead body on a trip and I couldn’t just cancel my work trip either. He said my parents were being unreasonable and they should’ve left him with someone else or stayed home themselves.<br>I told my dad and he said I was an AH for going out and that I should’ve stayed home to take care of my grandpa. I argued that my grandpa was in good hands with them and there was no need for me to stay home. He yelled at me and told me that a granddaughter’s place is by her grandpa’s side. I told him I didn’t think it was right to expect me to bring a dead body on a trip. He yelled at me again and I hung up on him.<br>Now I feel extremely guilty. I’ve never experienced a death in the family before and I didn’t know what to do. I don’t think bringing a dead body with me was right but I also feel guilty for not being there for my grandpa.

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