Estranged sister arrives after 6 years to film her “big growth moment” apology, gets shut down at the front door, and told she is no longer invited into her sister's life

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  • Woman wearing sunglasses and a red blazer filming herself with a smartphone mounted on a handheld gimbal on a bright city street.
  • AITAH for telling my sister she wasn't invited to my life anymore after she showed up to "apologize" with a camera crew?

    I'm sitting in my garage right now because I can't even look at my house the same way.
  • There's a crack in the driveway from the monsoon last year that I keep meaning to fix and idk why but I keep staring at it.
  • So my sister (41F) and I haven't really talked in like 6 years. Long story but she basically chose her husband's side when he made some really inappropriate comments about my daughter during my divorce.
  • I went low contact, she acted like I was being dramatic. Yesterday she shows up at my
  • I'm literally grading essays in my pajamas at 4pm (it was a tough week okay) and she's at my door with her phone on a gimbal.
  • A GIMBAL. She goes "Hey sis, I wanted to come apologize in person for everything" and I'm like...are you filming this?
  • Stylish woman wearing sunglasses and a red blazer taking a selfie with a smartphone on a handheld gimbal while standing on a sunny city street.
  • And she's like "I'm just documenting my healing journey, this isn't about you." Except it clearly was??
  • She then tries to hug me and I just. I said "You're not invited to my life anymore.
  • Leave." She started crying and saying I was being cruel, that she's been in therapy and her therapist suggested this and I'm. like, your therapist told you to ambush me with a camera?
  • Here's the thing - though part of me felt relieved to say it out loud finally but also...guilty?
  • Like she IS my sister. My mom called me two hours later screaming that I embarrassed the family and that sister's "trying to grow." My daughter (19F) said "mom you're a bada but my ex texted me (we're friendly now) saying I should've just heard her out. II
  • tbh I don't think I'm wrong but I also feel like maybe I should've been calmer about it?
  • Or at least not said the "invited to my life" part because that sounds so dramatic when I say it out loud.
  • AITAH for ending it like that?
  • FrostingHot6047 An apology stops being real the moment it turns into a performance for an audience.
  • Life_Temperature2506 Listen to your daughter. She knows. NTA
  • Gullible_Fun_1410 Daughter, whom the initial issue was about said you're a bada we're gonna go with that So
  • Top-Bit85 How did you"embarrass the family" Can mom explain?
  • Shporzee Is her "healing" journey becoming an influencer? I have a feeling you would have been inclined to hear her out had she not been recording
  • CakePhool She was preforming and she wasnt truely sorry. Ask your mum how many followers your sister have.
  • Truebeliever-14 NTA there was no need for a camera ambush she clearly has a few screws loose. Enjoy the peace of NC!
  • Savings Progress 195 Ambushing someone at their home while filming them isn't respectful. If she genuinely wanted reconciliation, she could have sent a message first and asked if you were willing to talk privately.

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