Even the most loving sibling can only give so much before compassion turns into exhaustion.

Imagine dropping everything in your life to help your grieving sister heal, but end up finding yourself trapped in a cycle of blame, guilt trips, and emotional outbursts.

Would you stay to continue showing her love and support? Or would you finally say enough is enough and go home?

In the following story, one sister grapples with this very decision and is unsure what to do.

Here’s what’s going on.

AITA for not wanting my family to treat me as an emotional crutch for my sister?

When my sister lost her husband earlier this year, I immediately flew down and stayed with her for 2 months to support her through it.

I love her, and I have tried to be there in every way I can.

More recently, she had to go somewhere for a few days and asked me to fly down and take care of her dog.

It was supposed to be a four-day visit, but I am still here, and it’s now been over a month again, creeping up on two. It’s reached a point where I feel emotionally exhausted and honestly taken for granted.

Her sister is really hard to handle sometimes.

She gets triggered easily, not just by me but also by our mother (they live separately).

She’s especially reactive when it comes to my husband, who has done absolutely nothing to deserve it. He is thoughtful, gentle, and respectful, but she seems to take issue with almost anything he does.

When I try to clarify that he meant no harm, she says the problem isn’t with him, it’s with me. That I take her for granted.

When I was trying to work, as it’s really hard for me to focus sometimes, she threw a tantrum for not listening to her (which I was).

Unfortunately, her family is pushing her to stay longer.

When I told my husband what she said, “That I treat her like an afterthought, he quietly said that he feels like I take him for granted whenever she is around.

The difference is that he’d never yell at me for it – but she has.

She still refuses to consider therapy, no matter how gently I bring it up.

I have become her emotional crutch, expected to absorb everything, while putting my own life on hold. My family wants me to continue staying here, away from my husband.

AITA?

Yikes! It’s easy to see why she feels like this.

Let’s check out what the folks over at Reddit think she should do about it.

According to this comment, she should go home.

Yet another reader who suggests she go home.

According to this reader, she’s wrong for enabling her sister and neglecting her husband.

Here’s someone who thinks her sister is trying to chase her husband off.

It’s time to step back. She has already tried to be there for her sister, but after so long, it’s affecting her personal life.

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