Wife Kicks 20-Year-Old Sister Out of the House for Relentlessly Flirting With Her Husband

There are always some learning curves when a new member enters the family. We have to get to know them and how they work, their mannerisms, and figure out how to read between the lines.

It's interesting how adding someone into the family mix can change the dynamic. Most often, we hope that’s for the best, but sometimes that doesn't end up being the case — and it can leave us confused.

One woman took to Reddit to get advice after the dynamic shifted at home between her sister and her husband.

Explaining the situation in her own words, the mom shared the issue in Reddit's AITA community. "I(27F) have a little sister, Emily (20F). My husband (27M) and I have been together since our college days," the original poster wrote. "Back when we started dating, Emily, who was 13-14 then, seemed to have this little crush on my husband (then boyfriend). She would blush in his presence, stutter while talking to him etc; we assumed that the crush went away as she grew older and her behaviour indicated so."

Her husband thinks of Emily as his little sister and "treats her as such," the woman said.

"We’ve not had much contact with Emily over the years, as we live in a different state at the other side of the country and she’s been busy with her schooling," she explained. But last week Emily was over at their house and their parents were visiting as well.

And it sounds like things got awkward.

"From the moment Emily arrived, she would not stop flirting with my husband," she shared. "From excessively complimenting everything he did to proclaiming things like they would make a great pair etc etc. My husband looked very uncomfortable; and so did my parents. I don’t know how we got through the dinner."

When dinner was over, OP's husband asked her to talk to her sister.

"After the evening was done, my husband asked me if there was something wrong with Emily and that why was she behaving like THAT?" the woman explained. "He said she made him very uncomfortable and asked me to talk to her."

So she confronted her sister, and her sister said nothing was going on.

"I found her alone, and tried telling her that it was fine if she had/has a crush but it’s never fine to make anyone uncomfortable," she explained. "I told her that it would be nice if she kept her distance for the remaining two days they were here, since he was NOT okay with this behaviour."

Her sister didn't seem to think much of whatever it was she was doing.

"She said she wasn’t being flirty or improper," OP said. "I told her that she was indeed being inappropriate and it was very creepy that she would try to flirt with my husband. She got very defensive and said that I was being insecure and I quote, 'If I was really flirting with him, you wouldn’t stand a chance.'"

That comment didn't sit well with her. "I lost it as this point and told her that she’s no longer welcome in our house and should f–k off the first thing in the morning," she shared with Reddit.

"Emily and my parents left the very next day; even though my dad agreed that Emily’s behaviour, throughout the evening, was very inappropriate, and that she should apologise to my husband," OP explained.

Her mom didn't feel the same way. "Mom thinks nothing of that sort happened and all three of us are being delusional and that it was a d–k move to kick Emily, and by extension her, out of my house when they’d travelled all the way here," OP wrote in her Reddit post.

She then asked the community if she was the one in the wrong here, kicking her sister out of her house.

"LOL your sister is dealing with some…issues," one person replied. "You are definitely NTA here. Your partner came to you feeling extremely uncomfortable about your sister’s actions, you diplomatically brought it to your sister’s attention, and she got defensive instead of apologizing. Again, NTA. You did all you could, it was either kick her out or force your partner to be uncomfortable in his own home."

"NTA," another confirmed. "Your husband confirmed your instincts when he told you that your sister’s behavior made him uncomfortable. And her response 'If I was really flirting with him, you wouldn’t stand a chance,' cements the fact that you did the right thing. If she were truly innocent she’d apologize and amend her behavior."

"NTA She thought there was a competition and now she knows she lost," someone else replied.

"NTA it sucks that it had to come to kicking them out, but they didn't leave you with any options," replied someone else. "Sounds like your sister could use a good therapist."

Overwhelmingly, people sided with OP and felt like she did the right thing kicking her sister out, especially after that sassy line her sister shot back at her.

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