{"id":8101,"date":"2025-09-27T21:34:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=8101"},"modified":"2025-09-27T21:34:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T21:34:02","slug":"im-not-responsible-for-my-sisters-finances-im-not-her-atm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=8101","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m Not Responsible for My Sister\u2019s Finances \u2014 I\u2019m Not Her ATM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>I\u2019m 25\u00a0and work as\u00a0<strong>a\u00a0lawyer<\/strong>, but right now, I\u2019m caught in\u00a0a\u00a0serious conflict with my\u00a0family.My\u00a0older sister (27)\u00a0<strong>has never held a\u00a0real job<\/strong>\u2014she\u2019s always been financially dependent on\u00a0our parents. Now, they\u2019ve decided to\u00a0buy her a\u00a0house to\u00a0\u201csecure her future\u201d and asked me\u00a0to\u00a0co-sign her mortgage since I\u2019m financially stable.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>I\u00a0refused. My\u00a0mom immediately lashed out, saying, \u201c<strong>How selfish can you\u00a0be?<\/strong>\u00a0Do\u00a0you want your own sister to\u00a0be\u00a0homeless?\u201d She even threw\u00a0in, \u201cYou owe\u00a0us! You have a\u00a0career because we\u00a0paid for your education.\u201d I\u00a0was so\u00a0stunned that\u00a0I just hung\u00a0up.Later that night, my\u00a0dad called in\u00a0a\u00a0panic,<strong>\u00a0telling me\u00a0my\u00a0mom was furious\u00a0<\/strong>and that\u00a0I needed to\u00a0come home. When I\u00a0arrived, I\u00a0was shocked to\u00a0see<strong>\u00a0my\u00a0belongings packed in\u00a0boxes by\u00a0the door.<\/strong>\u00a0My\u00a0mom told me\u00a0that since\u00a0I didn\u2019t consider them \u201cfamily,\u201d I\u00a0had no\u00a0right to\u00a0keep my\u00a0things in\u00a0their house. She broke down crying, saying she never thought\u00a0I could be\u00a0so\u00a0ungrateful.Despite all this, I\u00a0refuse to\u00a0give\u00a0in. My\u00a0sister is\u00a0an\u00a0adult. She made her choices, and\u00a0I shouldn\u2019t be\u00a0expected to\u00a0fund her life just because\u00a0I worked hard for mine.Am\u00a0I\u00a0being unreasonable?<\/em> <em>\u2014Vanessa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m 25\u00a0and work as\u00a0a\u00a0lawyer, but right now, I\u2019m caught in\u00a0a\u00a0serious conflict with my\u00a0family.My\u00a0older sister (27)\u00a0has never held a\u00a0real job\u2014she\u2019s always been financially dependent on\u00a0our parents. Now, they\u2019ve&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":522,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8106,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8101\/revisions\/8106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}