Families can be incredibly complicated. You usually expect your siblings to borrow your clothes without asking or maybe steal the last slice of pizza from the fridge. What you absolutely never expect is for your older brother to treat you like a literal piece of property to pay off his bad business decisions. One college student recently took to Reddit to share a deeply disturbing situation involving her brother and his creepy business partner. The level of audacity on display here is genuinely terrifying.
The Original Poster is a twenty two year old college student who still lives at home with her parents and her sister. She is just trying to get through school and live a normal life. Her older brother is a thirty year old man who runs a startup company. He runs this business with his extremely wealthy best friend who comes from serious old money.
Because the young woman is busy with her college classes, she is understandably the least aware of her brother’s daily business dealings. Whenever there is serious news regarding the startup, her parents or her sister usually relay the information to her. She was blissfully unaware of the company’s inner workings until her brother approached her one evening with a massive problem.
It turns out the thirty year old brother made some major financial mistakes at the company. Due to his poor choices, he ended up personally owing his wealthy business partner a cool ten thousand dollars. Instead of taking out a bank loan or selling his car to pay back the money like a responsible adult, the brother hatched a deeply sinister payment plan. He sat his little sister down and told her that she could fix his mess.
He explained that his rich friend was entirely willing to overlook the massive debt if the twenty two year old sister agreed to go on a few dates with him. The young woman was immediately confused and rightfully horrified. She was suddenly being thrust into a terrifying financial transaction. She barely even knows this wealthy friend, and his sudden desire to date her came completely out of nowhere.
She immediately put her foot down and told her brother absolutely not. She firmly stated there was no way she was going to date his friend just because he owed the guy money. She smartly pointed out that dating in this specific scenario felt like a direct pipeline to sleeping with the man to clear a debt. The entire proposal made her feel incredibly gross and cheap.
Instead of accepting her firm boundary and apologizing for being completely out of line, the brother doubled down. He spent days relentlessly begging her to help him out. He actually had the nerve to look his little sister in the eye and call her his only ticket to clearing the ten thousand dollars. To make matters infinitely worse, the creepy thirty year old friend reached out to her directly. The conversation made her feel wildly awkward and cornered.
The young woman perfectly summarized the situation by stating she feels like she is being pimped out by her own brother. She is being treated like an object to barter with, completely stripped of her humanity and bodily autonomy. You would expect the parents to immediately step in, protect their college aged daughter, and kick the thirty year old brother out of the house for suggesting such a disgusting arrangement.
Unfortunately, this family is entirely toxic. The parents and the brother teamed up to completely gaslight her. The parents are actually angry at her for refusing to date the wealthy friend. They are trying to minimize the danger by claiming nobody expects her to actually have sex with the guy. They told her she should just go on the dates to help her brother save his reputation and his bank account.
They even called her unsupportive and selfish for refusing to participate in this nightmare. The internet collectively gasped at this story and universally declared the young woman is absolutely not the a**hole. You cannot use your sister as human collateral to fund your startup failures. The brother needs to figure out how to pay his own debts, and the parents need a massive reality check. This girl needs to pack her bags and get away from these people as fast as possible.