Entitled younger sister forces parents to get her everything her older sister has, going so far as requesting she attend her sister's dates because it's ‘fair’: ‘She was being a spoiled brat’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Dec 25, 2025 6:00 PM EST

Parents tend to nurture golden child syndrome until it becomes an irreversible mindset in the child who has it. Whether the parents let this happen because they truly believe their child can do no wrong, or because they're simply too lazy or nervous to try and remedy the golden child mindset, the syndrome affects everyone in the family. Most importantly, their other child or children are then considered the forgotten ones.

Golden child syndrome may present itself in numerous ways. Little Jimmy might want a bite of their sibling's ice cream even though he already finished his own, and will make sure to throw a tantrum until they get that bite of Rocky Road. Teen sister Sara might lock herself in her room until her older sister lets her borrow that shirt with the pink sequins on it (because it's the only one that matches her shoes). You see what we're getting at here. The golden child doesn't take no for an answer, and rather asks for more than their siblings because they can't stand the idea of someone having more things than them. It's not a yearning for things; it's an insistence that they have the last word in everything.

The golden child sister in this story won't even let her older sister go on dates with her boyfriend because she deems it unfair. Pardon me? Scroll below to read the full story.

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  • "the mess that is my sister."

    i honestly don't even know where to start. maybe, at the beginning of 2024. this is when her entitlement really started to stand out to me.
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  • The “forgotten” children tend to be under the impression that golden child behavior is normal because that's all they've ever known. Once they step away from the situation, they soon realize that their golden child sibling has gotten everything they've ever asked for and then some, with little parental reluctance.

    You don't want to believe that your sibling is going out of their way to make your life more challenging, but when they don't allow you anything of your own because it is “unfair” of you, that's when you need to put your foot down. The parents might not have ingrained this behavior in the sister featured in this story, but they sure aren't helping.

  • i'm 20, she's 18. so my parents, for a while, were paying for my bus tickets and giving me some money so i'd be able to spend time with my partner who i'd just met at that time.
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  • obviously i've repaid them since, because i'm in a position now to pay for these things by myself.
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  • anyway. my sister did not take this well, and demanded that she be allowed to come on our dates because she felt it was unfair that i got to eat different ("better") food than she did.
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  • she demanded to be paid for every bus ticket i had and when my partner gave me an old macbook from his work, she demanded our parents go out and buy her one in the name of fairness.
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  • her entitlement often revolves around the concept of fairness or equality but only if it applies to her.
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  • for example: she demanded, straight faced, that our parents take her on two years' worth of holidays and force me to stay at home because me being two years older than her meant i'd been on more trips (duh) and it wasn't equal or fair.
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  • there was a big argument over christmas this year. our parents are spending significantly less on it because we genuinely cannot afford it.
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  • i don't mind as i have my own money now and i'm obviously grateful to be getting anything from them at the big age of 20.
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  • my sister again, took this horribly. she claims they should simply skip christmas for me and spend my money on her, twice, because i've had two more christmases than her that were "normal" and that's unfair.
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  • she would not shut up about it until she was told, flat out, that we can't afford it and she was being a spoiled brat.
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  • this wasn't the only christmas related argument though! our grandparents gave me £40 in a christmas card, to be shared between me and my partner so that's £20 each.
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  • my sister got £20 in a card. she immediately started complaining about favouritism, because she'd decided by herself that they'd simply given me more than her on purpose and that i wouldn't give my partner that money.
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  • i did. he's got it right now. hopefully being two years older means i get to die first, because i can't deal with this anymore.
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  • Historical-Composer2 At 18, your sister will very soon find out life isn't fair and very rarely equal when comparing yourself to someone else. She's in for a rude awakening once she enters the real world.
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  • TemptationTulip The part that goes me was when she said that she should be allowed to go on dates with her sister and her boyfriend, like girl, go get your own boyfriend
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  • Amydgalis Sister's argument is ridiculous. Does she have any friends? It's amazing that your parents are humoring her -I'd guess they're worn down with the complaints? Maybe sister should get some baby toys for Xmas-those 2 years were in infancy when you wouldn't be able to enjoy any trips or teenage treats. You could even make an argument that she's taken half of your stuff by being born, and that she owes YOU for 18 years!
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  • itsxafx it's incredible but she does actually have friends! ...that she gets mad at for suggesting they meet up. oh, and she slut shames one of them massively for wanting to go out clubbing.
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  • bkuefner1973 I hope everytime she started doing this your parents put her in place. Better buy her a binky and bottle as a gift for Christmas shes acting like a baby she gets baby gifts. Then evertytimr she starts tell her to go get her pinky and take a nap just like babies do when there cranky.
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  • gemmygem86 They raised a brat.
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  • Kimbaaaaly Wow. She sure is a peach. A special one at that. Seriously? She feels entitled to go on vacations without you cuz you've been on more than she has? My jaw is still on the floor. In her reasoning you should be resentful she was born splitting your parents time with you in half? This is beyond anything I think I've ever seen. Do your parents see this for what it is? It's up to them how they interpret her behavior in just curious if they see this or agree with her.
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  • utazdevl You don't have a sister problem, you have a parent problem. She is 18 and they are allowing this behaviour that most people wouldn't accept from a grade schooler to take place. They have probably allowed her ridiculous entitlement to flourish as she has grown up, so she literally does not know any better. The good news is she is 18, and assuming she ever leaves your parents house, she will learn very quickly that most people to do tolerate her the way your parents will.
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