Honey, grab your popcorn and hold onto your coffee cups because Auntie Joan has a sizzling tale to unravel today. It’s all based on a real Reddit post by a very real and, might I add, quite relatable person. Buckle up, dearies; we’re diving into some family drama fit for a soap opera.

Once Upon a Sanctuary of Solitude

Picture it: a lovely 33-year-old woman, recently separated (ouch, the wounds are still fresh), living in a big ol’ peaceful house where she works and enjoys her liberation from the chaos of the outside world. Let’s call her “Grace.” Grace adores her newfound freedom like a cat loves knocking things off tables—truly, madly, deeply. Oh, and silence is golden. I mean, solid 24-karat, in a fancy frame, right there in her pristine living room kind of golden.

The Unexpected Invasion

Enter Grace’s younger sister,

Original story

I (33f) am recently separated and live alone where I work from home in a big house. I value my solitude and quiet time.

My sister (31f) has two kids (12 and 9) and recently decided to sell her house and move to Florida. She has to come and spend a week with her kids every few weeks while they live with their father full-time.

She never asked prior to selling her house and moving if she and the kids could stay with me when she had her visitation. Around Easter, they ended up staying with me at the last minute and I had to do all the cooking, cleaning up after them, and buying the groceries.

They had to sleep in the living room since I have no extra beds so I was confined to my bedroom or office the whole time. She’s now asked to stay ten days with me next week, again last minute.

I really don’t want them to stay. When I didn’t let her stay before, my family stopped talking to me for months.

My mom will also try to convince me to take custody of my niece. It is stressing me out.

I don’t have a maternal instinct and never wanted kids. AITA for not letting them stay with me and for not taking custody?