29-year-old sister gets to rent a house from her parents for $600 a month until his 40-year-old brother gets jealous and they raise it to $1500: ‘To me, this isn’t just some vacation property that anyone can use whenever they want.’

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María Cetra • Writer
Aug 8, 2026 10:30 AM EDT

If your parents are doing something nice for your younger sister, it doesn't mean that they are doing something wrong to you for not doing the same thing.

Jealousy between siblings seems not to be something people outgrow. They can be functioning adults with full-time jobs, mortgages, and kids, but they will still complain that one of them is getting favored by their parents. Aren't we a little old for this? We are grown-ups. We have our own issues to manage. We shouldn't be wasting our precious and limited time with childish rivalries that should have been fixed years ago. I really hate when people think that because someone is getting nice things, it means that they deserve the same, and if they aren't receiving it is because they are less favored. They cannot comprehend that one of them really needs it while the other just wants it because of lame insecurities. Is sad that grown adults would do a scene over something as dumb as this.

The story below is just another example of people who seem to have fully grown, but they are actually just as insecure and childish as they always were. Is sad to think that people in their 40s are still obsessed over something that dumb. Your sister needs housing and financial assistance because she's going through a rough patch, and you are more worried about how it affects YOU? That makes you a horrible person who puts their own problems before anyone else's, even when the other person has a far more difficult life.

If you are like that, please take a look at yourself. You can't be giving more importance to a jealousy siblings rivalry over the daily care that you should be providing to your sister. She is going through something. Help her instead of making everything more difficult than it already is. Be kind, put her first, and help. Concentrate on evolving and maturing from that childish feeling that isn't helpful to anyone. 

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  • I (29F) am currently renting the house that I grew up in from my parents. They built another house close by and that new house is now their primary residence. They are not sure if they want to sell their old house, so for the past year I have been renting it from them and maintaining the 20 acre property. It's a lot to take care of, especially maintaining everything. to their high standards. My brother (40M) called my mom and asked if his girlfriend could
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  • A person holding the keys to a new place to live in their hands.
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    A person holding the keys to a new place to live in their hands. 

  • use the old house for a girls weekend. My mom told him that it probably won't be a good weekend because my boyfriend is visiting, but to call me and ask. Neither he or she reached out to me. My boyfriend's flight got delayed and he wouldn't be arriving until the following day. So, I ended up spending the night at my parents new house because my mom wanted help babysitting my brother's three younger children
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  • (2, 4, & 5). My brother called my mom and found out I was spending the night there and was ped. It was on speakerphone and he said "I thought you said she was using the house this weekend?! What the h..!!" I had no clue what he was talking about and that's when my mom filled me in about his girlfriend wanting to use the house. I told my mom that I'm not comfortable with her doing that and that I'm also hurt that they didn't even
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  • talk to me. To me, this isn't just some vacation property that anyone can use whenever they want - this is the place I call home, where I live and pay rent. Im not "using" it, I live here. I'm also upset that they didn't even bother calling me to ask if it was okay. I understand that it is my parent's house and they make all of the decisions and are doing me a favor I do not have an actual -
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  • lease. But AITA for not wanting my brother's girlfriend and people I don't even know staying here without talking to me first? Also, I guess my mom told him I'm only paying $600 a month rent and he bitched about that, going off about how entitled I am and listing things that my parents did for me while I was in high school. My parents raised my rent to $1,500 the next day but swear that it's not related to my brother being upset.
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  • A wood-style new apartment without furniture.
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    A wood-style new apartment without furniture. 

  • Interesting Note_937 NTA. That's your property if you're paying rent. also, that's bulls they raised your rent. I would sit down and have a serious talk with them about that.
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  • n kedoldbitch Tell your parents that the increase in rent makes it their responsibility to care for the acreage. You'll be working more to afford the new rent.
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  • Solid Tangerine1204 Is this real? Your parents raised your rent by $900 & it's ok. Just like that?
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  • Spectre Omega NTA. You are a paying tenant, not a caretaker holding an AirBnB for your brother's girlfriend. The fact that he threw a tantrum over your home, dumped his kids on you, and got your parents to instantly hike your rent by $900 shows insane entitlement.
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  • PleiadesH I'm guessing you won't be babysitting your brothers kids anytime soon.
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  • Super_Mac You're now paying $1500/month because of your a h le brother? He can pound sand.
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  • Veblen1 Like anyone who rents their home, you occupy it and you make the decisions who comes and goes. NTA.
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  • mid40smomof3 NTA! This is your HOME. Ask your brother how he would honestly feel if you just decided to come live at his house for a weekend with a bunch of your friends and treat it like an VRBO!
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  • Prudent_Avocado_7036 Not relevant to question posed, but in must places, even without a lease, you are a tenant with tenants rights. They also likely cant raise rent that drastically, usually inly a couple percentage points a year are allowed
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  • Initial-Seesaw-3156 Nta but I do think your parents are being a bit unfair about the rent situation. They obviously don't need it like that and are only doing it because your older brother is an immature a and throwing a man baby fit. Maybe they could compromise and meet you in the middle for the rent? You do a lot of work there to keep up with the upkeep as well and that's a point that needs consideration.
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