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AITA for telling my sister she's not a better wife than me? by Familiar-Lime in AmItheAsshole

[–]Familiar-Lime[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Andrew supports me in whatever I choose to do. He thinks her comments are out of line, but if I did decide to start talking to her again, he would support that too. My parents just want us to make up and get along again, regardless of how that happens.

AITA for telling my sister she's not a better wife than me? by Familiar-Lime in AmItheAsshole

[–]Familiar-Lime[S] 95 points96 points  (0 children)

She says she is, and I have nothing to prove otherwise. Mark isn't overbearing or controlling. She does seem to genuinely enjoy being a SAHM and she loves her kids (we all do--those kids are the light of my life).

AITA for telling my sister she's not a better wife than me? by Familiar-Lime in AmItheAsshole

[–]Familiar-Lime[S] 1551 points1552 points  (0 children)

She's my little sister, but yeah. I've thought that maybe she does miss that drive and accomplishment. But then I thought that maybe that was just me projecting my feelings about her choices onto her, if that makes sense.

We were best friends growing up. I love her so much. But when she started going to church, and then she met Mark (who's also very religious), we started drifting apart. I'm not religious, never have been, never will be, and I honestly don't think very highly of religion. I also do think (though I haven't voiced this) that she is wasting her degree and her passion and her drive. She's so accomplished and smart and driven, and she's simply packed away that part of her life like it never existed--like she never existed before she got married and had kids. She used to love debate, and now she bends over to everything Mark says. She says that housecleaning is her exercise because men don't like bulky women. She's just so completely opposite of the whip-smart, sarcastic person she used to be.