u/Inevitable_Stress_42

My adult sister refuses to grow up and our relationship is suffering.

Hey all my apologies ahead for the length.

TLDR: Adult sister is a dreaming freeloader living in my house rent free and I can't wait to move out.

My (28m) sister (21f) is still without a license and still refuses to follow through with any real job.

Mommy drives her everywhere almost without a thought, then complains to me about her later on. My sister is SURE that her social media accounts will take her off into stardom, that's if she doesn't become a professional wrester first (give me a f***ing break).

Since she was in her preteens, my sister developed this love for pro wrestling, which is completely okay. Idolizing stars and the production that comes with it, always talked about when she got older "I'm gonna train here..." "I'm gonna be signed there..." "I'm gonna join move here..."

Thing is, she's done NOTHING to prepare for it and that is not an exaggeration. When she was 10, she was given a cell phone without any restrictions and has been shut in her room ever since. Now all she cares about is cosplay, wrestling, twitter and fortnite. She's never trained, let alone set foot in a public gym, she doesn't have any kind of comprehension on even how to workout. She has to be constantly reminded to do her chores which always leads to meltdowns and personal insults, acting like putting the dishes away neatly is such a monumental task. Everything with her is so half assed unless it involves one of her interests above. What set me off today was her bathroom trash. It was grossly overspilling and instead of taking it out, she was pilling the trash as high as it would go. I asked her to take it out, but she said "Hold on let me wake up first." This was near 11am. I forgot about it for a couple hours and went back to check. She was still in bed and the trash still there. I said nothing and took it out myself. She noticed because she went to my mom to ask about what chores she could do which she NEVER does. Only when she's on the chopping block is when she takes any kind of action.

The only "work" she's ever done is filing for my mom and thats maybe 4-5 hours a week? She also sells bracelets but has made about $20 and its been about a year since she started. She then boasts on twitter about how she has 2 jobs and is sooo tired from working, its absurd.

She lives at home for free and is at home more than my mom and I. My mom helps with the utilities and internet and I think that is so unfair that my sister contributes nothing but consumes the most.

When I came home from the military a few years ago, I offered support. Offered to teach her driving and even to take her to the gym and show her the ropes, but I was told (more like yelled at) "NO!" by her and never gave me a reason.

I figured I can still help so I've built a home gym in our garage with a bike, elliptical, treadmill and a weight set with a bench and all. Its been set up for almost 2 years and I can count with one hand the times she's "used" it.

I say "used" because the most she's ever done is use the bike when its unplugged. I explain to her that she wont get much results unless she plugs it in and adds resistance and that was the last time she's touched it. However 2 weeks ago she showed me this workout and diet plan, I was impressed and encouraged her to stick to it. The next day she walked the treadmill at level 1 for a little more than 15 min and stopped and that was that. She then doordashed Mcdonalds, I wish I was lying.

But noooo she's going to wrestling school this December!!! At first she was going after graduation in May 2024, then it was October 2024, that came and went and the "nEw DaTe" was summer 2025. When THAT went, it was December of 2025, then summer of 2026. Then just the other day she was talking to my mom about how she's going December of THIS year and that set me off. This particular school is in a city 3 hours away btw.

Before I could say anything, our mom told her flat out that she wasn't going to drive her and the look on my sisters face told me that she legit expected my mom to drive her every week.

She came to my room almost teary, telling me how she wants to go to that school but "I don't know how I'm gonna get there." I just said get your license first, prioritize. But she got mad and slammed my door, fleeing to her cave. See, when I constantly get these responses, even when I'm actually trying to help, it totally burns me out.

That all being said, Zillow had been my most visited site. Our plan was for my mom and myself to go in on a large house/property with either a guest house or one of those "next gen suites", but at this point, I want to separate myself from her as it I can feel my blood pressure rising day by day and my mom has her own life so I dont foresee any improvment.

We ALWAYS try to meet her in the middle, yet she hardly gives and inch.

I hear her yelling at the TV daily while playing fortnite into the late hours to where I always have to tell her to quiet down. She only comes out to ask what dinner is going to be and when she doesn't like it, she literally demands doordash money from mommy. I just f***ing can't with her anymore.

I'm about to leave for work and currently she's playing fornite at near full volume yelling and screeching at her friends online. I'm counting the days where I can sell this place and live on my own again. I was doing my late father a favor, but the monster him and my mom created is NOT my fight.

Cheers all, appreciate any kind of feedback or encouragement lol.

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u/Inevitable_Stress_42 — 2 days ago

Hey guys, my apologies for the lengthy story, writing it down helps and I do appreciate you all reading. <3

For backstory I met my ex wife Halloween of 2016 at work when I was tasked with training her. I was 21 and she was 19. We hit it off immediately and became very close friends rather quickly as well. Not even a couple months go by and we begin dating. By then I was somewhere else in the company so our relationship never interfered with work and we kept it super professional. This went on for about 8 months and things are going phenomenally. By this time we're so in love with each other, we spent every waking moment together either in person or on the phone, when not working ofc.

Well I make one of the stupidest decisions of my life and I went to an Army recruiter and they suckered me right in with all these amazing promises and she was NOT a fan. She pleaded to me to not go, but my dumba** was dead set.

Once she realized I wasn't going to change my mind, all of a sudden she began showering me in support. Her backing me up in my decision made it sooo much easier as during basic/OSUT, I received letters from her EVERY SINGLE DAY. To the point where some of the guys would joke and bust my balls saying "Dang I wish my girl loved me like that." It felt amazing knowing who was waiting for me. She was there during family day AND graduation, taking time off her studies to see me live my "dream."

It was during my leave (which ended up being during holiday bloc leave) and we decided to get married. I hardly finished saying "Will you marry-" before she BLURTED out "YES!"

Our "wedding" was tiny and a little rocky with the last minute planning but it worked out. After leave, I had to go away again for more training but she was still able to visit me at least once.

I then got my orders for Alaska and off we went. It was difficult to say the least, moving that far away as newly weds was frightening, but we had each other. STILL in love as we were, but then something happened.

I wont say exactly, but I was hurt in a bad way and it took a lot out of me psychologically.

Due to that, I couldn't perform at my job and my chain of command was NOT helping, I was subject to constant thrashing from my 1sg and co that I would come home totally crushed. Long story short, I started hating life and not being the husband I should have been. She didn't react well at all so she did a couple of dumb things to get my reaction and that made me hate her. She didn't cheat on me but it was borderline abuse. She began to resent me for not giving my energy to her, the house nor the little puppy we had at the time and it showed both ways.

I eventually got separated (eventually tuned into a med-board) and we came back to my home state where she DID NOT want to be. We had little money and we had to stay with my parents so you can imagine that and ofc (understandably) she hated me for this as well. Our fights became so frequent that we both agreed she should go stay with her parents out of state for the time being.

Then well, I decided to ask for a divorce. At this point we were not nice to each other and I didn't want any of us to hurt anymore, yet she still wanted to be married. I couldn't understand why but I was insistent and after awhile she said fine. That process was smooth thankfully and since December of 2021, we have been divorced.

Contact eventually dwindled and tis been 2 years since I spoke to her, when she asked to send me the last of her stuff I had. We still have each other on social media, none of which we are very active on, but she hasn't left my mind.

Especially recently, I've been having SO MANY dreams about her. GREAT dreams, as if we never divorced. Simple dreams like her hugging me, us laughing, us watching the northern lights again, its breaking me.

Last night specifically I dreamt that we were at our house in Alaska, crying and arguing. In the dream she said "You had one bad night in the bathtub!" and I remember I'd get so wasted, I would vomit continuously in the bathtub and sometimes she would call the paramedics because I'd go totally unresponsive.

In the dream she said she felt sorry for me and I just kept crying, we hugged super tight for a moment and said "No!" and let go immediately. This both woke me up and destroyed me. I looked her up right away on social media and saw she finally got her degree this week, which makes me SO very happy for her because this was one of her ultimate goals that she struggled with.

I'm afraid to admit that I miss her guys, I miss her so much. She was and still is the only one where I was able to be 100% myself without any mask. I miss our little " Chaaa choo!!" dances, our silly jingles, binge watching Avatar TLE and the office.

I'm already a frequent flyer at my local MH clinic at my VA but I don't want to continue anymore. My body feels weak, I HATE myself for divorcing her, I know this hurt her and I'm so SO sorry for that. She would call me crying asking me to change my mind and I wouldn't. Now here I am and there she goes.

Haven't stopped crying since 3:43am, thanks for reading all.

Wtf have I done???

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u/Inevitable_Stress_42 — 1 month ago