Today, I checked my sister's diary, because I was worried about her recent angry and withdrawn behavior. She caught me in the act, and my mom, whom I've caught blatantly snooping through my stuff multiple times now, grounded me for my "disgusting" violation of my sister's privacy. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I caught my half-sister stealing money from her mother's purse. Rather than risk getting in trouble, she told her uber-conservative mother that I've been seeing a girl. So now, I'm grounded for being gay, and she gets off the hook for stealing because she outed me. FML
Today, my parents grounded me because I refused to do my little sister's homework for her. FML
Today, like an idiot, I accidentally included stuff I learned from snooping in my daughter's secret diary during a conversation with her. She's not happy at me right now, so I may have to polish off my old grovelling skills from when I was still married to her mom. FML
Today, my sister smashed a cup on my head because I told her she couldn't borrow one of my necklaces since she lost one and stole another. I was grounded for "antagonizing" her into doing it. FML
Today, my mom and stepdad finally grounded my horrible, rebellious sister. The problem is that they grounded me as well in order to "keep me in line and make sure that I don't do what she was doing." FML
Today, my sister admitted to selling pages of my diary to my old boyfriends. FML
Today, my sister accused me of hacking into her phone because I helped her connect to a WiFi network a while ago, and she'd completely forgotten about it. I only found that out when my mom accidentally leaked it to me. FML
Today, my dad found and read my diary. Most of the entries were about how my father didn't respect my privacy. Then he phoned my aunt and read her passages from it. FML
Today, my little sister got mad at me because I wouldn't let her read my IM conversation. I took a nap and when I woke up, my laptop was gone. She took it on a trip to her grandparents' house, six hours away. Nude pictures of me and my paper due tomorrow are on the laptop. FML
Today, after my mom picked me up from the mall, she asked me what was in my bag from Gap. I wouldn't tell her, and she ended up grounding me. It was her Mother's Day present. FML
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GemmaStyles 14
Diaries are meant to be private. I'd agree with your mom. Regardless of what she did, you shouldn't have done that.
alycion 39
Me and my sister look out for each other. I have bipolar. When I'm suicidal, talking to me won't get anyone answers. Well wouldn't have when I was younger, pre treatment. If she did that to me, I would have been angry at the time but thankful later, knowing she cared enough. Siblings often know more about each other then the parents do. Sometimes you have to go with your gut. And while snooping seems low, sometimes, depending on the person it really is the only way to know if something is truly wrong and if the parents should be brought into it. This world is not black and white only. There are gray areas that turn a never into an understandable action.
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Comments (84)
GothickNihilist 15
On one hand you did invade your sisters privacy, but on the other hand you were concerned about her behaviour. Maybe you should have your parents about her behaviour. Your sister might open up to your mum. I hope your sister feels better.
sens3sfailing 25
while I don't feel they did the right thing, their intentions were noble at least. they definitely should have gone right to their sister and asked if everything was okay first. sometimes people just need to know someone cares and is willing to listen and help
FMLkaiiden 8
Wow
Enslaved 38
Worried? More like noisy.
vbmg152 19
You mean nosy?
Enslaved 38
Oops, I do indeed! I have the spelling memory of a goldfish! :P
lilhellian 27
Isn't it nosey?
perdix 31
It's kind of a gray area when a parent snoops on their kid (especially when the kid's behavior has been changing), but amongst siblings, it is disgusting. Also, your family has to learn to become more sneaky.
1zar1 10
Hire a personal trainer for the sneakyness. A ninja. Or a cat. Same thing.
80skid 15
Yeah and I go through my little brother's phone because I'm "worried about his withdrawn behavior".
ICastillo 25
Has anyone learned by now, that snooping around is going to get them things that they don't want to see or read. It's not that hard just to ask her what her problem is.
CharresBarkrey 16
Her sister did catch her. Read it again.
vbmg152 19
Your Mom owns you & all your possessions! She has the right to snoop! Personally, I've never felt the need to snoop on my kids but maybe that's because they know they can come to me with any problem! You have no right to snoop on anyone!
Lizza330 28
In my opinion parents have no right to go through their kids things unless there's some type of emergency. Like if you think they're hurting themselves or in some kind of danger.
outoftown 27
#24, 21st century calling: People -- even your kids -- are property any more.
white16sox 19
You are disgusting. How dare you treat children like possessions. This is pathetic.
fadingaway 17
"Your Mom owns you & all your possessions!" -_- A person is not "owned", and my possessions are exactly that - *mine*.
CharresBarkrey 16
Innocent question here: Are possessions still considered yours if someone else purchased them for you? For example, if a child's parents purchased their phone and pay the bill, do they then "own" that phone and should they get access to its contents?
PincessBoff 6
#24 You are STUPID. Children are not objects, or animals, thus they cannot be OWNED. These are not the slave days anymore, get your shit straight. Your comment, is bullshit. Just because people have kids, doesn't mean they OWN THEM. "Yeah these are my children." Does not literally mean you own them, dick.
WhisperSoflty 20
89 - I would say it depends on the object. In you cell phone example (or a tv with cable etc.) the parents paid not only for the original purchase of the device, but they continue to pay for the service every month. I would say in that case that no, the child does not "own" that possession. Now, if the parents were to buy their daughter say, a dress, then that would be something the child owns, because there's not any continuing payments on the parents part.
lambda_fml 40
Sometimes its best to let the dice roll and see how things turn up. Im sure your sister will open up to you about it eventually.
Schizomaniac 24
Or she'll do something insane like open fire on an innocent group of people and/or off herself. Who knows. Better leave it to the dice.
CharresBarkrey 16
30 - Says the person who's name is 'Schizomaniac'... Yikes.
CharresBarkrey 16
Shit. Whose*