Another unnecessary request for validation - no, you are not the AH, he is, and it should have been obvious before you even entered your username, nevermind typing up the story. But, d*mned if I didn't cheer when two bags of rubbish were dumped at the kerb of the rental place!

When I was 17 yo, there was absolutely NO way I would have been allowed to say even ONE of the snide comments Ann spouted. And I certainly would NOT have been allowed to spend $1500 in three days, vacation or not. And if a 44 yo man turns around and starts name calling like that, instead of apologizing or attempting to smooth the situation over at all, don’t go anywhere NEAR that cesspool of a human being. Get the hell out of dodge. This whole situation makes my skin crawl, right from the start. Big yikes.

The mistake was doing something you didn't really want to do. In the end though you self corrected. I hollered with laughter when you told them "I don't believe I f**king asked" SAVAGE!

Seems like assholery runs in that family. THEY'RE the ones being utter c***s. Good for you for literally kicking them to the curb. Needless to say, NTA.

She should call Dave's ex wife and go for a girls' night out. They have a lot to talk about.

F*ck Dave. This is going to sound straight out of the 70s and I am straight out of the 70s. The idiot needs to grow a pair and man-the-eff-up. The 17 year-old is his daughter. He wants to pamper her, all the power to him. But do it with his own dime and his own time. Don't have enough dough for a trip? Well boo f*cking hoo. Quit bitching like some kid and act like a 44 year old father.

If anyone here is the C word, its the daughter. She will be an entitled karen when she grows up. Lets hope this is a learning expirence for the brat and the enabling idiotic father.

NTA. He was an entitled jerk. Who did he think was putting up with that. And this Ann, to say the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree would be an understatement . She’s a brat who wasn’t taught anything because “Dad,” and I use the term loosely, was too busy trying to be her friend. Glad you ditched the losers.

Thank gosh y’all broke up

You sure did right thing in leaving them and going on. Bad enough the daughter a spoiled brat and her Dad obviously is just as much of a brat. So sorry that happened to you and your boys. Silver lining is you seen exactly who they really are and never need to deal with them again! Thank goodness.

Your initial instinct when Dave TOLD YOU, he wanted to come along, "as a bonding experience", was spot on. A trip involving two families takes time planning. Everyone has to be invested, and involved in the planning. A theme park day for the boys, with an afternoon shopping trip for Dave and his daughter mid day. Free time. Together time.Who drives your car? You do. Why? From a clearly pragmatic perspective, who is responsible when Dave drives your car? You are. Also, a considerate person would never ask to "tag along" on your hard earned, well planned family vacation. A person who wants to impress you, and likes your children might take the boys aside, and give them a little spending money. Even add a little extra, suggesting to surprise Mom with a special treat. Even if it's twenty dollars in a an envelope. It's a thoughtful gesture that would have spoke volumes to you, and your boys.And the language used? Wrong. You did the right thing for you, and your boys in showing them this is not how you treat people, period. Bravo, and overdue.

I kept wondering where you would pack $1500 worth of stuff in a car already loaded with 5 people and all their luggage on a long road trip. Teenage girls can be ferociously self centered, entitled and judgemental and to put her in a car with someone who is not her Dad and throw in 2 young naturally rowdy boys sounds like the highway to hell. A steel cage death match would be picnic compared to that. I really admire women that take no crap from guys like that. She is a one fierce momma which is awesome.

Probably should have just said no at the beginning. Make excuses like 'not enough room for more than me and my boys sorry.."

Dave is 44yo, and he thinks it's okay for him and his spoiled brat daughter to mooch off of his struggling 27yo girlfriend?? It sounds like Dave lost what little manhood he might have ever had a long time ago. Drop him, block him, and forget him. But honestly, if his daughter was that much of a little b-tch to the OP, then she should have stood her ground right from the beginning, and said "NO!", and left them at home. WARNING SIGNS!!! There's always warning signs. Well, at least she found out what a loser Dave turned out to be, so all was not lost. And it must have been a wonderful feeling for the OP when she finally exploded and told them to, "GET THE F-CK OUT OF MY CAR!!" when they were still hundreds of miles from home. Ahh... a missed viral video opportunity indeed!

$1500 would be enough for a week in the Caribbean!

Boss move

First, if I had planned a trip with only my kids , and my man and hes daughter said they wanted to go , I'd say no , especially if the daughter didn't like me , that would be my red flag ... Then 2nd the fact you let them come along because your nice , and did what they did , no man or someone else's kid would of disrespected my children or myself , before leaving to go road trip I would of stopped and said get out before heading out of town , I applaud you for being so patient, and glad you tried to give them an opportunity but im glad you left him .. Good for you , you and your kids deserve better And at least you left him at a car rental ... not in the desert, cause thats where I would of left them ... Good luck God bless

Pro tip: Don't date a guy who's daughter is closer to you in age than he is. There's a reason guys date women a generation younger than them, and it's not because they are altruists.

Goddamn this whole thing is a huge yikes. The daughter sucks and the (hopefully ex boyfriend) raised her to be spoiled and terrible, while enabling her behavior and not sticking up for OP when she was being berated. OP was nice to drop them off at a car rental place instead of the side of the road

I love how the boys mom handled the situation. I would have left them as well.

I can't come up with enough to say about this mess. Leave those old ass men alone, and you should have throwed them out as soon as the daughter opened her mouth. And a this cussing around your kids, they would have been throwed the hell out.

You absolutely are! *Wink, wink* how dare you ruin their vacation. Lol you did the right thing. I can't believe you were with him that long.

I just love her to death. She's clearly a saint because there's no way Dave and "the princess" would have lasted that long on my trip.

I would have left them behind the second the complaining started. If he knows his daughter hates u he knows that she will start problems. Sounds to me like Dave is too cheap to take care of his own daughter. U have a lot more patience than I do on that. They also would have been in a different room if they came back 3 hours later with my vehicle saying they already ate knowing that you have 2 babies that need to eat. They are both grown they could have waited. They are both selfish people and deserves more than you gave them

I've been on vacation with and without my boyfriend of 7 years, and with and without my son. Now that I have moved in with my beau, I'm still gonna go on vacation without him because I bank more time and have to use some of it. He goes on fishing and hunting trips with the boys without me. But, we're adults so we don't have issues like the OP. But if I did, that would have been a red flag to be single again. I will never allow my partner or their child to crap on me or my child just like I don't expect my boyfriend to put up with my s**t.

People talking about age are dumb as s**t. These aren't underage kids they are adults. I know multiple couples where the male is 10-15 years younger then the female. Funny how not a single woman has ever brought up how that's inappropriate. Grow up. When it comes to this situation though. I'm glad she bailed on him. He clearly isn't read for a relationship at all. Has nothing to do with age.