When two siblings go down different paths in life, it can often lead to competition and comparison.

One young man recently argued with his family after commenting that his dad pays more for his sister’s living expenses than his.

He is 22 years old and has a twin sister. Their parents are divorced but still get along, so they’ve stayed in each other’s lives. They grew up in Dallas, Texas, but his sister moved to Austin to attend a liberal arts school. 

Although they’re twins, he and his sister are pretty different, especially at this point in their lives.

His sister went to an expensive college further away to pursue a bachelor’s degree, while he decided to live at home and got a scholarship to a local school where he’d get a bachelor of science degree. They both recently celebrated their college graduations.

His sister wants to stay in Austin and move into an apartment their dad is paying for. He describes his dad as a “pushover,” especially because not only will he be paying his sister’s rent, but he also insisted the entire family went to Austin to help her move in multiple times.

While he and his dad helped his sister set up her apartment, he noticed that most of the time, his sister hardly did anything.

“My sister has barely helped, much preferring to grab lunch with our mom and hang out at the dog park while my dad and I slave away,” he explained.

The other day, after he and his dad finished hours of work, his sister returned from a nice lunch with their mom. The next morning, they had more work to do, but his sister told them they couldn’t return to the apartment until 1:00 pm because she “needed her sleep.”

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Irritated by his sister’s privileged attitude, he said something along the lines of, “If you keep going at this rate, Dad will be paying your rent well into your 40s.”

It caused a rift between him and his family, and they all started getting angry. His mom told him his sister was more independent and mature than him because she had an apartment. 

“My mom saying that my sister’s ‘independence’ is better than mine is laughable,” he said. 

He argued that his sister has never had to pay for anything herself, from her rent to her expensive college tuition. Meanwhile, he saved money by living at home, went to a cheaper school, and is about to get a job before his sister. Therefore, he thinks he is much more mature than his sister.

However, his dad told him that if he didn’t have anything nice to say that day, he shouldn’t have said anything at all. So now, he’s wondering if he took things too far by saying what he said to his sister.

Was he being too harsh with his sister?

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