I was shocked. I wasn’t born independent; they forced me to be that way by making me choose between my career and my sister. Where she was never forced to do anything. All she has to do is bat her pretty little eyelashes, and my parents crumble.
Everything I’ve ever done was because of exactly that reason. My sister wanted to go out so she got all the money, but if I wanted to go out, I had to work to afford it because my parents couldn’t. And that was just the tip of the iceberg when it came to things I had to do.
But I stayed quiet. I had built the life I wanted, and I was about to marry the man of my dreams. And the best part was I did it all without their help or interference. But that didn’t mean that I was just going to let this slide.
At my 
last week, my parents went pale when I pulled out the proof of every occasion when I offered my sister a job at the hospital I worked for. Receptionist, she didn’t apply. Clerk, she made herself look bad at the interview. Assistant, she never showed up.
Then I told everyone, “It’s not that my sister can’t take care of herself; she doesn’t want to because she likes having my parents look after her while she does absolutely nothing to improve her life.” Everyone gasped when my sister stood up and ran out, but I didn’t care.
She called me a few times after that, but I refused to answer. Then last night I got a text from my mother saying my sister is devastated because I embarrassed her in front of the family. She thinks it would’ve been better if I did it privately.
So Bright Side, what do you think? Was I being too harsh by making this a public spectacle? Or did my sister get what she deserves?
Regards,
Gina H.
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