Emily Duprie
Every once in a while, we come across an Internet tale of someone who thinks they’ve done the right thing, yet everyone else can see that they haven’t. Personally, I live for the drama and find the most of it on Reddit. In the subReddit “Am I The A-hole?” one woman recently posted a story regarding her sister washing her husband’s laundry without her permission. The blatant insecurity that OP omits is borderline humorous, but obviously from her perspective it most certainly wasn’t.
Sister jealousy is no joke. Not every set of sisters goes through it, but those who do can really whip their claws out on each other, especially over a man. Apparently, OP’s sister washing her husbands laundry (specifically underwear) was completely inappropriate!
Read her story below and decide for yourself if her sister was wrong for doing an act of kindness via household chores.
This heated wife asked: “AITA for berating my sister for doing my husband’s laundry?”
My f31 sister f23, moved in with me and my husband m29 a week ago. She does not contribute money but takes on lots of house chores as a way to compensate for it. She’d cook, clean, organize, vacuum..etc.
OP begins:
Yesterday, I was at work and came home and found that she’d done my husband’s laundry. I was stunned as I felt this was…not her place nor was it appropriate because for one I always do his laundry and more importantly, I did not think it was appropriate for her to be looking at his under wear. She downplayed the whole thing saying it was no big deal and that she saw that I was struggling with work and then kids and wanted to help me by doing the laundry.
Here is where insecurity got the best of OP…
I told her she shouldn’t have done it but my husband didn’t react and she used that to support her argument saying no one thinks it’s a big deal except me. We argued and she shut me down then started crying saying she meant well and was trying to help out. But I couldn’t help but think this was not her place.
OP’s husband wasn’t mad about the situation at all, but her gut told her to be cautious regardless
My husband told me to drop it but I can’t shake this weird feeling I got. He told me I should apologize to her for berating her but I refused.
Redditors in the comment section made some pretty valid points about OP’s assumption towards her sister and spouse:
