“So I have flat-out told my sister no, not my problem. She made bad choices and didn’t want to listen to anyone’s advice,” she revealed.
“I suggested she wait until her second child is in school, and she can start working then.”
Well, if you couldn’t have guessed, her sister was infuriated by her refusal to help out and didn’t want to have to wait five or six whole years until she could get back into the workforce. Not to mention, her sister is worried about getting pregnant again before she’s able to leave.
Her family has heard about the situation, too, and they’ve all taken her sister’s side – claiming she should lend a hand. But when she suggested that some of them step up and take on the childcare responsibilities, everyone just made up excuses.
Apparently, her parents are dealing with health problems, and both of her brothers currently live out of state.
She still offered to pay for transportation in order to help her sister move in with one of their brothers. Despite that, they turned her down and said they didn’t have enough space.
“I find it kind of crazy that my sister was so smug about being a cute little trad wife and packing her husband’s lunches and talking about the superiority of their lifestyle to now expecting me to bail her out of her stupid choices,” she vented.
Nonetheless, with her whole family against her on this, she’s unsure if refusing to watch her sister’s children and help her leave her husband really is a jerky move.
Do you think she should support her sister right now, or does her sister need to figure this out on her own? What would you do?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
