32-year-old brother makes $200 from his sister's priceless childhood toys without permission, so sister gets back at him: 'Those weren't his to sell!'

Just because you're family doesn't mean you have the right to make decisions about someone else's belongings.

Your personal items are yours. Period. It doesn't matter if they are stored in your house or in someone else's. Whether they have sentimental value or not, you are the one who decides what to do with them. If you want to sell them, donate them, or keep them in storage, that's entirely your decision.

No one should throw away or sell anything that doesn't belong to them. Besides, what looks like clutter to one person could mean a lifetime of memories to another. And you never know what the owner may want to do with those items, so the least you can do is ask first.

Today's sibling conflict started as an innocent cleanup but turned into a family dispute after boundaries were crossed and respect for ownership was ignored. This brother sold his sister's childhood toys without asking for permission, simply because he assumed they weren't important and that she wouldn't mind. Not only did he fail to ask, but he is also refusing to give her the money he made because he's already spent it… Money that was never his to keep in the first place. He's crossed so many boundaries that it's simply UNFAIR. How can you just assume and not ask? How can you sell another person's belongings and spend the money? How can you refuse to pay her back??? 

Not to mention the fact that his sister was saving those toys for her future kids, and now she can't get them back. So this isn't even about money anymore. Those toys carried sentimental value and held memories she hoped to pass down one day. And it's hard to imagine he would be OK if the situation were reversed. There's a huge lack of empathy and consideration here. But what I find most concerning is his refusal to take responsibility. He's not acknowledging he did anything wrong and instead dismisses her reaction as dramatic, even though her frustration is completely understandable.

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