His Sister Made His Wife Watch Her Kids, So Now He’s Selling His Part Of The Duplex They Both Own
Some people think the idea of living in a house big enough to share with a sibling when you’re older sounds cute and fun. However, many would disagree.
One man and his family have been living in the same house as his sister, who always has his wife take care of her kids.
He’s 28 and has a 45-year-old sister. They co-own a house that used to be a duplex, but they tore down the dividing wall years ago, and now it’s one large house.
His sister has two girls, while he and his wife have two sons and are expecting a third baby. They all live under the same roof, but the house has plenty of room with three extra bedrooms.
Although space isn’t the issue, he struggles to set boundaries with his sister. She constantly asks him and his wife to take care of her girls and take them everywhere.
“She takes ‘needing a break’ to the extreme, and it’s always when the warm weather hits,” he explained.
He believes his sister’s weight plays a role in this, as she is overweight and often has difficulty getting around when it’s warmer.
Now, he and his wife are starting to get stressed out by how often they end up taking their nieces everywhere, on top of having to manage their two boys.
“She’s been asking my wife pretty much daily to take the girls with her every single place she goes,” he said.
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“My wife ends up feeling cornered and just gives in.”
To make matters worse, his sister is not the kind of person who takes ‘no’ for an answer. Things came to a head the other night when his wife got stuck taking their nieces to a concert she had arranged for the boys at the last minute.
They had bought these concert tickets for their son weeks in advance, but unfortunately, he could no longer go after injuring himself.
His wife still took the boys but called him crying after his sister had yelled at her for not immediately offering the spare ticket to her eldest daughter, who is a handful.
His wife took their niece as well but was so overwhelmed by having to handle all three kids and the interaction she had with his sister. So, he knew he had to have a serious conversation with her.
He recently went to his sister and told her she would have to watch his two sons for the upcoming weekend so his wife could get out of the house and relax.
Therefore, she would be making up for all the times his wife had to watch her kids when she didn’t want to.
His sister became defensive, telling him his wife could’ve said no, which he thought was a manipulative response.
Then, he angrily told her that he’d be selling his portion of the house, which meant that she’d have to convert it back into a duplex or sell her portion as well because he was tired of putting up with her.
Since then, his sister has been begging and pleading with him to change his mind and keep their living situation as it is.
She’s suddenly been offering to help care for his kids, but he thinks it’s too late.
Should he give living with his sister another chance or sell his portion of the house?
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