Woman decides to cut off her parents and sister after years of the sister and her boyfriend disrespecting her and parents taking her side: ‘I don’t want reconciliation with my sister’

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Giuliana Tiscioni • Writer
Aug 21, 2026 2:30 PM EDT

Some bonds are meant to be broken…

A Reddit user shared on /r/AITH a situation that reached a fever pitch much faster than she thought. Her parents and sister were visiting, and she tends to have issues with her sister, so they've been quarreling for some time. The sister's boyfriend tends to act disrespectfully; the sister does the same and apparently also makes mean comments about her sister and her money. They have fought many times but never solve the issue, and the parents don't seem to be helping. During this visit, things got even more complicated. They were fighting over all the same things they fight about, until the woman who shared the story shoved her sister in the middle of the argument. Nothing more happened then, but the next morning they kept fighting. Their parents ended up calling the authorities, which made everything more complicated. The sister has never apologized, but the parents took her side after the fight. The woman acknowledges that shoving her wasn't right, but that doesn't erase all the years of unfinished business and entitled behavior from her sister that led to that situation. 

Cutting off family is one of the hardest things to do. But in this case, it was necessary. There had been issues for a long time before everything exploded, and no matter how much it hurts, we have to prioritize our peace of mind and set our boundaries straight. The sister could no longer behave the way she was doing, and the parents weren't helping or being fair to their daughters. No one should be disrespected in their own house. 

The relationship between sisters is one of the most complicated ones. Sometimes, even without realizing it, parents promote competition between their daughters, leading them to turn against one another during adolescence and even adulthood. Repairing that bond is an arduous task that not many people can take on, and in this case, it doesn't sound like it will be happening any time soon. Let's just all hope that someday these sisters will reconcile and find each other again.

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    The sisters.

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  • AITAH for cutting off my sister and parents after a huge fight during her visit?

    My sister came to visit me recently, and there had already been some underlying tension between us. One recurring issue
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  • The boyfriend has to leave

    has been her boyfriend. He has disrespected me in the past, and feel like I've repeatedly tried to move past it for my sister's sake.
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  • The sister should check her priorities

    During this visit, she defended him again, and it felt like the same issue resurfacing for probably the fourth time.
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    Girls having an argument. 

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  • There were other things building resentment too. While she was visiting, she spent hours on the phone with him, and at one point
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  • She is just as disrespectful as her boyfriend

    she made a comment about money that really rubbed me the wrong way because I've tried to be extremely generous and
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  • supportive toward her. I felt increasingly taken for granted and like there was a lot of unresolved tension underneath the visit.
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  • It could have been worse

    Eventually, everything blew up. We were arguing about her boyfriend, and I shoved her. I know that was wrong, regardless
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  • of how angry or disrespected I felt. Afterward, I left and she had to get an Uber by herself. The next morning we were
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  • supposed to go to Tahoe, but instead we got into another major argument. She involved our parents, and at some point my
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  • A bit of an exaggerated reaction from the parents

    parents contacted SFPD because of what had happened. That escalated things even further. I told my sister to leave my
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  • apartment, and she did. I was also furious that my parents immediately seemed to take her side without really acknowledging
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  • the history leading up to the explosion or hearing how I had experienced the situation. I ended up blocking my sister and my parents.
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  • At this point, I don't want reconciliation with my sister right now. I recognize that shoving her crossed a line, and I'm
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  • not trying to justify putting my hands on her. At the same time, I don't think acknowledging that means I have to pretend the
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  • resentment, repeated issues with her boyfriend, and the family dynamic leading up to the fight didn't exist.
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  • So, AITAH for cutting my sister off after this, even though I was the one who became physical during the argument?
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