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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Lizefcw on 2023-09-26 04:30:06.

I'm 20 and I've had dengue fever three times. My cousin(10) got diagnosed with it last evening. His first time getting this particular disease. My aunt told him "Your cousin had it three times and it was always a cakewalk for him' so now he wants me to tell him if it's really been that easy.

Now I'm usually for being positive but I just don't know if I should lie and tell him it's been easy when it was always really painful. The first two times were from when I was really young and I can't actually remember that much but my parents said I was in a lot of pain. The third time I can still remember. Really painful disease. Felt in it my bones and joints. I didn't think I should set him up to be 'surprised.'

So I declined. I told him 'Just make sure you drink lots of water.' I didn't tell him it was a cakewalk like my aunt asked me to.

She was upset, saying that if I just told him it was easy, he might find it easy. Like the placebo effect thing. Would it have been better if I lied to him?