Broke sister refuses to thank younger sister for paying off her credit card debt, calls her ‘an idiot who pays for everything’, then asks for another loan: ‘I hope she gets evicted’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Apr 24, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

There is a very special and small selection of people in the world who act out of pure desire to help other people, without wanting anything in return. Despite that one episode in Friends in which Joey claims there is no such thing as a selfless act, there our those who prove every day that this is not entirely true. People who sacrifice a lot of themselves for the sake of others, of the people they love.

When you read stories about acts of kindness people do for others, that go unappreciated, it makes you wonder why they did it in the first place. Why do they give out so much of themselves without getting so much as a 'thank you' in return?

You can find all kinds of excuses for this question, but maybe the lesson to be learned here is that even if you want to help someone you love, sometimes it is best if you don't. Maybe that is the only way you can truly help them be better.

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  • The sister in the story below wanted to help her older sister as she was having serious financial struggles, and she decided to do so by paying off her credit card debt. However, ten years have passed since then, and not only has her sister never thanked her for the help, but she also called her an idiot for doing so, while continuing to ask for more money.

    In situations like these, maybe it is better if the younger sister does not help at all. Let us know what you think after you read the entire story.

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    "My sister called me an idiot for paying off her credit card 10 years ago"

    I (32F) have helped my sister (34F) a lot financially for the past 5 years. I'll be blunt: she's broke, and I have had a decent income since my early 20's. A
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    couple of years ago, I paid off her credit card in full as she was having trouble affording rent, is single mother with a 6 y/o son etc. We recently went on a
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    trip to visit our younger sister, and I paid for her flight, hotel, meals, rental car, everything. We got in a fight while on this trip, and I asked her why she
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    doesn't appreciate anything I ever do for her. I mentioned paying off her debt a couple years back, and she replied "that was 10 years ago. I
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    didn't ask for you to do it. You're just an idiot and pay for everything." So since then I don't pay for sh obviously. A month or
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    so after this trip, I got a text from her asking if I could help with her rent. I didn't respond at first, but a few days later I asked if she was okay and
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    if she still needed help. Apparently she took out a loan and told me no, all is fine. Now I'm hearing from my little sister that she's saying I refused to
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    help her and told her I hope she gets evicted. And this was AFTER I reached out offering help. I'm beyond ped and done with her. I offered
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    her help, and she's throwing a pity party and painting me as a horrible sister. I guess I was an idiot for paying off her card years ago.
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    Added context: We were extremely close, basically best friends growing up. Her behavior changed immensely the past couple years.
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    Haunting Wasabi_5521 Don't pay anything for her anymore, she called you an idiot. You thought you were helping her out but in her mind, she was playing you. F..... her
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    sweetness_petiteness OP Absolutely not. Never again. I showed my little sister texts between us showing she's putting words in my mouth and playing a victim for who knows why. Ugh and like other commenters have said, it sounds like she might
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    be an ac' lict. I don't live in the same state as either of them, so I don't see them often. Little sister suggested the same thing thinking she's on ds. Something is so off :(
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    Illegal-Avocado-2975 Simple solution. She thinks you're an idiot for helping her? Stop helping her. Time for her to sink or swim.
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    Rosetattooirl Your sister is right. You are an idiot for helping someone who is so unappreciative! You're probably feeling hurt and betrayed, but she's shown her true colours now, so pull any
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    future financial help and concentrate on yourself. Also, keep helping your niece/nephew if you can. They're innocent in this.
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    Pure-Philosopher-175 Time for sister to learn not to bite the hand that feeds her. Cut her off. Maybe instead of giving money to your sister, you could start a savings account for your nephew, and do not let his mother have access to it. He's innocent in all this.
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    japp94 Yeah, sounds like you're more of an ATM machine than a sister to her. And then she had the nerve to call you an idiot for helping. The audacity...
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    DetroitSmash-8701 She showed you what you were to her. Take the lesson learned and walk away, and stay gone. And if the flying monkeys descend, hurt their feelings.
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    Careless-Ability-748 You shouldn't have paid for her trips either, not just the credit card. But stop everything now.
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