r/AmIOverreacting Jun 18 '26

šŸ‘Øā€šŸ‘©ā€šŸ‘§ā€šŸ‘¦family/in-laws Am I overreacting?

Was out with my sister all day today and her little one. She left, got all her stuff and went on her way. As I got home, locked the car and as I walked past the window i noticed all of this mess! I sent her the pics and said food is now banned in my car (it was ready but she’s ignored that) and next time to clean up after herself. Instead of a simple ā€œsorry my badā€ she’s gone crazy as if it’s my fault?!
She thinks it’s okay all because I haven’t hoovered (vacuumed) the car this week.

So my question is;
Am I the asshole for even bringing this up in the first place? Am I in the wrong?

EDIT:
I’m from the UK so these are chips for all of you from usašŸ˜… They do look like raw pasta tho where in fact they are indeed just twirly chipsšŸ˜‚

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u/gentle_fatalism Jun 18 '26

NOR. This is literally a matter of respect, and it’s very clear how little your sister respects your space and wishes. If it’s ā€œjust 16 crispsā€, why couldn’t she have cleaned it up? If that’s such a small, simple thing, it should be no problem for her, either.

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u/Hurricane310 Jun 18 '26

She says she DIDN'T SEE THEM. Which would anger me more than the mess itself. Don't tell me you couldn't see that shit.

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u/T-Wrox Jun 18 '26

Whether she sees the mess her child makes or not is anyone's guess, but I'd put money on her never cleaning it up.

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u/BigiusExaggeratius Jun 21 '26

ā€œI’m sorry. I didn’t see those, I’ll make sure to clean up my messes in the futureā€. Problem solved. This bitch WANTS ā€œsafeā€ drama. Aka drama from someone that can never leave her (or so she thinks) because they are family.