u/Existing_Cry_9366

My younger sister lives about 40 mins away but works near my apartment, so sometimes she stays at mine when she has an early shift. She’s had a spare key for almost a year and it was never an issue.

Recently I started noticing little things were different after she stayed over. Food I was pretty sure I hadn’t eaten was gone, my desk chair would be moved into a different seating position, bathroom stuff would end up in different drawers etc. Nothing worth making a big deal over.

Then last week she casually mentioned how much I’d spent on a new jacket. I never told her the price.

I asked how she knew and she said she saw the receipt sitting on my desk. Thing is, the receipt was inside a notebook where I keep random expenses because I’ve been trying to budget better and actually keep some money I won on Ѕtake saved.

She said she probably moved the notebook looking for a pen and saw it by accident.

I believe that’s possible, but something about all the little stuff added together bothered me. I asked for my spare key back and told her she can still stay over, she just needs to come when I’m actually home.

She thinks I’m being weird and treating her like she stole something.

AITA?

Spent like 14 months going through this whole process, stressing over rates, losing a bidding war on a place in Charlotte, all of that. Got a decent rate in March and we finally closed on a 3bed in Concord last Thursday.

And I genuinely cannot stop thinking about the lawn.

Like I grew up in apartments my whole life. I had zero concept of what it actually takes to maintain a yard. The previous owners had this really clean looking St. Augustine grass situation going on and I just assumed it kind of... stayed like that. My neighbor came over the day after we moved in and casually mentioned the lawn needs to be treated before summer or it'll turn into a mess by July. Now im down a rabbit hole of soil pH levels, pre emergent herbicides and whether i need a self propelled mower or not.

Nobody warned me about this. Everyone talks about the inspection, closing costs, HOA drama. Not once did anyone say "hey btw you're also signing up to learn turf science."

Already pricing out mowers and treatments and its not cheap, kinda wish i had kept a little more money for random stuff like this instead of dumping everything into the move.