Hi. I have two little sisters. One is 13, we'll call her Sarah, and the other is 17, we'll call her Clara. I'm 23.

It all started when our parents put the three of us in the same room about three years ago. It's not a very big room, but it's adequate enough, and there's a shower inside.

I started by dividing up the chores. Sarah had to wash the floorcloths every week and throw away the room's trash bag once it was full. Clara had to clean and sweep the balcony and empty the water from the air conditioner because the drain pipe was not yet finished, so the water poured into a bucket. And I had to clean the shower and sweep the room.

Sarah has had a problem with bedwetting so far. I can't blame her for that, it's not her fault, she's little. But after waking up, she would go take a shower and leave her wet sheet on her bed. I had to tell her every time to wash her sheets, otherwise, they would stay there and the whole room would smell. And it was the same for her clothes, she would leave them on the wet bed, with her dirty underwear. Same for housework, I had to call her all the time to come and pick up the trash, and wash the mops, otherwise she never did it. At some point, it became so tiring for me that I gave up. And seeing that everything was dirty in the room, my mother would come and tell me that I was the big sister and that I should scold her to make sure everything was clean, but I had enough. When I spoke to her nicely, she would forget and when I reminded her what she had to do by shouting at her sometimes, she would end up getting angry.

These are just suspicions, but every time I yelled at her, I noticed something bad was happening to me. Once, my comb disappeared. Another time, it was my money. Again, someone spat on my shower swatter, and another time, my shoe was thrown in a trash can. But as for the shoe in the trash, I was pretty sure it was her, because I deliberately gave her a gift that day, and she brought the shoe back, pretending she'd found it, even though I knew she was obviously lying.

Sarah has been acting better lately. I always have to tell her when she's supposed to do things, but at least she doesn't get upset. Besides, she's still little, which is understandable.

But with Clara, it's a completely different story. She would let the air conditioner water overflow from the bucket for days. As for the balcony, she could leave it dirty for two weeks without doing anything. Sometimes I wondered if I was giving her too much work, but I told myself that I managed to sweep the room every day or several times a day, so why couldn't she sweep the balcony at least once a week? Was it too much to ask?

At some point, she started going to boarding school, and she came back every two weeks. I figured since she wasn't there anymore, I would empty the bucket for her, but she could at least sweep the balcony once she got back. Sometimes she did, and other times she forgot.

I thought maybe I was being too harsh, and she probably would do it during the holidays, but I found myself going to university (because I still had classes during the holidays), sweeping the room when I came back every night, going to check if the bucket was full, reminding Sarah to throw out the trash and take off her wet sheets, asking Clara to sweep that tiny balcony JUST ONCE a week, and cleaning the shower practically every two days because they were doing all sorts of things in it : Walking inside barefoot when their feet were dirty, combing their hair inside and then leaving their dandruff in the sink, going to the bathroom without flushing or leaving as if nothing had happened after blocking the toilet, throwing toilet paper on the floor, leaving foam on the walls, leave hair in the shower, in short, I've seen it all. But what shocked me the most was the time one of them left poop on the toilet brush. I didn't say anything, I turned a blind eye, took my courage in both hands and washed it. After that, I went to explain the situation to them and asked them to keep the shower clean because I was starting to get exhausted. I was going to university, I only came back in the evenings around 7 p.m. while they were on vacation and doing nothing. But I was still the only one doing what I had to do, they didn't do anything if I didn't tell them and what's more, they made my chores difficult by dirtying the shower and throwing their things everywhere.

I was at my wit's end, really at my wit's end and when I think about it I just want to cry. But guess what, even after talking to them nicely, nothing changed, they did the same things again, and notably, the poop in the toilet brush. This time, I confronted them because I was fed up. And what happened? They both said it wasn't them, and in the end, I was forced to clean it myself again.

Right now, it's Easter break and Clara is back home, and frankly, I hate it when she's around because of the two sisters, she's the one who gives me the most trouble. Every time she comes back, the shower is dirtier, she puts the toilet paper wherever she wants, and when I get angry, she speaks to me in a haughty way, even though I'm her big sister. It's as if she has no respect for anything I might say to her; she interrupts me and stops me from scolding her.

Today I got angry because I asked her to clean the balcony and she left it as it was even though it was really dirty. She was studying her lessons, and I was so uncomfortable that I went to sweep the balcony for her and I also took the opportunity to pick up the trash for Sarah. When I finished, I came back to tell her to take care of the balcony and I was visibly angry and all she did was laugh mockingly and say "okay". I said to her "Thanks for making fun of me" and she replied "You're getting angry as if I'm not going to clean..."

Honestly, it really pissed me off. They're on vacation, I'm on an internship and it's still the same as before. I work, I come back around 8 p.m. or even later, and I sweep the room and clean the shower if it's dirty. I don't get any help unless my mother asks Sarah to sweep the room for me. Clara, on the other hand, never helps me. They recently finished the air conditioning circuits, and she only has one thing to do: keep the balcony clean. I tried to express myself, and I was yelling because I was angry and exhausted, but she stopped me from talking like usual. After that, I just wanted to cry, while she hummed a song casually.

Honestly, I'm so exhausted, I'm so tired, that I plan on just ignoring her. In the meantime, I ask myself why I do all this for them, why I take care of everything, why I share everything with them, when they don't give a damn if I'm suffering or not.

I remember one time when one of my cousins ​​came to stay at my house for a few days and she asked Sarah, "Why aren't you doing anything while your big sister is doing everything?" and she didn't answer. Two other cousins, one of my aunts, and my mother also told them the same thing, but nothing. I don't really understand why they don't care. Is it just me who speaks badly? Should I ask them for help more nicely? Should I just shut up and do the chores? Is it normal for girls their age to behave like this? Is it like this everywhere? Are they too young for chores? Especially Sarah?