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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/EverythingRelative1 on 2023-07-29 16:37:24.

My sister (22) is starting med school in the fall. She has been dating “Jack” (23) since high school. He has been in college for five years now, changed his major twice and only has an associates. We were having a dinner to celebrate my sister, and my whole family was there. Jack decided to tell everyone at my sister’s dinner that his parents told him they wouldn’t pay for his schooling anymore.

My sister started to comfort and reassure him. It pissed me off that she had to do that at her own party. I told the boyfriend I could help him with his resume, but he said he didn’t need to work on his resume since he didn’t have his degree yet. I asked what exactly his plan was, and he said he didn’t have one yet.

I changed the topic to my sister’s upcoming trip she’s taking with her friends. Jack then uses this to transition to talking about how he wants to apply to study abroad but is not sure how he will pay for it. I said I’ve always found the best way to make money is with a job. He glared at me, and my dad changed the topic.

After dinner Jack came up to me and asked if I had a problem. I said I didn’t appreciate him tainting my sister’s event with his sob story about how he couldn’t get a four year degree in five years. He said I was a hypocrite with a useless art degree that doesn’t even use my degree in my job. I said that’s irrelevant because I have a job and he should probably fucking get one too, because my sister is a student and can’t afford to carry his worthless ass.

He called me a self-righteous prick and left. I’ve been thinking about it, and I think I overreacted, and I could have just blown him off and not talked to him when he came up to me. I doubt cussing at him is going to convince him, so I probably shouldn’t have done that.