Growing up with siblings: When it’s good, it’s good, but when it’s bad – well, it’s horrible.

After his popular (and kinda lazy) twin broke her leg, she decided that instead of being self-sufficient, she was going to force her twin brother to be at her beck and call.

Read on to see how this story shakes out.

AITA for telling my sister I am done being her caregiver?

I (16M) have a twin sister (16F), let’s refer to her as Lara.

Lara and I have completely different personalities, but for the most part, we used to get along until high school.

Since Lara is an outgoing person, she barely studies, if at all, and is obsessed with TikTok and stuff.

Her brother has much different priorities.

On the other hand, I’m not as outgoing as her. I still go out with friends, but only during holidays, and we usually do activities like basketball. You get the gist.

He’s better at school too, so he’s usually made to help pick up his sister’s slack.

Due to her dismal academic performance compared to mine, I’m always made to tutor her by my mom.

My dad knows about this, but he’s busy with work all the time and traveling for different meetings, so he isn’t really involved in this situation. My mom is a SAHM.

But his sister isn’t exactly the easiest person to tutor.

I don’t mind teaching her, except that every time I try, she always manages to throw a fit or tantrum, and I get blamed if she does badly on a test. So, I gave up.

But soon she falls victim to an injury, which exacerbate her learned helplessness issues.

Next, she managed to fracture herself at a friend’s house. Apparently, she slipped and missed the landing and ended up in a cast.

According to the doctor, it should take approximately 2 months for her to recover and have the cast removed.

Except she wasn’t actually helpless, she just didn’t want to put in the work.

They taught her how to use crutches at the hospital, but admittedly, she wasn’t the best with them.

Our house is two stories tall, and there’s a staircase to go up to our bedrooms. She wants me to carry her all the time.

Now, this isn’t an issue for me. I’m 5’11, she’s 5’7, and I’m much heavier than her.

His sister forced him to help, lest he suffer the consequences.

The problem is that I’m not free all the time, nor does she want to make the effort to use her crutches.

For the past 1-2 weeks, I relented and had to do as she told me.

Otherwise, she would threaten to complain to our mom, who’s busy with her own social life and gets fed up when we complain to her.

However, she always takes out the blame on me.

One day, he finally had enough of being her servant.

The last straw was when she called for me to take her downstairs to drink water while I was on a call with a friend, finishing a group project due the next day.

I had enough.

He tries sticking up for himself, but it backfires.

After the call, I went to her room and told her I’m not her caregiver all the time, and she needs to do stuff herself.

Guess what she did?

She called for Mom, and I got into trouble again.

AITA?

This is unjust!

What did Reddit think?

This commenter can’t see how their mother could be so clueless.

His twin could, you know, use her own brain to learn how to use the crutches herself.

Let’s not let the father get away totally scot-free here.

Even someone also currently on crutches doesn’t have much sympathy for the sister.

While his twin sister may have evaded responsibility once again, he can at least take solace in the fact Reddit is on his side.

Siblings are supposed to lift each other up, not drag each other down!

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.