Rebecca, a 30-year-old woman, has recently written a letter to us to share her scandalous family story concerning about her younger sister. Here’re the details of the complicated situation between the sisters.
Both sisters had a certain agreement which they had to keep.
Rebecca, a 30-year-old woman, complained about her younger sister, Anna, who’s 20 years old and who’s a university student at the moment.
The woman wrote, “I let my sister Anna live with us while she attends the university. In return, we agreed that she must pay us $500 a month. The sum of $500 covers her room, the utility bills, and her food. I believe it’s very fair. She also does some domestic chores and helps us with our 2 kids. That was our initial agreement. We even wrote everything down on paper, so there was no further confusion.”
Rebecca explained, “My understanding is that room and board at Anna’s school is around $1,200 a month for shared accommodation. And it is only available during the 8 months of school. So living here costs her $6,000 a year as opposed to $9,600 for 8 months and then 4 months living with our mom and stepdad. This agreement worked well for two years. She is a perfect student and a good kid.”
The relationship between sisters has recently started to grow tense.
Rebecca said, “Recently, Anna and I had a huge conflict, where I think she’s totally in a wrong, but our parents judge me hard for my opinions. The thing is that Anna now has a boyfriend and their relationship is quite serious.
Of course, Anna wants to go out more and to spend more time with her boyfriend, I can totally understand it. But together with this, my sister has started complaining about watching the kids every other Saturday night so my husband and I can have a date night. This provoked a huge misunderstanding between us.”
Rebecca explained, “As far as we have this agreement and her university studies aren’t over yet, I insisted that Anna must stick to it. I also suggested to her that I could find a babysitter, but that would mean she’ll be responsible for paying them, since she was initially supposed to watch the kids. Now Anna is mad at me, and she is complaining that with her paying the babysitter, it is using up all of her income.”
Rebecca is being criticised by all of her family members now.
The woman wrote, “Anna was mad at me because of my suggestion, and she obviously thought I was using her. She fumed and said she would stay on her university campus next year. I said it was no problem for me, and I also told her that was a really great idea. This way she would get her freedom and I will get my hobby room back.”
Rebecca complained, “I faced a wave of criticism from all members of my family. My parents called me and said that my sister wasn’t my unpaid nanny. They insisted that we are sisters, and we must help each other for free. My mother said that I must let Anna leave in our house now for free, and I shouldn’t lay my claims on her finance.
I told them that we had an agreement and that Anna was satisfied with everything, but they wouldn’t listen. I also informed my parents that I had already agreed that she could live on campus next semester, and this was the moment when my mom went furious and said she would cut ties with me.”
Rebecca added, “I came home yesterday and found Anna packing her things. She didn’t even tell me where she was going to live, she preferred to keep it a secret. Then she said I was being a bad and mean person because that would increase the amount they are paying for her, and that four months away from her job and boyfriend was cruel. I’m kind of torn. We had a deal and I think it was fair.”
