My Sister Said: "Send Me $3,000 To Rent An Apartment" I Replied: "Get A Job" - Best Reddit Stories

My Sister Said: "Send Me $3,000 To Rent An Apartment" I Replied: "Get A Job" - Best Reddit Stories
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My Sister, The "Golden Daughter," Said: "Send Me $3,000 To Rent An Apartment." I Replied: "Get A Job." 5 Minutes Later, My Parents Called Me And Said They Were Going To Call The Police, I Just Laughed And Did Something They Didn't Expect...
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I’m Lucas, twenty-nine, lifelong background character to my parents’ “golden daughter,” Samantha. Growing up she got the pink bike and instant replacements; I got the garage-sale bike and lectures about “building character.” That dynamic followed us into adulthood. I worked in IT, bought a small house, and kept bailing everyone out — Sam’s car and rent, my parents’ roof, utilities, Dad’s truck. When Sam texted demanding three thousand dollars for an apartment, I finally said no. My parents threatened to call the police, so I cut off every autopayment and card on file and waited. The fallout came fast: bounced bills, a truck held at the shop, and Sam spiraling from couch-surfing to being kicked out after pawning a friend’s electronics. I refused to rescue her. When she showed up at my work wrecked and desperate, I didn’t give money — I handed her job listings and shared-rental options. Weeks later she texted that she’d gotten a job. Meanwhile my parents called to apologize, started budgeting, and even took me to dinner on their dime. Sam kept working, moved into a shared place, and leveled up to shift supervisor. With everyone paying their own way, my life got quiet, my savings grew, and I realized the point wasn’t to hurt them — it was to stop enabling them. The sweetest outcome was watching them finally stand on their own.
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