Being the sibling with the most free time on their hands is a risky reputation to have.

One man was living off a modest family trust and working to get his career unstuck after a few bad breaks since graduating.

His brothers and sisters, still in school and headed for brighter prospects, noticed he wasn’t doing much, at least on paper, and drew a conclusion.

In their math, his low opportunity cost meant he should take over their errands and care duties, and refusing would make him the bad guy.

He didn’t like being drafted as the family errand boy, and understandably so.

Sometimes “available” is just another word for “undervalued.”

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AITA for refusing to support my siblings’ careers?

For context, we all benefit from a small trust fund (I acknowledge we are very lucky). It’s just about enough to survive off of with no job, but nothing luxurious.

He gives some context.

I (27M) graduated a while ago and made a few career mess-ups, and it is absolutely true that my upwards potential is much lower than my siblings’, who are all still in school, which means I have the lowest opportunity cost of the four of us.

But his siblings have soon taken advantage of this fact.

They argued that since I benefit from the trust fund and have the lowest opportunity cost, I would be an AH to not accept their delegating errands and care duties to me, since I am “not doing anything” (not by my own will, I’m trying to get unstuck too).

He doesn’t like this idea at all and isn’t prepared to squander his potential.

If I accept, I would have even less time available to work on (fix) my own career. I don’t like the implication that I can’t stop for any reason without being expected to be their errand boy.

I still have ambitions. I don’t want to give up if I have even 1% chance left.

AITA for refusing to support my siblings?

These siblings need a massive wake-up call.

What did Reddit have to say?

If they’re swimming in money, why can’t they just hire someone?

This commenter calls it what it is: just plain toxic.

Even if he was doing nothing with his life, that doesn’t make him at his siblings’ beck and call.

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This user thinks it all depends on what kind of chores his siblings are asking him to do.

This brother is trying to dig himself out of a hole while three siblings hand him a bucket of errands.

Sure, his siblings are in school, which is a full-time job of its own, but being unemployed and rebuilding a career is still work.

And that’s what his family clearly doesn’t understand.