Woman Cuts Off All Ties With Family After Insensitive Prank, She Refuses to Forgive Them After Years of Humiliation Despite Guilt-tripping Messages: 'I don’t see how I can trust them again'

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    faked the letter and thought it would be hilarious to see my reaction. I burst into tears, which only made them laugh harder. They even recorded the whole thing on their phones to post on social media.
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    r/Am/TheJerk Spiritual-Ad5091 AITA for cutting all contact with my family because of a prank?
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    So I have posted a story on here before and I got some pretty good advice so please help. Here's what happened. I (27F) have always had a complicated relationship with my family.
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    They've always been the type of people who think any joke is fine as long as someone laughs, no matter who gets hurt. Over the years, I've tried to brush it off and not let it bother me too much,
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    but this time, they crossed a line I can't ignore. Recently, I achieved something big in my life: I bought my first home after saving for years. It's
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    something I worked incredibly hard for sacrificing vacations, nights out, and basically anything extra to make it happen. I was beyond proud of myself and excited to finally have a place to
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    call my own. Naturally, I wanted to share this milestone with my family, even though our relationship has always been rocky.
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    A few weeks ago, we had a family dinner to celebrate my new home. Everything seemed fine at first, they congratulated me, asked about the house, and seemed genuinely happy for me.
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    But halfway through the night, my brother (30M) and sister (25F) handed me an envelope. They said it was a "surprise" to help me with my house.
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    I opened it, and inside was what looked like a legal notice stating that my house purchase had been canceled because of a "clerical error" and that it was now being sold to someone else.
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    It even had an official looking letterhead, my name, and details about the house. I was in complete shock.
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    Everyone around the table started laughing, and my brother yelled, "Gotcha!" Turns out, they had faked the letter and thought it would be hilarious to see my reaction. I burst into tears, which
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    only made them laugh harder. They even recorded the whole thing on their phones to post on social media.
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    When I finally managed to speak, I told them how cruel this was. Buying this house was the biggest thing I'd ever done, and they turned it into a joke at my expense. Their response? "You're
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    so sensitive. It was just a prank. Lighten up!" I left the dinner early, completely heartbroken. A few days later, I
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    decided I'd had enough. This wasn't the first time they'd pulled a "prank" like this. Over the years, they've humiliated me countless times once ruining a job interview
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    outfit by "accidentally" spilling coffee on it, another time pretending to lose my dog just to see me panic.
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    I cut off all contact. I didn't make a scene, I just stopped responding to messages, blocked them on social media, and declined invites to family events. Now, I'm getting guilt-tripping
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    messages from extended family saying I'm being selfish and tearing the family apart. My mom even left me a voicemail crying about how much she misses me and begging me to come back.
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    But I can't bring myself to forgive them. This prank felt like the final straw, and I don't see how I can trust them again.
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    So, Reddit, AITA for cutting off my family over this prank?

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