Sisters are known to butt heads from time to time, but one woman is wondering if she took things too far - after yelling at her pregnant sibling for eating her own dinner without asking.
Taking to social media, the young woman posited whether she was in the wrong for lashing out at her sister, who snatched the meal while she had briefly left the room.
Posting on the Reddit forum r/AmItheA**hole, the 18 year-old wrote that she lives with her mum, step-dad and 24 year-old step-sister Lily, who moved back home after "her boyfriend dumped her".
The unnamed woman explained: "After a long day at uni lectures, I came home and made myself dinner. After putting it on a plate, I left it in the kitchen whilst I went to the toilet and I got distracted because the family dog needed to be let outside to go pee.
"By the time I got back to the kitchen, Lily had eaten my dinner. I told Lily that was my dinner and she just stared at me in silence."
Trying to move past the moment, she then decided to make a quick replacement but couldn't keep her feelings bottled up. This however led to further conflict.
"I went to go make some cup noodles and told Lily this was annoying. Lily said she was hungry and said she's eating for two, and told me to shut my mouth."
After reaching the end of her tether, the woman shouted at her sister and asked for an apology. Unfortunately, the situation quickly escalated.
She continued: "I started yelling at Lily and told her she should be apologising after eating my dinner, and that maybe she should learn how to cook for herself if she's so damn hungry.
"Lily started screaming at me like a demon to the point where I didn't understand what she was saying and grabbed my cup noodles and threw them out the window, leaving me dinnerless and cup noodleless. Lily stormed out and went into her room.
"I told my mum and stepdad what happened as they were very confused by the commotion. My mum told me I escalated the situation by yelling at her and by my comments and I should apologise to Lily, and that she's probably just hormonal.
"I don't think Lily is owed an apology, I think she was just being a jerk, but what do you guys think?"
Members of the forum were quick to back up the woman, branding her sister's behaviour as "selfish". Many even said it was Lily that should be asking for forgiveness.
"You’re 100% owed an apology, OP [original poster]. Lily was in the wrong and your mum is enabling her poor behaviour by demanding you apologise," one response read, adding "Lily’s hormones do not give her the right to eat other peoples food or to be a horrid human being."
Others were also quick to mention that pregnancy does not excuse Lily's behaviour. A seasoned mother wrote: "Honestly. Like, I get it, hormones suck. They make you lash out or cry over stupid shit. But you still have to apologize for it.
"Did I have moments when I got angry at my husband for something minor? Absolutely. But I always always apologized."
While an expecting mum said she would never act this way: "Hell, I'm 7 months pregnant. If my husband yells upstairs for me to come get dinner, I'll walk into the kitchen, see the plate of food and STILL ask if it's mine or his."
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