I (f23) rent a place together with my mother. Around one night a week she has my sister’s daughter (f6) round for a sleepover, normally on a Friday or Saturday to give my sister a break.

I work full-time. My only day off is a Monday. After work I always go straight to the gym. I finish work at 9pm and I’m normally home from the gym around 10.30ish depending on traffic.

My mother has asked me to skip the gym on Fridays and Saturdays because when I come home late, her dog barks (he always barks when someone comes through the door) and this wakes up my niece. If I notice my niece has been awoken I always tell her it’s just me so she doesn’t get frightened and she goes back to sleep.

I told my mother I don’t think it’s reasonable to ask me not to go to the gym just because she might have my niece round for a sleepover. I said to her being woken up by a dog barking on a non-school night every so often isn’t a huge deal and that she’s being unreasonable. Plus it’s not my fault that the dog barks and he’s not even my dog, he’s hers. I don’t want to give up some of my gym sessions because I’m training for an event that’s occurring this year.

My mother said I’m being unreasonable and unaccomodating and that I’m being selfish and uncaring.

AITA for refusing to compromise?

Edit because multiple people are asking: I can’t go to the gym before work. My gym opens at 9am and I start work at 10am. We live near a big city so traffic is often crazy in the mornings with commuters.