‘She asked if she could stay with me again “just for a bit.” I told her no right away’: Older sister refuses to host her sister again after a “two-week” breakup stay turned into 9 rent-free months of mess, borrowed clothes, and eaten groceries

• AITJ for refusing to let my sister move in after she treated my place like a free hotel last time?

  

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• Now a new housing issue pops up and the old pattern knocks on the door again. Same sister, same request, same casual script. Just for a bit. No mention of money, chores, or how last time ended in public guilt posts and family drama. Mom applies emotional pressure from the sidelines, and the family group chat suddenly discovers the word selfish at the exact moment boundaries show up. None of them offered their own couch.  

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• So the offer this time is clean. Help finding a place. Help with movers. No free rerun of the 9-month residency. In this particular family, love is loud, but memory is short. Sometimes, the kindest thing a sister can do for everyone involved is keep the door locked and the phone on mute.

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