25-year-old woman abruptly moves out of shared apartment because of 23-year-old sister's dangerous pranks

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Oct 18, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

Siblings… Really, what is there that isn't to be said? They can be your best friends, your fiercest competitors, or just the most awful people you've ever had the displeasure of being acquainted with. 

This 25-year-old woman moved in with her 23-year-old sister, giving up her perfectly good apartment just to move in with her sister when her sister relocated to the city for work. Difficulties began to rise, and trouble brewed when her sister began performing "harmless" pranks. They started small with simple gaslighting and reorganization of belongings but escalated quickly to dangerous pranks, lighting items on fire, and even getting the woman arrested by telling neighbors that she was the sister's "stalker."

Not only is this sister being a terrible sister, by nature of their arrangement, but she's also being a terrible roommate, causing distress and actual danger to the person she's living with. The generation that was raised watching infuriatingly immature YouTube vloggers doing "pranks" for clicks on unsuspecting bystanders really needs to realize that you can't go around doing this in everyday life without serious consequences. And if pranks aren't fun and funny for everyone, they're really not funny at all—just annoying disturbances.

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    AITA for abruptly moving out because I can't stand my sister's pranks anymore? I (25F) live with my sister (23F) in a shared apartment. I had initially moved to this city for work and lived alone in a rental for six months. When my sister relocated to this city for a job, we decided to move somewhere between our offices. The lease is under her name because I sublet my previous place to a friend, since I still had 6 months left on my contract.
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    At first, the pranks were minimal and it didn't bother me so much. Think somewhere along the lines of hiding my toothbrush or tickling my feet while I was sleeping. It was also new because she never really did things like this when we were growing up.
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    A few weeks later, the pranks started escalating. She would pour water on me when I was sleeping to see my reaction. She rearranged everything in my drawers, it took me hours to clean it up. She even lit a piece of cloth on fire then burst out laughing when I began panicking.
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    My final straw was last week. She showed new neighbours who hadn't met me yet pictures of me and said I was her stalker, told them to keep an eye out. A few days later, the new neighbours spotted me walking to my door. A few minutes later, 2 cops are knocking on my door and arresting me for breaking into the place because that's what the new neighbours told them.
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    I had to wait at the police station for hours until my sister came in to clear things up. I was so angry, I just started crying. I couldn't take it anymore. I didn't feel safe in my home anymore. And my sister still thought it wasn't that big of a deal because I didn't """really""" get arrested.
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    I called in sick to work the next day, waited for my sister to leave then packed my clothes and checked into a hotel for the night. Came back the next morning to get the rest of my belongings and some furniture I could stuff into the back of my car and moved out. I'm staying in my old apartment now with my friend while I sort things out. Texted my sister to let her know I'm done and that she can keep whatever I left behind.
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    Now my sister is bombarding me with calls and texts. At first it was just tears and apologies, she said she went too far this time and swore up and down that she would stop. When I didn't respond, she turned hostile and started calling me an
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    My dad stepped in today and called to tell me that while he disagrees with her pranks, I shouldn't have left my sister high and dry, especially with the rent payments, now that I wont be contributing to half of it anymore. My sister thinks I'm an for putting her in this situation and making her finances suffer. AITA here for just leaving without a heads up? My dad says I could have at least given her a month's notice so she could get things in order.
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    UPDATE: I have spoken to some friends and they are all in agreement with what most of you have suggested: this may be a TikTok thing. However, I can't find anything on the app when I search for her common usernames. Dad did not know I was in the police station, she conveniently left that part out. He is fully on my side now and is refusing to help her with the rent. To clarify as well, police did not arrest my sister for wasting their time as she has nothing to do with the complaint. Neighbours
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    OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the I think I may the : here because I just packed up and left without letting her know. So now my sister has to cover the entire rent for the apartment by herself. Rent is 2500 a month and she makes around 3000 after taxes.
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    Lisbei • 21h ago. I don't get how this can be real. How was your sister not arrested once she came to "clear things up?" The police were all WHAT A PRANKSTER THIS IS HILARIOUS?? If this is real NTA. Tell your dad he can help her with the rent. Go no contact with your family.
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    . Traveling-Techie 21h ago Tell me she's the Golden Child without telling me she's the Golden Child. NTA
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    • TeenySod 21h ago NTA Although I do have to ask why on earth you didn't give her notice when she kept waking you up as a "joke" or messed up your things. This is not acceptable adult behaviour. If this is real, stand your ground. Getting you arrested isn't funny.
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    WaywardHistorian... • 20h ago • NTA The end result of your sister's constant barrage of aggressive and antagonistic behaviors towards you was for you to feel unsafe in your own home. This is on her.
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    Some of the "pranks" you described are things abusive partners do to their victims. She is also showing "abusive ex" style behaviors with her tears and apologies shifting into hostility and name calling. This is also on her.
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    As for your dad, ask him why he doesn't want you to feel safe in your own home. Lather, rinse and repeat that you don't feel safe living with her to him. Keep repeating this to him even if you're sick of saying it. I suggest you mute rather than block your sister, and possibly extend this to your dad if he keeps insisting that you need keep living in an unsafe place. (If you mute, she's very likely to leave a text trail of incriminating statements, and documentation is your friend, here.)
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    • embopbopbopdoo... 20h ago. NTA Tell dad that when he gets taken to the police station because of a 'prank' your sister pulls, he will have every right to forgive her. But that you don't. While you're at it, make it clear that this wasn't the first time she went too far. She crossed that line a LONG time ago.
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    And if all that fails, tell him that you're just pranking your sister right now and you'll decide when you're done with the prank. But that you won't let it get as far as a police station.
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    • Apprehensive_War... 20h ago. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. That last "prank" could have gotten you killed. What if the neighbor was overzealous and thought they were protecting a single woman living alone & responded with a weapon not a call to police? Foh. Dad can help pay her rent. NTA
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    lejosdecasa • 20h ago. NTA She sounds insufferable. And living with her sounds awful. If she didn't want the person who was paying half the rent. (who wasn't on the lease) to move out, maybe she should have been nicer.
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    Stormy111161 • 20h ago NTA. Your sister and your Dad are real pieces of work. You did not put your sister in this position, she put herself in this position. Your Dad only disagrees with her pranks and thinks you should have given her a month to continue to torture you. What the ?????????????
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    CapButchFlowerz Oh • 20h ago. no. NTA. She repeatedly traumatised you for a giggle!!! She got you arrested!!! It's good that she apologised. But then she completely negated that by turning it back around on you. She's having financial troubles because of her own actions, and she has to pay the consequences.
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