14-year-old brother tricks 17-year-old sister with fake spider because she treats the bathroom like her private selfie studio, sparking chaos in the family: 'She spends 30 to 45 minutes taking selfies in the mirror with like 6 different outfits'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
May 16, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

SIblings. What is there to say… we love 'em and we hate 'em. But they're ours to love and hate. It's like being born with a built-in best friend, greatest confidant, and still your greatest competitor and enemy. You're either laughing together over the most insane things that only the two of you would understand, or you're engaging in a cold war with both sides refusing to back down.

When this younger 14-year-old brother got fed up with his 17-year-old sister for hogging the bathroom to use it as her private selfie studio, after her daily modeling sessions made him late for school several times, he decided to get even with her in a way that only a little brother can: unleashing a tiny plastic terror into the bathroom for her to discover.

Unfortunately, the prank wasn't taken lightly, and her protests ended up getting their parents involved, who, rather than dealing with the issue, unequivocally decided to take the sister's side, parroting her audacicios claims of being "traumatized" and sending the younger teen running to this subreddit to see whether or not he was in the wrong for the conflict.

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    "AITA for putting a fake spider in the bathroom after my sister kept using it to take 40-minute selfies?"

    Okay, so I (14M) share a bathroom with my older sister (17F), and for the past few months, she's been basically turning it into her personal photo studio. She'll go in there in the morning, do her makeup, and then spend 30 to 45 minutes taking selfies in the mirror with like six different outfits. Sometimes she even brings a ring light. A ring light. Into the bathroom.
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    The problem is, when she does this, no one else can use the bathroom. I've been late to school because I had to wait just to brush my teeth. My younger brother (9M) has literally had to pee in the backyard once. I told her she needs to stop hogging it, but she just says "Get up earlier" or "You're being dramatic."
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    So I decided to get petty. I bought a realistic-looking fake spider off Amazon (like $4), and stuck it behind the trash can in the corner where she sets up her tripod. It didn't do anything for a few days, but this morning I heard her scream and then she ran out of the bathroom crying. She thought it was real. I told her it was fake and she called me a psycho.
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    Now my parents are mad at me, saying I "traumatized her" and that I "need to be more respectful of her space," but it's literally our bathroom. I didn't hurt her. I just wanted to get my sink back. AITA?
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    OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the ah le: My sister was hogging the bathroom every single morning for 40 or more minutes when she has two siblings, me and my younger brother. I put a fake spider in there and she got scared and my parents are saying that I traumatized her but I'm not sure if what i did was that bad
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    RadioNo2413 • 10h ago NTA. Your sister is in the wrong but I also think the parents enabled that behaviour of hers. If you got late to school and your brother literally has to use the backyard, then your parents (shockingly) aren't taking the issue seriously.
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    Sit with your parents, apologise but do tell them that you did what you did what you did because they aren't addressing a genuine issue that is affecting your school and other schedule. Maybe meet halfway with them and your sister and set a time when she can use the bathroom to do her stuff.
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    StatisticianPlus7834 10h ago . NTA. It's not HER space. It's a shared bathroom. She is being a spoiled brat and disrespectful. Your parents. did nothing. You dealt with it your way. Next time do not tell her it is fake.
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    Savingdollars 9h ago Next change the light bulbs to yellow hues
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    Responsible_Bird3... . 9h ago I'm loving the outrage in his 14 year old heart over the ring light. Not the AH at all. The golden child sister needs to be a bit more considerate.
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    AteStringCheeseSh... 9h ago • NTA. If seeing a spider is enough to "traumatize" your sister, she definitely needs to spend less time on her phone and more time outside. She's also nearly an adult and clearly has trouble grasping the concept that the world does not revolve around her, and acting like a spoiled little sh hogging shared resources like that for the sake of her own immature vanity is going to have consequences.
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