Aunt Refused to Help Her Niece, Now Begs for Help Herself

Imagine losing your only parent at 18, and your only remaining family member refuses to help you, claiming you’re old enough to stand on your own two feet. Fast forward eight years, and now that same family member comes to you for help because their family is struggling. Would you help them, or would you remind them of their own words? That’s the dilemma faced by our protagonist, who had to decide whether to help her aunt Marisa in her time of need.

Losing Mom and Facing Rejection

No Help, No Hand-Outs

Struggling but Surviving

Aunt’s Family in Trouble

Asking for Help

Anger and Frustration

Offering Resources, Not Forgiveness

Mixed Reactions ⚖️

Being the Bigger Person?

Rewarding Bad Behavior?

To Help or Not to Help? That’s the Question

Our protagonist faced a tough decision when her aunt Marisa, who abandoned her in her time of need, came to her for help. While many people agreed with her choice to remind Marisa of her own words and offer only resources, others argued she should be the bigger person and help Marisa’s family directly. They claimed that by doing so, she could show Marisa the error of her ways and the mistake she made. However, our protagonist believes that helping Marisa’s family would only reward her for her past behavior. What do you think? Should she have helped Marisa’s family directly or was her response justified? Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…

NTA. Aunt refused to help, now begs for help herself

Invite the boyfriend and cousins to eat at your house regularly. NTA.

Retaliation vs. high road: To teach or not to teach?

NTA commenter advises helping niece’s kids but reminding of past actions.

Karma is a witch, but a good witch. Op NTA

Giving her aunt the same advice she gave her. NTA

Don’t be a doormat, grow a shiny spine! NTA.

Invite your cousins to dinner, NTA!

Aunt refused to help, now begs for help? NTA wins.

Cutting off toxic family members: NTA sets boundaries.

Choosing not to help entitled family member can be justified

Call out the injustice! #NotTheAsshole

Niece refuses to help aunt who left her homeless. NTA

Compassionate reply to aunt’s selfish behavior on Thanksgiving

NTA. Aunt gets a taste of her own medicine

Suggests inviting bf and kids for meal, but not helping Marissa.

Niece refuses to help aunt in need after being abandoned

Trust fund for emotional rug pulls and family drama

When refusing to help backfires… karma strikes

Commenter hates Marissa and supports not helping her. NTA

Commenter calls out aunt’s hypocrisy, says she deserves suffering

Commenter sympathizes with OP and criticizes the aunt’s behavior.

Karma strikes back! Niece’s response was savage. NTA

Stay-at-home aunt refuses to adapt and now begs for help

Don’t let her take advantage of you You owe her nothing

Don’t let her guilt-trip you into taking financial responsibility

Agreement and validation for NTA comment

Don’t help someone who wouldn’t help you NTA wins

Contact the boyfriend who helped you. Ignore judgmental people. NTA

Satisfying comeback to entitled aunt’s plea for help

Don’t get mad, get even. Paybacks are hell

Choosing to help is nice, but not required. ✌️

Golden rule prevails: Niece not obliged to help miserable aunt

NTA. You handled it perfectly. Let them help her now.

Curiosity kills the cat, but it also exposes audacity

Perfect karma strikes! Commenter declares NTA in satisfying situation

NTA comment calls out entitled aunt’s hypocrisy

Taking the high road is a myth

“Be the bigger person” is BS. Niece refused, Aunt begs.

Aunt gets what she deserves, NTA. Heartwarming family support ❤️

Support for OP’s decision to not help hypocritical aunt.

Offering support to a niece and calling out bad behavior

No help from aunt for grieving 18yo, now begs for help

Prioritizing self-care isn’t petty, it’s necessary.

NTA. You owe them nothing. Block them and move on.

Put up or shut up: Should the commenters help her out?

Niece calls out aunt for hypocrisy and neglect

Suggests uninviting aunt, boyfriend could stay home with kids. NTA.

Don’t let others guilt-trip you into helping unkind relatives.

Suggests inviting BF and cousins for pizza party instead of handouts. NTA

Standing up for oneself and setting boundaries.

Fair is fair: Niece won’t help entitled aunt

Petty behavior all around. ESH, but Marisa is the biggest.

NTA. Aunt refused to help, now begs for help. Karma’s a b***h

OP is NTA for not helping her aunt in need ‍♀️

Aunts can be vultures . Turn your back on her.

NTA. Refusing to help someone who hurt you is acceptable

Sometimes being petty is justifiable

Compassionate boyfriend gets help, entitled aunt gets karma

Family refused to help, now begs for it. NTA wins.

Encouraging resilience and suggesting food bank.

Don’t be a doormat, donate to a food bank instead

Karma strikes: Aunt who refused help now needs it