'My sister keeps lying to her friends about our family - so I set them straight'
A man who recently attended his elder sister's engagement party was left baffled after learning that her friends had been told a very different version of their childhood than the one he himself remembered.
According to this puzzled sibling, the party was held at their parents' home, and he isn't entirely sure whether he and his other two brothers were invited along or not. They just happened to be in the area at the time. While mingling with guests, the 21-year-old was sent "down a whole rabbit hole of confusion" after somebody expressed surprise that there were so many family photos on the wall, remarking that they hadn't even known the bride-to-be had siblings.
Elaborating further, the guest revealed that the bride had told her friends that her parents were "extreme workaholics", so they hadn't expected their family home to be so "homey and lived in".
Upon hearing this, the confused brother was again "thrown for a loop", as he had always viewed their home as "THE house" growing up.
Taking to Reddit, the unnamed sibling explained: "We had friends over constantly who were basically like extra siblings. My parents worked the normal amount, and they were home with us as much as possible.
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"We got chauffeured around to sports practices, my parents took the time to get to know all of our friends well, etc. I would even go so far as to say they were more involved in our lives than average. It was my sister who really separated herself from everyone and chose to exclude herself from activities."
He continued: "At some point during this conversation, a few other people overheard and soon enough there was a decent crowd of her friends around my brothers and me, listening to stories of us growing up that were blowing these people's minds because it's apparently common knowledge among their friend group that our parents weren't so hands-on, and uncommon knowledge that we even existed."
The initially shocked brother ended up "having a really good time" at the engagement party, and even felt as though he'd "made some new friends". Unfortunately, his sister was less than delighted by how the event unfolded and ended up crying and accusing him of embarrassing her in front of her pals.
She also took issue with all the hard work she'd put in to separate herself from the "golden children" apparently being undone. Now he fears he might have overstepped the mark.
After mulling over both sides of the argument for themselves, a number of Reddit users advised the brother to consider the possibility that the young man's own childhood experiences could have been very different from his sister's, despite them having grown up in the same household.
One person commented: "No judgement from me. Just curious. You mention your childhood experiences and that she was trying to separate herself from the 'golden children'.
"When your friends were over, were hers? Did your parents drive her to after-school activities? Did she even have any? I see a woman who didn't want her brothers around. If childhood was so great, why?"
Another remarked: "Something seems off if the oldest and only female child had a distinctly different memory of her childhood. Further, after seeing that you were becoming a spectacle, you didn't back off and return the focus to her.
"You made it a party to get to know you, and for you to make friends. While it sounds like you didn't care about even talking with your sister. Sounds like she was less-favoured due to your natural desire to make the spotlight about you, and you thinking your view of things is the right one."
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