‘I feel like the villain in my own house’: Entitled mom insists grad student kid give up their room to their pregnant sister for 3 months, despite paying rent and being in school full-time

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Jun 18, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

Being a full-time student is hard, especially in higher education, where you're expected to cover most of your own expenses with a budget that is supposed to materialize out of thin air. Sure, that's why financial aid exists, but not everyone has the bandwidth to take out loans that'll land and keep them in hot water for years to come (speaking from personal experience).

This is why a lot of students choose to live at home during their college years. Some live rent-free with their parents, while others put in financial contributions here and there to help their family make ends meet and practice responsible spending. Both of these choices are good parenting in their own ways, but the parents in this next story are dropping the ball a bit.

A graduate student's parents insist that they move out of their room so their pregnant sister, who is currently between apartments, can exist peacefully in the home. The student's parents offered up the student's room without asking first, which is the catalyst to a family freakout. Scroll below to read the entire story…

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  • In situations like this, the easy question to ask is: “Why can't the parents give up their room?”

    But we all know the answer. If it inconveniences them, it's a no-go. Their child, on the other hand? They don't deserve respect, at least that's what it seems like the parents think.

  • EN "Their plan is for me to move into the smaller guest room which is basically a storage space with no closet and live out of boxes for the next few months."
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  • "AIRJ for Not Wanting to Give Up My Room for My Pregnant Sister?"

    I still live at home with my parents while I finish grad school. I pay rent, help out around the house, and generally try to stay out of
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  • everyone's way. My older sister is married and recently found out she's pregnant which I'm genuinely happy about. I really am. But now there's drama.
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  • She and her husband are in between apartments because their lease ended, and their new place won't be ready for another
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  • 3 months. My mom suggested they move in temporarily. I was fine with it until I found out my mom offered them my room. She didn't ask me first.
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  • When I brought it up, she said I should be "more understanding because my sister is pregnant and "needs the space." I offered
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  • to share the room instead of giving it up entirely I have a desk, my books, and my whole life in that room. But my sister said it's not "comfortable" to share with me and she needs rest.
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  • Their plan is for me to move into the smaller guest room which is basically a storage space with no closet and live out of boxes for the next few months.
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  • I said no. I told them I'm willing to share or help rearrange things, but I'm not giving up my whole space like I don't matter. My
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  • sister called me selfish. My mom said she's disappointed in me. Even my dad, who's usually neutral, said "it's not a big deal" and I should be more supportive.
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  • Now I feel like the villain in my own house. But at the same time, I don't think it's fair to be treated
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  • like a placeholder in my own home just because I'm the youngest and not having a baby
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  • BlackStarBlues Take the smaller room and stop paying rent. That way you can save some money.
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  • HorizonByte Being the youngest doesn't mean you're the most disposable
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  • Select-Promotion-404 Or SIS can pay the rent.
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  • holeEnthusiastic So two people should camp in the space that's to small for one person already? Agreed on not paying the rent part (sister can make up for that in the meantime). They should have compromised first before promising something to the sister though. Parents sk in this matter for the way they handled this.
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  • Mtn_Grower_802 Offer your sister your parent's room. Tell them it's no big deal, they can just move everything out and pack it in the basement/garage for a couple of months, no big deal. If they insist, stop paying them rent, you basically have a rental room.
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  • medicatedadmin If it's 'not a big deal' then your parents can give up their room. It's not like they have to study for exams, complete assessments, or work every other minute.
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  • And as someone who has been pregnant with twins, you can sleep anywhere because you're always incredibly tired. You don't need anything fancy. And no matter where you sleep, you're always uncomfortable because you are oversized, your back hurts, your hips hurt, and you can't breathe. Not bed changes that. And no matter how much you sleep, you're always tired.
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  • NTJ. You pay rent, it's your space. They want your room, they can either evict you or come up with a reasonable compromise.
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