‘My sister walks around our house half-naked in front of my son’

“She’s living with us, and when I asked her to stop wearing such revealing clothes in front of my 10-year-old, she told me I was being controlling,” the frustrated dad reveals.  

When Joseph invited his sister Emily to stay with his family indefinitely, he thought he was doing his younger sibling a favour.

The 28-year-old had recently become homeless, and Joseph and his wife Sarah were happy for her to stay, rent-free, as long as she needed.

But problems arose over Emily’s choice of clothing.

“She likes to walk around in ‘revealing’ clothes,” he explained on Reddit. “Sometimes she doesn’t wear a bra, and at others she has no top at all.”

Joseph said he wouldn’t have an issue with Emily’s clothing, except he doesn’t feel comfortable with her dressing that way in the house, and in front of his 10-year-old son.

“She got mad and accused me of ‘controlling’ her, being a misogynist, and said it’s none of my business what she wears.”

But Joseph said because she was in his house, it was his business.

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The dad was worried about the way his sister was behaving in front of his son. Photo: iStock

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Emily got angry. “She began to yell at me, using abusive language,” Joseph said.

“I didn’t back down and asked her to get out if she thinks it’s problematic.”

Emily also stood her ground, refusing to move out. “I’m not going to leave and I don’t want to search for another house either,” she said.

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The pair were at an impasse, and Joseph wondered if he was overstepping by criticising Emily’s clothes.

Some commenters wanted clarification.

“We need to know whether or not you mean she walks around completely topless around her brother and nephew,” one person said. “Because there’s a difference between being braless at home (normal) and topless around people who are not your significant other (not normal).”

“She doesn’t walk around my son deliberately, but he’s seen her around when she does this,” Joseph said. “And yes, it’s completely topless.”

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Some people wondered about Emily’s mental health.

“Is your sister emotionally alright?” one person asked. “I agree that she needs to go, but homelessness may have altered her mental stability. I disagree that it matters whether she pays rent. Walking around naked among roommates and relatives is unacceptable.”

Others said that the way Emily dressed wasn’t the real issue.

“Her behaviour is a problem, but her response is the real problem,” one person said. “She didn’t even try to consider your point of view. You know considering you were nice enough to save her from homelessness and are offering a home, rent-free, forever. She got angry and called you names.”

Originally published as ‘My sister walks around our house half-naked in front of my son’