BROTHER WHO CONSTANTLY CALLED SISTER FAT DIAGNOSED WITH DIABETES

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Teen Gets in Trouble for 'Laughing' When Brother Gets Hit with Surprising 'Karma' After Making Fun of Her Weight

By Tereza Shkurtaj  Published on December 6, 2025 06:00PM EST

 

Family dynamics can be complicated, especially when issues of body image and health are involved.

 

One Reddit user recently shared that her family constantly calls her "fat," all while her older brother’s unhealthy habits have gone unchecked – until an unexpected twist made her feel like "karma" had finally caught up.

 

The 17-year-old poster explained that her family, specifically her 21-year-old brother, J, consistently criticizes her weight.

 

"For the longest while ever since I started puberty my family would not stop calling me fat," she wrote. "I'm 140 pounds and doctors say that's normal weight, but to my family its considered fat."

 

She noted that her older brother is easily "the most active participant in calling me overweight."

 

"He always tell me that I'm going to die from heart disease or be diagnosed with diabetes because I 'eat too much,'” the user wrote in her post. However, she claimed that he "eats way more" than she does and rarely gets any exercise.

 

Still, her family insists "that 'he's a growing boy, so he must eat.' ”

 

Over the years, the double standard extended to birthdays and meals. While she didn’t get cake, J did, and when she made dinner, she was told to cook extra so her brother could eat as much as he wanted.

 

The unfair treatment didn’t end there. The poster was blamed for finishing household food, no matter how little she actually consumed.

 

“A whole liter of juice? finished by me even if I took only one cup. Snacks? I finished them. Leftover dinner? Me. Everything is always finished by me no matter how much I try to prove that I didn't do it,” she explained.

 

Over time, she stopped arguing, knowing it was pointless to fight against a family set on blaming her.

 

"Eventually I stopped putting up a fight because I knew it wasn't me and arguing with people who were dead set on believing you ate everything didn't get anywhere," she wrote.

 

The story took a surprising turn when J began feeling unwell and went to the doctor, explaining that he was "feeling sluggish and dehydrated." After testing, he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.

 

“I watched as my mom and J stared at the lab results in utter shock and disbelief. J was so dumbfounded that I couldn't help but laugh,” the Reddit user revealed.

 

"J and our mom looked at me with a mixture of shame and rage. My mom grabbed me and had me get a blood test as well because apparently if J had it so did I, but when the lab showed that I was healthy, I laughed even harder this time," she continued.

 

However, her mom then told their entire extended family that she "laughed at my unfortunate brother instead of feeling sorry for him and now I'm being lashed out at by everyone."

 

So, she turned to Reddit to ask if she was in the wrong for laughing at his diagnosis or if she was justified, given his behavior toward her.

 

In an edit, the user emphasized that her laughter didn’t mean she didn’t care about her brother’s diagnosis. She agreed that "diabetes is a serious condition," adding that she has been preparing her brother's meals since his diagnosis to ensure he is on the right track.

 

"I make sure to give him stuff that won't raise his sugar and cause any further complications, just because I laughed at him and he has a history of being my biggest hater, doesn't mean that I don't love my brother, he is still my family at the end of the day," she wrote.

 

Still, her post sparked a mix of reactions online.

 

Some users felt her brother got karma for bullying her, while others argued that laughing at a serious health issue was inappropriate, highlighting the delicate balance of fairness in complicated family dynamics.