On a popular forum, Reddit, a man turned for advice to see if he was wrong for asking his sister and her twin daughters to leave his home.
The story begins when his sister, having just separated from her husband, needed a place to stay. Along with her 16-year-old twin daughters, she moved in with the man and his wife. At that time, he and his wife were facing their own challenges. His wife had been battling cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. Despite their personal struggles, they welcomed his sister and nieces into their home.
During her treatment, his wife had lost her hair and felt very self-conscious. To help her regain her confidence, she wore a wig. Her husband was very supportive, always there to boost her spirits and make her feel beautiful again.
The man’s teenage nieces were fascinated by the wig and wanted to play with it, asking if they could curl or straighten it. However, the man’s wife was not comfortable with them doing so, as she was not ready to be seen without it. She had politely refused their requests.
One day, as the man returned home, he heard his wife crying from behind a closed door. Distressed, she eventually told him that his nieces had taken her wig without permission and then refused to give it back. When she approached them, they laughed at her and started recording her with their phones.
This left her feeling deeply humiliated, prompting her to lock herself in their room and avoid coming out.
Feeling devastated by their behavior.
The man confronted his sister and nieces in the kitchen. The girls handed back the wig, saying they meant no harm and were just playing a prank. The man was upset and asked his sister to discipline them, but she downplayed the incident, saying everyone was overreacting. This only fueled his frustration.
Despite knowing they had nowhere else to go, he made a tough decision.
Their behavior was absolutely hurtful, especially after they’d shown them such hospitality. Therefore, he decided they needed to leave.
“I later informed them about the eviction since they thought I wasn’t serious, and they started crying, begging that I let it go,” he recounted. His sister was in tears, pleading with him to reconsider, but he stood firm.
She also got their father involved, hoping he would persuade his son not to make them leave.
The man wanted to know if he was overreacting, as his sister claimed, or if standing up for his wife was justified.
Users on Reddit chimed in with their thoughts. One user remarked, “NTA. They’re 16, old enough to know better and understand that actions have consequences,” emphasizing the teenagers’ accountability for their disrespect.
Someone else commented, “If my son did that at 16, I would flush his phone down the can, lock up the keys to the car, and ground him until he’s 25.”
“How would they feel if someone shaved THEIR heads and started filming and laughing?” another user pondered, criticizing the girls’ rudeness and commending the man for his initial kindness in letting them stay.
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