A family trip to St. Louis took a sharp turn after a parent discovered their youngest child reportedly tested positive for Flu A. According to a father’s post on Reddit in r/AITAH, his wife still planned to take the five-year-old to the aquarium before the drive home. The couple reportedly argued about the visit all the way to the parking lot. The trip apparently started great, with a visit to the zoo, the Renaissance Festival, and a public event at the Gateway Arch where everyone got to look at the moon and Saturn through powerful telescopes. According to the father, things changed when the five-year-old started behaving sick. While the child slept in, the other parent reportedly took their 10-year-old to the botanical garden. On the way back, they picked up a home flu test, which reportedly came back positive for Flu A. By the next morning, the child apparently had a temperature of 100.3, which the father notes is not technically a fever. Unbeknownst to him, his wife reportedly planned to stick to the original itinerary and take the family to the aquarium. The argument apparently followed them from the breakfast table to the aquarium parking lot While they were grabbing breakfast, the father says he privately texted, “You’re not seriously considering taking him to the aquarium today right?” His wife replied, “Yep. Because he’s not technically running a fever he’s in-theory not contagious anymore,” he says. AITAH for refusing to take the kids to the aquarium while on vacation? byu/ReligionIsAwful inAITAH The situation escalated once they were in the car, and the wife apparently set the GPS for the aquarium. The father says he objected strongly, while his wife suggested he stay in the car if he did not want to go inside. He told her it was selfish and “just plain wrong” to take a knowingly reportedly sick child into a public place, especially a five-year-old who touches everything. According to the father, the disagreement continued until they arrived at the parking lot, where the wife finally relented and chose not to go inside. The father now reportedly describes sitting in the car with two disappointed kids and a fuming wife. He says he feels like the bad guy because he believes his objection ruined the plans. The wife’s plan apparently rested on the idea that a child without a fever cannot spread the virus. However, federal health guidance does not tie contagiousness to a thermometer reading. According to the CDC, flu viruses can be detected in most infected people from one day before symptoms start until five to seven days after they become sick. Family travel plans regularly spark disputes on Reddit, as relatives rarely agree on how a trip should go. One user recently described refusing a surprise lake house trip during rare time off. Another husband said a fight over in-laws staying for Christmas had divided him and his wife.