‘I called her a selfish brat’: 16-year-old forced to sacrifice his Christmas gift because his spoiled younger sister wants expensive braces, parents support the Golden Child, and family drama ensues

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Dec 26, 2024 6:00 AM EST

Siblings will always bicker and fight a little, but per the rules of sisterhood and brotherhood, equality and balance are brought to the family through these micro-spats. However, when one kid in the family becomes the Golden Child, suddenly, they become untouchable, tipping the balanced scales in their favor and curating a family of servitude that requires every other family member to yield to their whims. 

 This teenage big brother was tired of bending over backward for his spoiled little sister and finally snapped after his parents asked him to give up on Christmas so that his sister could get what she wanted. 

I cannot fathom the entitlement of a sibling who begs their parents for special treatment, knowing it's a disservice to their brother. Perhaps there's a strange power shift that happened between siblings when the brother got his first job, bringing in petty cash to pay for the gas in his car and the occasional video game. Suddenly little sis wasn't getting all of the attention and dibs on everything in the house, so she had to lash out somehow to recapture everyone's gaze–except this time, it backfired… Holiday-style. 

Keep scrolling for a Christmas family drama that pales your own qualms at home and makes you cherish your flawed siblings–because at least they're nothing like this bratty sister. 

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    AITA for snapping at my sister after my parents asked me to skip a Christmas gift this year so she could get special braces?
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    I (16m) have a younger sister (14f). Our parents always treated us differently because I'm a boy and she's a girl. They really don't want her to ever be disappointed and they'd always ask me to skip stuff or give up something so she could do something else or have something else.
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    Examples of that. If we both got invited to birthday parties on the same day they'd ask me to skip it so she could go to the other, instead of just dropping us off at the different parties. If it was my turn to pick where we ate for dinner and I wanted my favorite,
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    and she complained, they'd ask me to let her pick, even though I didn't like her favorite either. But she was younger and a girl so they thought it was okay. If we went on vacation or to the amusement park close to our town, they'd ask if I minded going
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    last so she could go on rides or do what she wanted to do, and then they'd just never get around to mine. Then if I was given candy or something and she liked it, I'd be asked to give it to her. I did say no sometimes but I was
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    either told I was an older sibling and should or they ignored my no and did what they wanted to anyawy. Because of this my sister expected this and she became so spoiled. It only got worse when I
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    started babysitting two years ago and making money. I was asked to buy her something she wanted or to give her some money. And of course saying no was a waste of time again.
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    My sister needs braces now. She doesn't want the regular ones. I was told she's not getting Invisalign either but there's some special braces she won't mind wearing but they cost a lot. She complained when our parents
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    said they didn't have the money and she complained so hard that she even said they shouldn't give me anything for Christmas this year to afford it. So of course my parents asked me if I was okay with not getting a gift this year so she could have those braces. I
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    started to say no and they started talking over me so I said you basically f you and do what you want because I don't count. My sister was trying to say something about it and I pointed right at her face and told her to ☐ talking to me. I stop
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    called her a spoiled and selfish brat and I said I don't want her to be my sister, I said I'm older but it doesn't mean she should always come first. She argued back at first and I told her to stay away from me and she can f..... off with our parents. I was mad.
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    My parents tried to yell at me that same night but I was so mad they stopped. But the next day they told me snapping at my sister was wrong and I shouldn't say yes if I mean no. So I said no and they said saying no doesn't work.
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    I told them to f my stuff for over a week for off. They took talking to them like that and they lectured me again for taking it out on my sister. AITA?
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    TarzanKitty Your parents are TERRIBLE parents and your sister is the product of their work.
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    Ok_Childhood_9774 NTA, and I would just refuse to participate in any more family (and by this I mean little sister) activities. Make other plans, stay in your room, or just refuse to engage. If they protest, just tell them you're ensuring their only child gets her way.
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    Proper Rush_9367 Keep doing what you're doing. Maybe it'll eventually sink in that they're losers that are enabling your sister's pathetic and entitled behaviour.
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    KateMaxwell1 NTA.. OP is there someone outside of your parents you can turn to? Like you grandparents or a friend? You're being slowly shunted out of your family because of your sister.. I've been in your shoes and now my family wonder why I dont talk to them!
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    You'll need to find someone to talk to, someone that is not connected to your family .. maybe a school Councillor or something, cause this will cause trauma down the line
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    Illustrious Fox_3644 OP I talk to my friends about it. I have two who want to get away from families too and we talk about sticking together and working our | off to find a place when we turn 18. Another friend who has good parents wants to join us since we've always been close as a group and his parents are great to us so they'll help when the time comes.
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