My sister has never put much thought into how she’s going to afford to be alive. She doesn’t have ambition.
Ever since she was little, when asked what she wants to be, she’d jokingly answer that her plan is to be a stay at home mom. She’s still saying it, but now she isn’t joking.
She doesn’t even have that much experience with kids! She’s never baby sat.
Recently she’s been telling family members she’s going to nursing school which is amazing! I wanted to talk to about it and praise her.
I visited home last weekend (she still lives with my parents) and asked her what her plans are — in a sisterly way not in a “this is a setup to lecture you way”. She said she’s been lying to the the family and that she plans to keep working her minimum wage job until she meets a man she wants to settle down with. From there the conversation went like this:
Me (irritated): there are no Prince Charming in real life, Rosie
Rosie (irritates): yea ... I know ... I’m not looking for a Prince Charming. I want to find a man to raise up.
Me: but you are. You want someone to come take over your life because you don’t have the motivation to do better on your own. If your whole life’s goal is to find a man to love you, it’s going to push you into the arms of the wrong kind of man. Also, how are you gonna “raise up” a man if you can’t even raise yourself up? Do you want to be like mom?
Rosie: no! I’m not going to be like mom! I’m going to do it better! I saw what she did and now I can do better!
Me: well do better but improving yourself before you get knocked up. You don’t remember but from 8 until 13 I watched you and (brother) every night while mom partied until 3 because she got pregnant too early, didn’t have time for herself, and resented us. That’s going to be you.
My sister was crying at this point said fuck you, and left.
My dad overheard and said I was too rough and she didn’t need to hear all that.
I think I was justified. Sometimes you have to be mean to get things through a person’s head.
AITA?
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[–]Colvin76[S] 9 points10 points11 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Yep. We live in a clown world.
[–]edgysecularist10 points11 points12 points (1 child) | Copy Link
"Ever since she was little, when asked what she wants to be, she’d jokingly answer that her plan is to be a stay at home mom. She’s still saying it, but now she isn’t joking. "
They're are all grown up children after all, AWALT
[–]Ginsuisenjin2 points3 points4 points (0 children) | Copy Link
im so fucking worried about my 1 yo sister im so fucking dead
[–]realChebz4 points5 points6 points (0 children) | Copy Link
She'll get knocked up by some Chad, then find some beta buck to support her and Chad's kid, then resent him. All too familiar...
[–]Greeneyeball674 points5 points6 points (0 children) | Copy Link
Can we all just stop and realize how many beta men use r/AmITheAsshole