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Woman Lets Sister Live In Her House For Cheap But Her Generosity Is Not Enough
Woman with worried expression sitting on couch, reflecting on generosity and challenges of letting sister live cheaply.

Woman Lets Sister Live In Her House For Cheap But Her Generosity Is Not Enough

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Few young people are able to buy their own houses nowadays. Owning a home has become a luxury, and only 37% of Americans under 35 being homeowners in 2024 reflects that. Some do get lucky, like the couple in this story — they managed to snatch a house in NYC during the lockdown in 2020.

Currently, they were renting it out to the woman’s little sister, and for cheap, too! However, some toxic family dynamics started coming to light when their mother demanded that she sell the house to her sister. Past traumas, neglect, and years of entitled behavior flooded the woman’s memory, driving her to say a strict “No.”

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    A woman and her husband managed to snatch a house in NYC during the pandemic at a reasonable price

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    But now, her mother demanded that she give away that house to her little sister

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    “I basically grew up to be like her mom from a young age,” the OP said, telling more about her relationship with her little sister

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    Commenters urged her to lower contact with both her mother and her ungrateful sister

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    Kornelija Viečaitė

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    Hi there, fellow pandas! As a person (over)educated both in social sciences and literature, I'm most interested in how we connect and behave online (and sometimes in real life too.) The human experience is weird, so I try my best to put its peculiarities in writing. As a person who grew up chronically online, I now try to marry two sides of myself: the one who knows too much about MySpace, and the one who can't settle and needs to see every corner of the world.

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    Kornelija Viečaitė

    Kornelija Viečaitė

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    Hi there, fellow pandas! As a person (over)educated both in social sciences and literature, I'm most interested in how we connect and behave online (and sometimes in real life too.) The human experience is weird, so I try my best to put its peculiarities in writing. As a person who grew up chronically online, I now try to marry two sides of myself: the one who knows too much about MySpace, and the one who can't settle and needs to see every corner of the world.

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    IORN
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    loved the "maccavilain" :)

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    59 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The saying lucked out does not mean what op thinks it does lmao that means lost out on ,when you get something brilliant it’s GOT LUCKY 🤦‍♀️I keep seeing posts with lucked out on it, 🤣 NTA but op sounds a tad up herself lol

    Natalia Jahooblies
    Community Member
    11 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're wrong, OP used the phrase correctly. Got lucky and lucked out mean the same thing.

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    IORN
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    loved the "maccavilain" :)

    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    59 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The saying lucked out does not mean what op thinks it does lmao that means lost out on ,when you get something brilliant it’s GOT LUCKY 🤦‍♀️I keep seeing posts with lucked out on it, 🤣 NTA but op sounds a tad up herself lol

    Natalia Jahooblies
    Community Member
    11 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You're wrong, OP used the phrase correctly. Got lucky and lucked out mean the same thing.

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