She’s Always Been Expected To Keep Her Twin Brother On Track In School And Make Sure He Doesn’t Fail, But For Their Senior Year, She’s Refusing To Hold His Hand Anymore

“That I have to keep him on track and make sure he passes every time, even barely. It’s been expected of me for years.”

Now, though, both she and her brother are entering their senior year. After graduating high school, her brother plans to attend the police academy with hopes of becoming an officer.

She, on the other hand, wants to major in education. But, aside from her own school studies and extracurriculars, she also has some other serious stuff on her plate right now.

She is currently struggling with an eating disorder and she and her parents are in the process of getting her treatment.

So, with all of this going on, she felt forced to tell her parents that she would not be going out of her way to help her brother nearly as much anymore.

“In my mind, he needs to be able to hold himself accountable, especially in the real world,” she reasoned.

“And he can gradually learn that over the course of this year.”

Nonetheless, her mom did not understand her perspective at all and was actually just furious at her. Her mom claimed that she couldn’t simply abandon her “job” to keep her brother on track and said he would come around once he was older.

Her mom’s pushback has since made her feel a bit guilty, and she wanted to clarify that she doesn’t plan to give up completely on her brother.

She’s still happy to tutor him and be a study buddy when he needs it. However, she’s done dragging him into the dining room to complete his homework, or worse, doing his work by herself.

“But, I do see how this can look selfish, especially during the last year,” she vented.