Doesn’t this sound like a deal?
You buy a house and I get to live in it!
It’s a win-win for everyone, right?
Well, maybe not…
While you contemplate that deal, check out this story from AskReddit’s “Am I The A**hole?” page.
AITA for refusing to give my house to my sister?
“So me and my boyfriend recently bought a house together.
We’re both 25, and we were able to buy a house relatively early since houses aren’t too expensive where I am. We also live with our 6 month old Bernadoodle Puppy, and our 5 year old Bulldog who we rescued. We don’t plan on having children, so the primary reason’s for buying a house was to have room for ourselves and our dogs. I should note that my parents are supportive of my decision.
My sister, who is 26, is not childfree however. She currently has a 1 year old daughter, and recently found out that she is pregnant again. Last week, she called me to ask if she could live in our house. She offered to pay £1200 per month in rent, so that we could rent out a nice place of our own.
I asked why she wanted to do this, and she explained that she wants room for her children (our house has 4 bedrooms, which is quite large for a house in the UK). I explained to her that as much as I would like to be able to help her, me and my boyfriend worked hard to buy a house, so we didn’t want to leave and go back to renting. She immediately got really pi**y with me.
She said that I’m “selfish” for buying a house when I don’t want kids, when there are so many families, such as hers, who could use my house. She also critiqued me for buying a bernadoodle puppy (side note: we would’ve rescued if we could, however, none of the rescues in our area had a bernadoodle, so we made sure to buy from a reputable breeder).
After I told her that she wouldn’t be getting to live in my house, she told me that me and my husband will never have a family, regardless of how many “mutts” we fill it with. I haven’t spoken to her since.
Today, my father called me. I told him about how ridiculous my sister was being, however, he sided with her, although, not nearly as crazily. He said that I should “think about it”, since I’d be doing my sister a “favour.”
AITA for not doing this for my sister?”
Now take a look at what Reddit users had to say about this.
This reader said it sounds like the sister needs to be a more responsible person…I agree.
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Another person said that even if the sister did live in the house, you know it wouldn’t be pretty…
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An individual agreed and said the person who wrote the post would most likely end up covering ALL expenses.
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And lastly, another reader said that it’s obvious that the sister is able to support herself, it just doesn’t seem like she wants to.
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