It’s nice to support family while they’re going through tough times. It’s what family is for. If you can’t lean on them when you hit a rough patch, then who can you lean on? But there has to be a limit to this kind of generosity since there’s a fine line between helping out family and being taken advantage of by family. And sometimes you don’t even realize you’re doing it. You’re just in it so deep with a loved one that you need someone on the outside to pull you out of your delusion and make you realize what’s going on. 

After all, we never want to think of the people we love as capable of taking advantage of us. But they sometimes do, and the ultimate form of support is helping them become independent instead of continuing to fuel their path. That’s what happened in this situation between a sister and brother.