So my sister just dropped huge news on me. She came over a couple of weeks ago all giddy and announced she\u2019s pregnant. At first, I smiled and hugged her because\u2026 well, new life and all that. But then she told me who the dad is. It\u2019s a married man.
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Apparently, she\u2019s been seeing him for months, and she actually said to me, with a straight face, \u201cthis baby will make him leave his wife.\u201d Like\u2026 what?? I literally froze. I told her straight up she\u2019s on her own, I\u2019m not getting involved while she waits for some guy to walk out on his family.
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Fast forward to today. I get this random text from an unknown number. No hello, no intro. Just something like this: \u201cSince you don\u2019t support your sister, don\u2019t bother showing up when the baby\u2019s born. Family stands together.\u201d I\u2019m 99% sure this is the guy. Who else would text me something like that?
The entitlement blew my mind. Like, sir, you already have a wife and probably kids. Maybe you should focus on them before trying to recruit me into this mess?
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Now my mom is blowing up my phone too, saying \u201ca baby is innocent, you can\u2019t punish it for the parents\u2019 mistakes.\u201d And yeah, I get that. But at the same time, I can\u2019t enable this situation. It feels like everyone wants me to step in as the \u201cresponsible one\u201d because they know my sister is very chaotic.
\u00a9 RDNE Stock project \/ Pexels<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t know, y\u2019all. I feel guilty because obviously the baby didn\u2019t ask to be born into this mess, but I also don\u2019t think I should destroy my boundaries just because of \u201cfamily.\u201d Am I wrong here? Should I just bite my tongue for the sake of the baby, or stand firm and keep my distance?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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