Mom plays favorites and gives her house to her Golden Child son, then begs her daughter to let her move into her 2-bedroom apartment for free; daughter refuses: ‘She chose to prioritize my brother financially’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Sep 11, 2025 6:00 PM EDT

This mom bet on her Golden Child to take care of her when she needed a place to stay, but after giving her the proceeds from selling their childhood home, he ghosted her. However, the mom never thought ahead, prioritizing her son's financial security over her own, and after giving him her house, she suddenly needed a place to live... but it was the older sister she turned to for help and a sacrifice.

After years of being seen as the second-place child, this daughter refused to be a fallback and refused to let her mom move into her 2-bedroom apartment. 

Parents don't realize how favoritism affects their kids until it eventually affects them as well. After a lifetime of choosing one child's happiness over the other, it's no surprise that the non-Golden Child may become salty towards their parents, especially if that parent suddenly comes begging for the help they'd never offer if roles were reversed. 

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    AITJ for refusing to let my mom move in after she gave my brother her house?
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    I (27F) rent a two- bedroom apartment with my fiancé. My mom (56F) recently sold her house and gave the proceeds to my younger brother (24M) to help him buy a place with his girlfriend.
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    Now her landlord is raising rent and she wants to move in with me. I told her no, that I don't have space and I don't think it's fair when she clearly chose to prioritize my brother financially.
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    She cried and said I was punishing her for "helping family." My brother says I'm being cold and heartless since she "has nowhere else to go."
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    I feel guilty, but I also don't think I should upend my life when she had options and gave them away. AITJ?
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    bbyboibee ⚫ seems like she should move into the house she helped your brother buy.
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    Critic... Of course you don't want her to move in with you. Your brother is the Golden child. She has shown you where her priorities lie. Why doesn't she move in with him? She was stupid to give him the money. I'm
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    wondering if she assumed all along she could just move in with you and you would take care of everything. She's a piece of work. You are not a j. Just say no and stick to your boundaries.
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    Unfair Feedback_2531. She gets the guest room in your brother's house. After all family helps family (as I've discovered on Reddit)
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    dinahdog ⚫ Unbelievable. Outraged. The obvious answer is for her to move in with your brother. Tell her and him to figure it out. Not way, mom on you. No
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    irishstorm04 NTJ of course you shouldn't completely disrupt your life for her! I don't get how your brother is telling you you need to let her stay with you. Why
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    doesn't he let her stay with him? She gave him all the money so he should make space for her. You are absolutely not wrong, anybody who says anything you say
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    'then you can let her stay with you' She doesn't get to make decisions like that, supporting one child, then fall back and disrupt her other child's's life.
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    pookapotomus2 ⚫ Ntj. Tell her to go live with brother since she bought him a home
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