She’s No Longer Paying For Her Sister’s Tuition After She Called Her Jealous For Never Getting To Go To College
This 24-year-old girl has three sisters who have been living with her for the last five years since their mom is not altogether there mentally.
Her sisters are 19, 13, and 4. She actually didn’t know about her youngest sister until she was 2-years-old, and one of her family members reached out to say she was concerned for the little girl.
Last fall, her oldest sister Emmy went off to college. Thankfully, financial aid covered a lot of her sister’s college tuition, so she paid the remaining $6,000.
She also told Emmy she would give her $50 a month as spending money, and Emmy was able to live in the dorms and have a meal plan.
“I agreed to pay that money for my sister because, at the time, I really didn’t want her taking out any loans,” she explained.
“I didn’t get the opportunity to go to college. I have been working since I was pretty young, and I had my siblings, so there was no way I could juggle a job that would sustain us and college.”
“Now, my sister called me a few days ago and asked for $100 to go out with her friend. I said I don’t have it.”
Emmy got upset and pointed out how the $50 a month she gives her doesn’t pay for much, but again, Emmy’s housing and meals are all paid for.
She informed Emmy for the fifth time that she should get a job if she wants extra spending money.
Jacob Lund – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Well, Emmy didn’t like that and had some nasty things to say to her in response to the suggestion that she start working.
“She told me I wanted to ruin her college experience because I am uneducated and didn’t get the chance to go to college, so I am placing my anger on her because I am jealous of her,” she said.
“We even argued for a hot minute; she even asked me what I was spending my money on, and I asked her if she knew how much she knew it was to maintain our youngest sister.”
“She said she was in school half the day. My younger sister is in daycare; public school is free, but daycare is not. I need to work, and in order for me to work, I have to pay an outrageous amount to leave her in daycare.”
Emmy simply acted like her having to support all of their siblings is magically easy. She says this is hardly the first time that Emmy has acted selfishly.
She has previously told Emmy to apply to be an RA so her housing will be free, but Emmy refused to even try.
Anyway, she argued for a bit with Emmy about how her position is selfish, thinking she spends her money on something other than providing for all of them. It’s not cheap for her to pay for herself and all of her siblings, and she found it disappointing that Emmy couldn’t manage to recognize that. Finally, she relented and ended their conversation.
“I told her I was so jealous that I was not going to pay for tuition ever again, and when she comes home, she can get a summer job to maintain herself or take out a loan,” she continued.
“I don’t know why I am working myself thin and exhausting myself for someone who doesn’t even appreciate it. I told her I wasn’t joking and was dead serious and hung up. She sent me some apologies after.”
“Am I being [a jerk] and cutting her off (she will still always have a place in my home; I am not leaving her homeless), or is she just a teenager and am being childish?”
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