The concept of family is one of the most important aspects of life, and many believe that helping your loved ones when they’re in need is a natural obligation. However, when it comes to matters such as financial help or shelter, things can quickly become complicated. A young woman recently took to Reddit to ask for opinions on whether or not she was in the wrong for refusing to help her older siblings in their time of need.
She Lives With Her Husband
The Original Poster (OP) is a 22-year-old living with her 26-year-old husband.
She Is the Youngest
She is the youngest of her four siblings aged 30, 32, and 33.
It’s a Big Family
The siblings have a total of 14 kids between the three of them. None of OP’s siblings attended college, and they all hold entry-level positions with average or low earnings.
She Started Young
OP started college while still in high school and finished last year. She now works as a nurse and while she doesn’t want to reveal what her husband does for a living, she said he works on airplanes.
OP shares that the typical annual household income where they reside is around $200,000.
Family Gatherings
Every holiday, her parents host large gatherings that involve the entire family.
Her Siblings Always Ask Her for Favors
When OP was a teenager, her siblings frequently requested her to babysit for them.
They Never Appreciate Her
She did it for a bit, however, when she was 16, she stopped after realizing there was no benefit to her and that they didn’t appreciate anything.
She Started Saying No
Since her siblings are the kind who ask for favors but never offer to help, OP adopted the “don’t ask me for anything” attitude for the past six years.
They Are Consistent
Plus, her siblings constantly borrow money from their parents and never return it.
Her Brother Is Homeless
OP’s oldest brother, his girlfriend, and their four children asked to stay with OP and her husband as they were about to be evicted.
She Wouldn’t Let Them Move In
OP has a four-bedroom, two-bathroom house, and her siblings frequently move in, fail to pay their rent, and then refuse to leave, so she told them no.
They are Destructive
Plus, her oldest brother has tolerated their four children’s utter destruction of every rental they occupied—painting on the walls, making holes in the walls, etc.
Things Take a Turn
The story took a turn when OP was recently at her mother’s birthday celebration, and her brother and his girlfriend lost it and blew up at OP and her husband.
OP’s brother and his family are going to have to stay at a shelter, and they started blaming OP. But she says it’s their own carelessness.
Her Siblings Blame Her
In agreement with her brother, the other two siblings added that they thought OP was mean.
OP says that if she permits them to live in her home, she will eventually have to evict them as they will not make any payments.
She Thinks It Isn’t Fair
OP thinks that it’s not fair that her siblings always ask her for money as she makes more money than they do. They treat them like they are upper-class elitists because they made good choices in life and were able to buy a house early.
She Wants Advice From Outside Her Family
OP took to Reddit to ask whether she was being a wrong for saying no to her brother and hundreds of comments said she was not wrong.
One Reddit user said that she did the right thing and that family members are not entitled to her money.
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