Hi, I wanted to get others opinion on this. When I was young my cousins and I would often spend a couple of weeks at my grandparents. I’m not saying I think something paranormal happened ofcourse but one night one of my cousins and I were up on the roof in the storage area playing, and we heard laughter and sheets rustling in a windowless room. We obviously ran crying and went to the room we were sleeping in. We hadnt told anyone because I think we weren’t allowed to be on the roof that late.
Since then years (decades really) have passed, both my grandparents have passed, us cousins have moved elsewhere. We were all there until Wednesday because my aunt had passed away last weekend, and stayed over.
Tuesday night after years we were again on the roof during sunset. My cousin just pointed to the storage area and just said remember what happened? She told my wife and her mom, and my mom, and her brother about what had happened that night, I said it was the neighbors that probably made some noise if that’s the case but I don’t remember. She got defensive and said no it wasn’t, I said we were kids then I don’t remember what happened but logically if thats what happeend it was probably something else we heard.
While we still on the roof when I talked to her about something else she was cold with me and said I made her look crazy in front of everyone. I stuck to what I said but really if I’d agreed, I’d have been the one sounding crazy. AITA?
Why did you lie about not remembering?
So you lied and pretended not to remember?
YTA because you remember the incident . Doesn’t matter if you’ve matured into a skeptic. You lied and said you didn’t remember. So instead of looking like a nut, you look like a liar.
YTA very easy. You could have easily said that you remember and it’s a mystery for you.
YTA for lying and saying you don’t remember. You could just as easily have said that you remember but as an adult you think it probably had a logical explanation if that’s what you now believe.
I am confused. Do you remember it or not? It seems you do but you denied it. It might have been best to have admitted it and thereafter kind of shrugged it off. Since you were kids then no one would have thought you were crazy. They themselves would have speculated about it. Instead, you embarrassed your cousin so that you wouldn’t look embarrassed. Kind of an AH thing to do.
YTA based on your replies.
YTA. You threw your cousin under the bus because you were afraid of being “the one sounding crazy.” You lied and said you didn’t remember, even though both of you as children apparently ran crying to the room you shared. Would it have been so difficult to say something like, “Yeah, we were scared spitless then, but I think we’d handle it a little better now, right, cousin?” You’d have affirmed her memory without saying that you no longer believe in such things and given her a graceful exit to avoid ridicule.
YTA. You lied about it. You could have corroborated the story and said now looking back you believe their must have been a logical explanation. But to just lie about it definitely makes YTA
If you remember the incident as she did and lied about it, then yes, YTA.
YTA. If I were your cousin, I probably would keep my distance from you since you’ve broken trust for being a liar.
YTA. You _do_ remember it.
Antisocial behavior. YTA
YTA. You remember it and lied.
YTA. I firmly do not believe in ghosts etc. and I laugh at every single ghost hunting type show. Everyone knows I flat out think it’s bs. But if you think I would be an awful enough of a person to lie about something that I absolutely remember happening as a kid, just to save face, you’d be wrong. Lying is gross. Being selfish and mean is, too. YTA to at least the power of three.