'Entitled as hell': Internet backs woman after sister demands entire parental home to herself and kids
The internet is fuming on behalf of a woman whose sister is demanding more space for her and her three kids in their parent's house, even after she got a whole floor for her family. The scenario was posted by u/CategoryEquivalent95 on Reddit's popular forum 'Am I The A**hole' where it garnered almost 5k upvotes and 500 comments from fellow Redditors.
In the Reddit post titled, "AITAH for locking my sister and her kids out of the basement (my room)?", A 26-year-old woman and her sister, 32, moved back home at the same time due to COVID. The Original Poster (OP) works from home while her sister, who has three kids, lost her job. "Because she has three kids, she made a big stink to keep the entire second floor to her and her kids. I got 'stuck' with the creepy, musky basement because of her."
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'My sister is raising hell about how I shouldn't get so much space to myself'
But the arrangement worked out well for the woman since she's "very introverted, and nobody wanted to go down to the creepy, unfinished, spider-infested basement." She continues, "So it worked. I spent every month since trying to finish the basement. I finished the floor with epoxy. Fixed the water heater on my own dime. Got a split-unit for heating/cooling. Exterminated. Then I installed some nice track lighting. Got a mini-fridge and foos ball table. Now it's my own personal clubhouse."
She further writes, describing the main issue, "Until recently, when I noticed someone was stealing my energy drinks and messing with my game consoles. Nobody confessed. So I bought a lock and key for both doors, gave my dad the only spare (it's his house), and locked up on Thursday, so I could go to an office meeting. That's when we found out it was my nephew, because he left his stuffed toy in there and apparently whined all day until my dad got home and let him in. Now my sister is raising hell about how I shouldn't get so much space to myself since I don't have kids; that I don't pay enough rent to justify it; that nothing in this arrangement is fair and she is demanding that I leave the space open as a family room."
She ends the post with, "Things got heated and I called her kid a filthy brat, because he is. He gets mud everywhere. Never washes his hands. And he's broken just about every console she's ever gotten the kids. And now she wants me kicked out of the house. AITAH?"
'She is entitled as hell'
Redditors called the woman NTA (Not The A**hole) in comments. One user wrote, "NTA. You had an arrangement. She got the second floor, you got the basement. The lock is a great idea, I love it. Don’t engage in the argument, it’s not her house, it’s your dad’s. So, as long as your dad isn’t asking for you to leave, just go grey rock over her complaints. Don’t fight, just ensure you’re good with your dad and ignore her. Maybe consider keeping the door locked when you’re there too, if she’s gonna raise a fuss.
Another user chimed in with, "NTA. She is entitled as hell. Wow. However, the only solution that I can see is moving out, so I would get started on that if I were you."
A third user added, "NTA at all. Your sister and her kids are not entitled to your hard work. Shoot her words right back at her: "It's not fair that you get the entire 2nd floor to yourselves and forced me into the basement until it's convenient for you." I hate parents who think they're allowed to get away with anything just because they have kids. Your sister is a bigger brat than her kids, it seems. Tell her if she doesn't like it, she can leave."
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