Eldest sister refuses to sell $250 WWE tickets because her brother's newcomer girlfriend reschedules her baby shower at the last minute: ‘I’m always absorbing the fallout’

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jan 30, 2026 4:00 PM EST

They wanted to reschedule the baby shower to accommodate her problematic little brother, but after she paid $7,000 for his traffic violation attorney and spent a lifetime bailing him out, this eldest sister decided to put herself first. 

Besides, she already spent $500 on a ticket for herself and her little sister to go to a WWE wrestling match on the baby shower's new date, and they knew that. 

It's not very often that we get to treat ourselves to an expensive sporting event, especially a pay-per-view wrestling event that would normally appear on Wrestle Mania Smackdown. However, every once in a while, as adults, we owe it to ourselves to splurge a little. Especially in troubling times, when the world is in chaos, and it seems like a stint of societal frivolity is silly, one must fulfill their dream of going to see a WWE match. 

In San Diego, the city in which I was raised, wrestling takes a more Latino influence, and Lucha matches often pop up at outdoor festivals or cultural events. And let me tell you, wrestling matches are fun. Albeit "fake" fighting like the haters always say, going to a live wrestling match, even from the amateurs, is a total blast as a fan in the crowd. So when this woman in this next story finally decided to treat herself to a pair of tickets to see her favorite wrestlers at a live event, it was a dream come true. 

Not everyone gets the privilege of seeing their favorite sports stars in action, especially at a world class even like the WWE Chamber Elimination. Non-wrestle fans wouldn't get it, perhaps, so when this woman prioritized her entertainment over a split-second family flop, she caught flak for it. 

However, she was arguably in the right to refuse to change her plans. Originally, her brother's newcomer girlfriend's baby shower was supposed to be at the end of March, but to accommodate his delinquent schedule (for which his sister had financed), they changed the date of the shower to the exact same date as the WWE wrestling event. 

And as always, the family expected the sister to bend over backwards to accommodate… But this time, she refused. 

She was done bailing her brother out of his entitled actions, and although she was thrilled for her upcoming new niece, she just couldn't subjugate her own plans like that. This time, Wrestle Mania turned into family hysteria.

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  • AITA (29F) for not selling my wrestling tickets to attend my brother's (22M) girlfriend's (23F) rescheduled baby shower?
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  • I'm the oldest of three. I'm just looking for an outside perspective. Right now, my mom and younger sister (17) live with me. Our brother moved out in November, he's the middle kid. I bought tickets for a wrestling PPV on Feb 28 and planned to go with my sister.
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  • The baby shower was originally set for the first weekend of March, which worked for everyone. But it was recently moved to the same day as the event, even though they knew we already had plans. Our brother took a
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  • plea deal and is about to serve 20 days in jail. He has to turn himself in that Monday, so they didn't want to hold it after. And I wasn't told why it would be so bad to move it even sooner.
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  • When we first met she thought I was a random girl hugging him. Even after he explained I'm his sister she didn't talk to me the rest of the day because she was embarrassed. I've still tried to be supportive because duh,
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  • she's gonna have my niece. I helped plan the original shower with my mom, bought gifts, and drove her to appointments a couple times when no one else could because driving while pregnant makes her nervous.
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  • I wasn't really bothered by how awkward things were but I wanted to be nice. Now the shower will be at my house. Mind you, no one asked me about this. But I didn't want to fight about it so I let it go, which I regret atp. The plan is just immediate family, with some games and cake.
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  • Even if I could resell the tickets, I don't want to. This was planned well in advance, and my sister is really excited. She's even said she's willing to give up the event to keep the peace. But I don't want her to keep seeing me give in to keep others happy especially when it affects her too.
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  • Under other circumstances I'd probably be more flexible. But my life keeps getting rearranged because of my brother's bad decisions. I paid half his lawyer fees and $7,000 toward his bail. He's
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  • lucky to be getting only 20 days. Only other thing is that I said I won't help with another car, and that didn't go over well but I've stuck to it.
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  • I love him but I'm literally so tired. It feels like the shower got rescheduled with the assumption we'd just adjust again. I'm over being the Oldest Daughter who always absorbs the fallout. Being expected to just go along with it feels really disrespectful and I don't want
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  • my sister to lose something she's looked forward to because of another one of his choices. I said we're still going to the event, and I won't resell. Now
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  • I'm being told I'm selfish and choosing something silly over family. Honestly, it pissed me off but I didn't start a fight outright. I just said we're still going.
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  • I think they're anxious about her going into labor while my brother is gone, and some of that stress is being aimed at me. I've started to second guess because I do have time
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  • to sell, but AITA for sticking with my original plans instead of attending the rescheduled baby shower? My mom said maybe this isn't the hill to die on but when do I stop rolling over?
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  • Shinxthecat NTA, go enjoy the event (I'm assuming Elimination Chamber?). By the sounds of it you've already helped out quite a bit, the baby shower can go on without you.
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  • OP Tiny_Credit_3020 Yeah! EC. We've been so geeked. He doesn't like it so it's not a big deal to him. But I know it would be fun and we'd be so disappointed to miss it.
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  • No_Control8031 NTA. Why couldn't your brother just start his sentence straight away so he would be out by the time of the birth? What a strange kind of legal system that lets people just hand themselves into gaol at their leisure. In any event they rescheduled on a day you can't make it. This is on them.
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  • OP Tiny_Credit_3020 He had two cases at the same time and because they didn't arrest him in court on the first, the DA let him choose? I don't know, exactly. His lawyer explained and I've just been so !!! that it's in one ear and out the other. Either way, that's apparently what's happening now and it became this... thing.
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  • Madam_J100 NTA. They knew well in advance and still decided to reschedule it on that day. By my perspective, they planned this on purpose because they are mad that they have to reschedule and decided to take it out on others. Like, it aint your fault your brother got himself in trouble and going to jail for barely a month. What exactly did he do to get himself getting sent to jail?
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  • OP Tiny_Credit_3020 Thanks. I thought the same thing, but I guess I needed someone else to say they saw that too. I think he's mad at me for the whole thing because I've been telling him he did this to himself, once we found out what he'd been doing. He got a litany of speeding tickets. And had two open cases for evading on the traffic stops. They came to my place looking for him and here we are. It's a whole mess.
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  • KrzyLdy NTA - they knew you had plans with little sis. Them scheduling it for when you had plans is their own problem and they cannot be upset if you can't make it. Also, it's at your house without actually asking you? THAT is a major line cross for me. I wouldn't be allowing that, especially with how much grief they're giving you. But that is up to you. I say go to the wresting event and have a camera installed in your house whether or not you allow the baby shower to take place at your house.
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  • OP Tiny_Credit_3020 Yeah the only reason I didn't make it a big thing was because I've said yes about stuff before, even when I really didn't want to. And I didn't think they'd actually expect me to cancel our plans? Like I just didn't think about it. And then Sunday, she sent the evite and my brother called me because I hit no. He came to the house today to discuss further. I probably won't tell them to change the spot again. But I am gonna tell my mom there's no more events without asking.
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  • Shark1986 NTA, it seems you've already bent over backwards to help your family and there's a point where you need to just say no more. If the event is local for you, is it possible to hold the babyshower earlier in the day so you and your sister can still attend even if for a short while? I know the event you're talking about and those tickets are not cheap. Go and take your sister and have fun. That should be a hell of a show.
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  • OP Tiny_Credit_3020 You're right, we could hang for a bit. But they want to come to the house around 2-6. With traffic, we'd be up shit creek for parking if we didn't leave well before 6. I guess they're literally so mad we won't just outright say we're not going downtown. They don't want to compromise at all. We're just supposed to cancel and hang out the whole time
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  • lord_buff74 NTA, although I am a bit confused, if you bought tickets for a PPV wouldn't you be at home watching it, or did you buy tickets to the show that is also a PPV? Either way I am assuming the wrestling is at night, and aren't baby showers usually during the day, is it possible to attend both?
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  • OP Tiny_Credit_3020 Sorry! It's a pay-per-view event, so it's like a big show they do on a weekend instead of during the week, and I scored tickets to see it in person. It's going to be in the city here, so the plan was to go downtown, have a meal, and get settled with parking because I get so much time anxiety. It would be fun to just hang out with my sister all day and then watch a wrestling spectacle. Anyway, my brother is upset on "principle" that I don't want to cancel. From the looks of th
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  • ShutlnLurker I hope he's not on your insurance
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  • OP Tiny_Credit_3020 He's not. And through all this, he learned insurance can and will drop you for any one reason related to your driving. I wasn't just making that up haha. And because he's well under 25, with this history now, his prices will be astronomical when he gets his license back.
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  • slendermanismydad Your mom has a lot of nerve. NTA. >I paid half his lawyer fees and $7,000 toward his bail. This is hilarious because this dude took thousands of dollars off you over speeding tickets and evading traffic stops that he ignored? Does your mom pay for anything? Why are you their replacement dad?
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  • OP Tiny_Credit_3020 She's paying the other half of his fees. My aunt paid half the bail with me. Our dad died when I was nine. As the oldest, I've had a lot of guilt about it because my siblings don't really remember him. In the past, I've just helped with stuff because in our culture that's what you do. I didn't really see all the ways that was exhausting me. And this just seems like such a small thing that we should be able to go no problem. The fact that it's being turned into such a huge thi
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  • Ok_Example 1664 I think you should go to the match it's not your fault it was rescheduled you are not responsible for anyone's choices but your own have a great time
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  • aModernWitch We're not even in February yet! If they can change the date, they can change the venue. You aren't going to be home so opening your house for a party for people who are already mad at you is craziness. They have plenty of time to find somewhere else to hold it.
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