She Freaked Out On Her Older Sister For Bragging About Her Career As A Lawyer, But Now She’s Worried She’s Just A Hater
This 22-year-old girl works in a warehouse and earns $70,000 a year. She is appreciative of her job, though it leaves her wanting, well, more. She did graduate from college but doesn’t work in an industry that requires her to use her degree.
She has a 26-year-old sister who is currently in law school, and while she’s proud of her for pursuing higher education, her sister is super snooty about it.
She understands being proud of your accomplishments, but her sister talks to no end about how she’s going to be a lawyer one day.
If they encounter anyone, her sister jumps to say she’s a “future lawyer,” and it’s so out of control that their family has a joke that if you ask her sister how her day is going, she’s going to tell you about what she’s going to school for.
She tries her best to be patient with her sister, but it’s hard to do that when she makes digs about her.
Her sister will say things like she makes great money but not enough to make her wealthy, or she will brag about being the most highly educated member of their family.
Her sister also throws it in her face that she’s going to be making six figures in the near future and working out of a cushy office.
Her sister’s words cut deep, and it makes her think that her sister has an air of superiority. She does try to take shots at her sister when she can, trying to get her back.
The one way she can get under her sister’s skin? Well, her sister is irresistible when it comes to money and constantly borrows from everyone.
deagreez – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
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“As a student, I get it, but also, she uses her school checks as income, and for any part-time job she gets, she uses it to buy things for herself like makeup, clothes, new furniture, etc.,” she explained.
“She does all of this while still owing our parents money for her car, insurance, [and] phone. Our parents are retired and have begged her to pay for these things, but she now says, “They’ll have to wait until I am a lawyer for me to pay.”
“They enabled it for so long, and now she just lives this way. It really bothers me as someone who has always been stingy and more responsible. I recently bought a house. I joked that you don’t see me introducing myself as a “homeowner.”
Not that long ago, she and her sister were at their mom and dad’s home having a family dinner together, and it was hardly a fun evening.
Next semester, her sister will be graduating from law school, and she didn’t miss the opportunity to bring that up.
She replied that she can’t wait to hear her sister tell everyone that she’s officially a lawyer post-graduation. Her sister snapped that she was just some kind of unsupportive hater.
“I told her we (my family) tell people all the time, but it’s annoying how much she talks about it,” she added.
“She told me I wouldn’t understand and that law school becomes “your life.” I told her I don’t go around bragging about my career, [and] then she shot back that it was because of my field (unimpressive).”
“I told her it must be nice to use your parents to pay your bills and be 100k in debt from law school all to bank that you’ll be successful. [I] asked her why she didn’t make her car payment and instead bought a $400 chair and a bunch of clothes; maybe she should tell people she’s a narcissist too and to [be quiet] until she pays her bills like an actual adult.”
You can see that things got heated after she flipped out on her sister. She feels terrible about it, but she is angry that her sister tries to make them all feel less than.
She doesn’t even want to be there when her sister graduates due to how obnoxious she’s acting.
She’s left wondering if her sister is right about her coming from a hateful place with her feelings and how she can go about apologizing for her blow-up.
What advice do you have for her?
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