Woman Pulls The Plug On Sister’s Engagement Dinner, After She Refuses Doing Her An Important Favor
One “no” during an emergency changed every future favor.a
A four-hour traffic nightmare can turn a normal workday into a full-blown emergency, especially when daycare late fees stack fast.
That’s the situation OP found herself in, and one phone call to her sister ended up blowing up an engagement celebration she’d already agreed to host.
OP says she’s spent years being the reliable sibling. In college, she helped her younger sister with essays, listened through problems, and showed up whenever she needed a ride or a rescue.
As her sister got older, OP started noticing the effort didn’t come back the other way. Even OP’s brother picked up on it, and OP says she tried addressing it directly. Her sister promised she’d do better.
Recently, the sister asked to use OP’s house for an engagement dinner. OP agreed and even helped plan it, treating it like a big favor but also a happy family moment.
Then last week, everything went sideways. OP left work and hit a massive crash on the highway. Traffic stopped completely, and both OP and her husband got trapped. While they sat there, daycare called asking where the kids were.
OP says daycare charges an extra $100 every 30 minutes if you’re late. Panicked, she called her sister, who lives about 10 minutes from the daycare, and asked her to pick up the kids and keep them for a few hours.
Her sister refused. She said she wanted to relax, said no again even after OP offered to Venmo the daycare fees, and then hung up.
OP ended up calling her mother-in-law, who drove an hour to get the kids. OP got home around 9 after four hours in traffic, and she hasn’t let it go since.
Scroll through the screenshots below to see how OP went from hosting an engagement dinner to canceling it entirely.
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“She's completely ungrateful and is not yet recognizing what it means to be an adult, contributing member of a family.”
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“There are consequences for actions. She is getting consequences. NTA.”
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“Your sister may FINALLY learn there are consequences for being a selfish entitled a**, but probably not.”
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“My husband has a sibling like this. We call her One Way Olivia.”
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“She doesn't deserve any favors from you in the future, and that includes a free location for her party.”
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“She is entitled and selfish, a taker but not a giver.”
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“Cancel the party and keep your distance. She’s unbelievable.”
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“Your sister is selfish beyond words.”
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OP’s anger makes sense because this wasn’t a random favor; it was a stressful moment with kids and time pressure, and her sister had the easiest route to help.
Canceling the engagement dinner also makes sense as a boundary, but the way OP delivered it turned the situation into a bigger fight instead of a reset.
If you were OP, would you still host after that refusal, or would you cut it off, too? Share your thoughts in the comments.
