All siblings will argue from time to time, but there are some lines that shouldn't be crossed and by the time you get to adulthood, you need to learn to respect each other's homes and possessions.
One woman has been left in a tricky situation after letting her sister stay with her for a week ahead of a big job interview in their hometown.
After moving across the country some years ago, the sister hadn't visited much in about ten years, and their mother was "ecstatic", hoping that she'd be coming home at last.
The pair aren't that close, having "opposite personalities and interests". However, the woman held out hope that the week spent together would bring them closer.
Little did she know that things would get heated fast.
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Taking to Reddit, the woman explained that "it was all kind of awkward but nothing horrible until the third night" when she came home from an evening out with pals at around 10 pm.
After heading into her kitchen for a late-night snack, she was astonished to find that nearly all of her food was gone.
She wrote: "I'm not even exaggerating. I swear 90 per cent of my pantry was just gone. I asked my sister and she told me that she was shocked I ate anything with preservatives and unnatural and that I was 'poisoning my body' so she took it upon herself to throw away everything she deemed unhealthy".
Describing the scene as being like "someone had robbed my kitchen", she was shaken to find that "so much food both packaged and unpackaged" had been binned, "even things like spices that weren't fresh".
In total, she estimates that nearly $1000 worth of food had been chucked (£735), including "dried pasta, ground beef, pre-cut veggies in a container, juice, canned soups, rice, chicken broth, leftovers, and even bread".
Unfortunately, her sister showed no guilt or remorse after being confronted, choosing instead to give a lecture on what she regards as "disgusting" processed foods.
She continued: "I demanded that she pay to replace everything, but she dug her heels in and said that she was doing me a favour and that the way I ate was 'disgusting' (her literal words). I know I'm biased, but my diet isn't even crazy. It's pretty much standard food you'd find at any grocery store".
Distressed by the situation, the poster asked her sister to pack up and leave right then and there in the middle of the night, taking a 30-minute cab ride to their parents' house.
Sadly, things have been further complicated by their parent's reaction, with their mother left "devastated" by the fall-out.
She's now insisting that the Reddit user be the one to apologise so as to "keep the peace", holding out hope that the sister will take the job she's interviewing for and live close to her family again.
"I told my mom that if she wanted to lose not one, but both daughters then she'd keep pushing me to apologize for something I feel I have a right to be upset about. My dad says that she's been crying every night though, and I love my mom so much I feel like a huge a**hole for being stubborn about the situation".
Many of those commenting were sympathetic to the poster's plight, reassuring her that she wasn't being unreasonable given how cheeky her sister had been.
One person wrote: "This is a hill I would die on. I can’t imagine having to suddenly pay to replace all my food, spices included. Never mind the wastefulness of tossing perfectly good food that could have been donated to a charity pantry. Your parents’ anger is misplaced".
Another advised: "Stick to your guns and don't apologize, even if she pays you back. As you grow older you'll realize that sometimes Moms cry, and that's not your fault; she's human and like people have mentioned she probably doesn't want to rock the boat because she wants her other daughter to stick around. But that doesn't mean she gets to guilt you into anything. Sisters fight, and your sis was being irrational and disrespected your home and hospitality".
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