She Just Wanted To Enjoy Her Summer, But She Ended Up Having To Take Care of Her Younger Sibling And Put Up With Her Moody Mom
Being an older sibling can be quite stressful, especially when the age gap between you and your siblings is significant.
One teenager wanted to enjoy her final college before summer but ended up having to help take care of her younger sibling and put up with her moody mom.
She’s 16-years-old and is part of a growing family. She has a 14-year-old brother, Sam, who spent the entire summer with their dad. Her mom is married to her stepfather and had her almost two-year-old half-brother, Ben, in 2021. Now, her mom is eight months pregnant with her second half-sibling.
She wanted an opportunity to relax this summer, but because of her demanding mom and half-brother, she never got one.
“My stepfather works, so for most of the day, it is just me, my mom, and Ben,” she explained.
“I am with Ben in the morning for two hours. During this time, I feed him breakfast, change his diaper, and play with him. I also make my mom coffee and breakfast. My mom sleeps during this time. She wakes up around 9:30 a.m. and eats breakfast. Around 10:00 a.m., I walk my dog. When I get back, I put Ben to sleep. My mom plays on her PC during this time.”
On top of having to spend her summer mornings taking care of her baby brother, she also had a bunch of chores to do, she’d been taking two online courses, and also had to look after her dog, who happens to be sick.
Instead of thanking her for her hard work and help, her mom has continuously picked on her over the summer.
“I don’t know if it’s the pregnancy, but my mom has been extremely mean,” she said.
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“It only takes her five minutes after seeing me to start complaining about something I didn’t do [or] did wrong. She constantly calls me lazy and compares me to kids my age who have driver’s licenses [and] jobs. These are things I want, but I literally do not have the time to because of all my jobs at home.”
She’s hardly been able to have any summer fun. At one point, she wanted to visit Sam at her dad’s house for a week, but her mom told her she had to take care of the dog.
She can’t even have a moment to go to the library, a movie, or the chance to enjoy her college orientation because she gets some kind of added chore or responsibility dumped in her lap.
The other day, her mom noticed she was visibly upset and asked her what was wrong.
“I told her I wasn’t ready to share it, but she threatened to take away my computer, which I paid for and also need for college, so I did,” she recalled.
“I told her I was tired of doing everything for her, that I felt under-appreciated, and that she and Ben ruined my summer.”
Her mom simply told her she could take care of Ben by herself and sent her off to bed. Since then, her mom has been giving her the silent treatment and won’t let her help with Ben.
On the one hand, she’s relieved to have a little time to herself. But on the other, she wonders if she was wrong to snap at her mom like that.
Should she feel guilty, or was she right to tell her mom how she felt?
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