Would you let a family member move in with you if they asked? What if they had kids too and you didn’t have any extra room?

After a messy breakup, one woman’s sister and her three kids need a place to stay.

The homeowner sets firm boundaries—and the backlash from family begins!

Let’s find out all the details…

AITA for not letting my sister and her kids live in my house?

I 25F am an electrician. I started my apprenticeship at 17 and was hired immediately by my sponsor after I received my license.

The reason I chose a trade was that I grew up in a trailer with my mom and sister, and I have wanted to own a house since I can remember, and being in the trades gave me access to a stable job and access to more money sooner.

A power couple with serious hustle!

My partner, 29F, Thea, is a plumber, and we have scrounged and saved.

In the end we bought land and built a tiny house in the uptown area of our city. It has two bedrooms and one bathroom, one of the bedrooms is our reptile room, as I keep snakes and Thea keeps bearded dragons.

We are child-free and happy in our home.

Her sister needs a safe place to stay.

My Sister “Lucy” 34F, is a waitress and has three kids (M4, M3, M2).

Her husband just left her for a woman my age and she is left without his income to raise all three kids on her own. Her husband bought out her half of the house during the divorce and that left her and the kids living with my mom in the trailer.

I can admit I didn’t grow up in the safest of areas and was carrying a knife when I was a teenager because of the danger. Because of the safety issue, Lucy came to Thea and I and begged us to let her and her sons move in.

She said we would have to get rid of our reptiles or keep them in our room, her sons could have the other bedroom, and she would sleep in our kitchen on an air mattress.

She said nothing about paying us rent or helping around the house.

No to moving in, but OP did try to help in another way.

I told her no, because two toddlers and a little kid who is about to start kindergarten aren’t suitable to be in our home and we don’t want too many people in our house.

She said that we live in a better part of town with better schools and that she needed the help.

I told her we didn’t have the room and that I was sorry, but I could hook her up with some journeymen I know and she could get started on an apprenticeship that pays better than her current job if she needed extra money.

Now the sister is insulting them!

She called my job and Thea’s job “Dirty blue collar trash” and left our home.

She posted about how we wouldn’t let her stay online, and now my relatives are messaging me about, “How could I let a single mother and 3 kids be homeless,” How “they’re your blood,” and “You owe your sister better than that.”

I feel like a complete jerk even though Thea told me I have every right not to want them in our house. AITA?

Why would you let someone move in who insults you and tries to make you look bad? Not cool.

Let’s find out Reddit’s reaction…

This person says the rude online comments really did her in.

This person thinks it was the job comments that were the worst part.

Like, come on. Is being an AH even a question here?

Her sister needs to get a grip!

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