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    Teenager pays for her Comic-Con photo op ticket, refuses her parents' demand to share it with her sister, leading staff to remove her family from the line: ‘The parents and sister began calling her entitled’

    The thing about once-in-a-lifetime opportunities is that they come, well, once in a lifetime. And what I think the parents and the younger sister in this comic-con situation don't seem to grasp is that ruining such an experience is something that can sting for, you guessed it, a lifetime.

    And I know Comic-Con isn't exactly like a comet sighting you can catch once every 74 years, and that, in theory, when this teenager grows up a little bit, she can buy as many Comic-Con passes with as many photo op tickets as she wants. But that wouldn't help me even a tiny bit if something similar happened to me when I was a teenager.

    Now, I might not be the biggest consumer of Comic-Con's universe of content, but what I love about these stories is how you can see the universals (see what I did there) underlying them. 

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    • Entitled sibling demanded her older sister let her be in her comic con photo op because her parents didn’t buy her her own before it sold out

      A crowded Comic-Con floor scene shows three people posing together in Spider-Man–inspired cosplay, smiling for a photo amid a busy convention hall filled with attendees and booths. The image includes a bold caption overlay about a sibling dispute over being included in a Comic-Con photo op.
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    • This girl’s photo op is my backstage at a Punk show or a book signing. We all have the little niches we geek out in, fly our own type of nerd flag high. And if you’re reading this and have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sorry, but we can’t be friends. Because I don’t care whether you're passionate about Philosophy, Music, Comedy (like a like those three, hehe), Marvel and Comics like the heroes in today’s story, or History, Movies, or whatever. If you don’t have anything like that in your life, to me, that sound kinda lame. Remember, kids, being cool all the time is a prison.

    • I witnessed at a comic con last year that I was at: it was almost time for a photo op to happen, if you've been to a comic con the general rule of thumb is show up fifteen minutes before your photo op so they can organize which group you're in for the line you'll need to be in.
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    • I saw a teenager with her boyfriend arrive to their line but then a younger girl that she was identified to be the little sister walked over with a her parents.
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    • Thats why you don’t have to be a dedicated Comic-Con super fan to know that waiting in line with strangers who respect boundaries better than your own family is just bound to happen.

       

    • Here, a teenage girl showed up 15 minutes early with her boyfriend, photo op ticket in hand, ready for three glorious seconds next to someone in elaborate makeup and foam armor. Then her parents rolled up with her little sister in tow, armed with audacity and zero backup tickets. Apparently, they had meant to buy the sister her own photo op but forgot, procrastinated, or just assumed someone else would solve their problem for them. Now they needed the older sister to fix it by sharing what she paid for herself.

    • I overheard this whole thing from the same line as them. The teenager said the photo op she's doing is for her and her boyfriend only and her parents were supposed to buy the sister her own photo op ticket but the con sold out before they could.
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    • The parents ask her to share her photo op with her sister and she said she had explained to them earlier this was a photo op she paid for herself and that it was something she wanted to share with her boyfriend only.
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    • The parents and sister began calling her entitled because she wouldn't share the photo op and it took till staff had to step in and get the full story.
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    • A Comic-Con attendee in a detailed armored cosplay poses confidently with oversized props, standing under dramatic lighting as a blurred convention crowd fills the background.
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    • The funniest part is how the parents framed sharing a paid ticket as basic decency while ignoring their own failure to plan ahead. The younger sister got spoiled into thinking other people's purchases were community property. The older sister got a brief moment of peace and probably a lifetime of awkward holiday dinners. At least she got the photo without extra family members photobombing her one moment of nerdy joy.

    • Ultimately the parents and sister were removed from the photo ops. I told her as we collected our photo ops, "I'm sorry to hear your parents weren't respecting your wishes." She told me, "It's ok they knew all along my plan for the photo op but they spoil her so much they need to stop." I hope that the girl and her family were able to have a peaceful talk after the con ended.
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    • Advanced-Fig6699 I'm glad the older sister and her boyfriend did get their photo op - they're not cheap! Who was it for out of curiosity
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    • OP Gymtrio2025 Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen
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    • Advanced-Fig6699 Ahh cool now definitely not cheap!
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    • OP Gymtrio2025 They definitely weren't cheap but worth the photo
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    • OP Gymtrio2025 Where I typed the double a that was a typo, meant to type as
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    • Ulquiorra1312 Alot of cons wont let you share anyway
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    • OP Gymtrio2025 It definitely depends on the con because some will allow only two people depending on guest, whoever purchased the photo op and three others, and as you said one person.
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    • shashoosha That's actually a great boundary she set.
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    • OP Gymtrio2025 Photo ops at comic cons are sacred photos to people and they have the final say who joins them in the photo especially if they purchased it.
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    • shashoosha Yes, my thoughts as well. I'm glad she handled it the way she did.
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    • OP Gymtrio2025 As am I
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    • Prestigious-Bluejay5 It was always the parent's plan to force the younger sister into the older sister's photo op. I'm glad the older sister stood her ground and was supported by the staff.
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    • Zefram71 They were probably lying about the ticket not being available and were just planning on butting into your photo op!
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    • CottonZodiac Good on her for holding her boundary. Imaging calling someone entitled because they won't give up something they paid for
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    • JoyReader0 Little sis is Golden Child for sure, and this experience was good for her. Life is full of circumstances that can't be fixed by the parents and won't be fixed by a tantrum. Or by the elder sister, who is doing a fine job of standing up for herself and will probably move away as soon as she can afford it.
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