Woman mocks sister for being a “tradwife,” and refuses to help her leave her cheating husband: “You picked this life, deal with it”

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    AITAH for refusing to help my sister with her children, and telling her she chose her life so now she has to deal with it

    "She decided to drink the tradwife koolaid"
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    Hi Reddit. My whole family thinks I'm an a h le, but I disagree. Or maybe think it's justified.
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    When my sister (26f) and I (24f) were kids we hated each other. My sister was very hard to get along with, and she never had any friends as a result of this. She's the type of person who always thinks she's right, and can never apologize or admit when she's wrong. As an adult, she still has no friends.
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    She decided to drink the tradwife coolaide. She met her husband in college, got pregnant, and dropped out. They have four children under the age of 8 together, and the youngest is a quadriplegic due to spinal damage and a birth defect.
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    I just finished law school, and I'm starting my career. My husband already has an established career, _. We don't intend and we're on having any children.
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    My sister has historically talked down to us at family events. She says we don't even understand what we're missing out on, we'll never know what true and unconditional love is, etc. Very condescending, as always.
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    Lately her and her husband have been fighting. Apparently, per my mother, he has never let her access his income. He gives her cash for groceries. The bills and stuff have always been in his name. Apparently he's been cheating too. My sister has asked for me to watch her kids on the weekends so
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    Definition of divorce Eng Divorce The le nt body.
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    she can save up money to be able to 'evaluate her options.' AKA leave her husband.
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    When she came to me and asked this I asked her 'But isn't being a traditional wife your calling? You've told us this several times. You must've forgotten, but traditional wives aren't supposed to work.'
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    I kinda laughed at how she explained that maybe being a trad wife isn't for her after all. Eventually I just shut her down and told her that she picked this life, the life that she has always insisted is so superior to mine. Time to learn to deal with the problems that come with it.
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    My parents can't watch her kids because dad is at work on an oil pipeline, and mom is too old to be working the hours she is already working. Our other relatives don't live close enough to do it. She also asked my parents to move in with them, and my dad shut it down. He can't really stand her kids. AITAH?
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    Orphan..... 오 YO I had never heard the term " until I started at my current job. Some guy was asking about my family and I explained my wife and I don't have kids and he's says "you guys are !" And just before I can be like "you're
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    mom's a he says "double income no kids". That could have ended up awkward hahaha.
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    AdAccomplished6870 This is the thing about tradwives. When it works, it works. But when it goes wrong, which is not uncommon, one side has all the leverage.
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    Some women get infatuated with the idea of being subordinated and taken care of. But they don't consider what happens when, ten years later, their tradhusband looks for something young and pretty to dominate and they have no money, no job skills, and three kids.
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    Imaginary-Yak-6487 NTA. I have a stepsister like this. Except we were both married & we each had kids, except I worked. I ended up divorcing my son's father bc he was cheating (I was 24 at the time). My sister made fun
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    of me & said if I had been a sahm & kept him satisfied he wouldn't have cheated. Whatever.
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    I just ignored her. Lived my life, worked & took care of my kid. They had two kids & her husband worked all the time while she was busy keeping up with the Jones. The best of everything for her & the kids. She kept telling me that whatever she bought cost this
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    much & poor working me would never have anything like it. No man will ever want me bc I'm single mom now. BS like that constantly & id just ignore her, which would make her try harder to get under my skin.
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    (she used to dress them in all white & wouldn't let them get dirty or play outside where they could "ruin" their clothes. I told her there was this thing called a washing machine, bleach & detergent. ( my dad cracked up)
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    When the kids were about 12 & 10, her husband left her for another woman. She was shocked, had no place to go with their kids & asked me. I said nope. I told her maybe if you weren't so busy spending more than he brought home
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    & paid attention to him, he wouldn't have cheated. Apparently I was an ah le for that & my step mom got onto me. I said look, we're both grown a adults & she's been poking at me for years & I've ignored it. I ain't doing sh for
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    her. She can go back to school, she can get a job, there's public housing available & here are some resources. She needs to do it or don't. I don't care. When my dad & stepmom married I was 12, my two younger brothers were 10/8.
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    My 4 step siblings were 28, 24 this b, 22 & 17. She is 66 now & she's still a poser & a b kids have a .neither of her thing to do with her. Neither does most of her side of the family.

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