Man Throws Sister Out After She Intentionally Destroyed A Novel He Has Been Working On Since He Was A Kid

Boundaries are important.

Jesse

• Published in Interesting
• March 26, 2023

Sharing a living space with other people is not always the easiest thing. This is because it requires some understanding and respect between both parties. 

For example, housemates should respect each other’s privacy and boundaries to keep the home peaceful. When this doesn’t happen, conflicts occur.

Unfortunately, there are a host of individuals out there who make for terrible housemates. They never do their share of the chores or respect other people’s items.

We found a Redditor who threw his sister out of his house for this very reason.

OP shared on the AITA subreddit that his younger sister was finding it difficult to get a house, so she broke into his car and slept there one night.

When he found her, he asked her to come in and allowed her to stay with him for a while. This was working well for them until he came home from work and found that she had ripped the sci-fi world-building project that he’d been writing since he was 15 up.

He got upset, and her response to his question of why she had done it made it even worse. OP then asked her to leave his house, and she left crying. 

When his parents heard about what had happened, they questioned OP’s reaction, leading him to ask the critical AITA question.

Scroll down to see what other Redditors thought!

The story in detail...

OP decided to house his sister after it was evident that she was finding it difficult to get a roof over her head. Unfortunately, she repaid his gesture by destroying something valuable to him

OP confronted his sister, and all she could do was show lack of empathy, neither did she tender an apology

Consequently, OP sent his sister packing. Now, she has nowhere to stay, because even their parents are not willing to house her either

The post went viral, garnering over 3k upvotes and more than 500 comments. Let's see what the Reddit community had to say about this story:

"It strikes me that there is something very toxic about your sister and letting her stay would only end up badly for you."

"Unless you're a "keep my enemies closer" kind of guy, I'd go no contact with her."

Mom and Dad might need to come and pick up their daughter

"Her own parents wouldn't take her in? That's saying something."

"She’s using you and disrespecting you"

"She deliberately destroyed a project you had been working on for years. I would have done more then kick her out."

"She's an adult who made her own bed. Let her sleep on it."

"Your sister sounds like she has mental health challenges that create extreme combativeness with others"

"This is very odd behavior. I’m not an expert, so I won’t label it, but I think you’re wise to put some distance there, and certainly boundaries."

"In the future, always chose your writing projects over family who have fallen on hard times."

"It's best you go very low contact or NC with her, and possibly with your parents as well. Sounds like they're still enabling her but don't want to put up with the consequences of them doing so"

The commenters gave OP the enviable title of NTA. According to them, his sister did not respect his privacy and had no right to tear up something so valuable to him.

They also stated that it was unfair that his parents didn’t want to take his sister in but expected him to, even after what she did. Seems they don't want to bear the consequences of enabling her.

Do you think OP’s reaction was appropriate or could he have handled things a little better? Let us know in the comments below!

Jesse