Her Parents Were Never As Nice To Her Growing Up As They Were To Her Sister, So Now That They’re Financially Struggling And About To Be Homeless, She Has No Interest In Helping Them Out
This woman has one sister who is younger than her, and her parents never tried to hide that they preferred her sister to her.
Any time she and her sister were not on their best behavior, she was the only one who would be reprimanded.
Additionally, her parents always excused her sister’s behavior by claiming that she had coerced her sister into doing something bad.
“My sister also got better gifts than me,” she explained. “I couldn’t ask for anything over $20, while my sister could ask for something in the hundreds, and they get it for her.”
“Eventually, my sister caught on and used it to her advantage. She would blame me for everything, and our parents would believe her. If she wanted something of mine, she would cry to our parents, and they would force me to give it to her.”
Although her parents and her sister made her childhood dismal, she did have a bright spot; her aunt.
Her aunt adored her and never could have her own children, so her aunt treated her exactly as if she was her own child.
Sadly, her aunt ended up moving 2 hours away from them at some point after she accepted a job at a college, which meant she did not get to spend as much time with her growing up.
As she got ready to pick out a college for herself, she decided to go to the exact same college that her aunt happened to work at.
AnnaDemy – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Her aunt then allowed her to move into her place, and her aunt also helped her out with money too.
In contrast, her sister never did go to college and instead hopped from one job to the next.
She believes her sister never learned to care about any job since their parents provided everything she could ever need.
But anyway, when she did move away to go to college, she only had a minimal relationship with her parents. There wasn’t a point for her to keep them in her life, as they didn’t care to support her in any way.
Fast forward to now, and she’s done well for herself. She has an excellent job, she has an apartment all to herself, she has wonderful friends, and she even has a pet cat. She loved the life that she has built for herself.
Not too long ago, her dad called her up to say that her family is struggling financially.
Her sister cannot hold down any job, her dad’s hours at work got cut, and her mom’s new job doesn’t pay close to what she made at her old job.
Her dad was honest about not having enough money to support him, her mom, and her sister.
“He asked if my sister could stay with me to lighten the load on them,” she said. “I said no, I am happy now, and getting involved with y’all will just make me miserable. You guys didn’t do much for me when I was young, so I don’t owe them anything.”
“My dad tried to plead with me saying they could lose the house and end up homeless. I still refused and hung up. Since then, I’ve been getting calls and texts from them begging me for any kind of help.”
“I do feel kinda bad because, from their calls, I can tell they are close to tears. My aunt says I have every right to not want to help, but every time I hear how bad they are doing, I feel guilty; I don’t want them to be homeless, but I don’t want to get involved.”
She’s left wondering if it’s wrong of her to keep saying no to helping her family out financially.
If you were in her position, would you want to help the people that never were really there for you?
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