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Families hold each other accountable, even when things get uncomfortable.

A sister’s well-intentioned intervention about her brother’s behavior toward his young housekeeper makes her question whether she overstepped her bounds.

Read on for the whole story!

AITA for telling my brother that he has to sack his housekeeper if he won’t behave professionally with her?

My (42F) brother (39M) has a live in housekeeper, Vivian.

I believe the girl is 18 or 19.

In our country and particularly our city, housekeepers are in very high demand, especially ones from the same region of our country as Vivian is because they have the best food in the country.

She sets the scene.

My brother got divorced a year ago and got very depressed, so I advised him to hire a housekeeper to help him maintain his daily tasks.

She also helps him by babysitting his two daughters when it is his custody time when he is at work.

I went grocery shopping a few weeks ago with my brother and he picked up a box of chocolates and some flowers for Vivian.

He told me that she was sick and I thought it was very sweet of him.

However, it seems her brother may have ulterior motives.

However, my nieces (my brother’s daughters) told me that their father always hits on Vivian when she is working and he buys her expensive gifts.

Then yesterday, he made an offhand comment about her body when she was bringing some foot to the table when I went to his home to have lunch with him.

She laughed awkwardly and excused herself.

I asked him what he was doing and basically he is attracted to her.

She calls her brother out for this.

I told him that his behaviour with her was not appropriate as he is her employer and if he cannot behave, he should let her go.

When he hired her, her agency said that there were many other families who wanted her because of resume so she will not be left jobless.

I told him that she deserves to have a workplace that is safe.

Her brother takes it very personally.

He was very upset and said I was treating him like a creep and it wasn’t my business.

I left after this and he called me demanding an apology.

I feel like I may have overstepped since he told me Vivian has not complained herself. I feel very bad now.

AITA?

It seems she meant well and only intended to protect her family and the housekeeper.

Redditors chime in with their opinions.

Just because Vivian hasn’t complained doesn’t mean she isn’t uncomfortable.

The author is right for holding this brother accountable for his actions.

This redditor isn’t buying the brother’s excuses.

The housekeeper isn’t the only one impacted by this creepy behavior.

Although their family dynamic may be tense for a while, Reddit agrees that she did the right thing confronting her brother.

After all, impressionable young eyes are watching.

If you thought that was an interesting story, check out what happened when a family gave their in-laws a free place to stay in exchange for babysitting, but things changed when they don’t hold up their end of the bargain.