AITA for refusing to carry messages between my mother and sister after I passed one along badly?
AITA"Mum says you should come to dinner and apologize," I told my sister.
What Mum had actually said was, "Tell her she's always welcome for dinner." I added the apology because they'd argued the previous weekend and I thought that was what Mum was waiting for.
My sister replied that she wasn't attending a meal with an apology as the entry fee. I passed that answer back to Mum, who said she hadn't set any such condition. By then both of them were asking me to explain what the other really meant.
I admitted that I'd added the apology. Then I told them I wouldn't relay any more messages and they needed to speak directly.
My sister says that would be a reasonable decision after helping straighten out the misunderstanding I created. Mum wants me to call her and repeat the exact invitation. I said I'd already told her there wasn't an apology condition, and I didn't want to keep becoming the middle person.
I've often carried messages because neither likes making the first call after an argument. I resent the role, but this time the message got worse because of my own interpretation. AITA for stopping now instead of arranging one more conversation?