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This is something that one woman found herself dealing with when she moved across the country to start a lucrative new job. Back home, her older sister was pregnant with her first child and was unhappy with the distance between them, making frequent remarks about her not doing enough to help with the baby.
The sister and her husband lived in a house that both of the sisters had lived in at one point, meaning that much of the furniture in it belonged to the younger sister. Things came to a head when the expecting mom asked her younger sibling to make room for the baby by coming back and moving some of her stuff. After a tense encounter, the sister wanted to know if she was in the wrong with the demanding mom-to-be.
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AITA for not moving back home for my sister’s baby?
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Commenters were totally supportive of the younger sibling.
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26-year-old moves states for high-paying job, pregnant 30-year-old sister acts up because she won't move back to their shared home to help take care of the baby: 'She's saying I've been disrupting her peace her entire pregnancy'
I know from personal experience that moving far away from your relatives is a big shakeup in the family dynamic. All of a sudden, you go from seeing them in person whenever you want to needing to plan it weeks if not months in advance. Keeping in contact starts to look very different, and if you are very close with family or have certain relatives who rely on you a lot it can be a difficult adjustment.
Despite the difficulties, though, there are plenty of benefits to spreading your wings. If it goes right, it can give you numerous opportunities that you wouldn't have had otherwise and by extension, allow you to develop as a person. The problem is if you have to deal with family members who aren't so happy about that. Maintaining those important ties while also having your own life can become a real problem for some.
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