r/AITAH 4d ago

My stepmom took all of my horror stuff out of my room for her kid to be less scared

So I (15f) has this whole horror obsession, I’m crazy for it I don’t think it would be much of a surprise if I said Halloween is my favourite holiday..

My father (41m) has married my stepmother (38f) let’s call her Abby… now Abby has two sons and a daughter I’m not going to use their real names but give them fake ones.. Zack (16) Evan (18) and Katie (8)

I would like to start off by saying I don’t want to sound like a brat but for the longest time it’s only been me and my dad

So a few moths later Abby and her kids moved in and the boys had to share a room and for some time Katie had her own but my stepmom needed an office room so while I was visiting my grandma and grandpa Katie moved in my room that’s not the issue I don’t mind sharing but the issue I have is I ADORE anything horror so I have a lot of posters,merchandise I even have a Chucky doll, so when I come back from my grandparents my dad and Abby sat me down and said my room needed to change and be more kid friendly obviously I was pissed and stared complaining how it wasn’t fair

And Abby said her child should matter just as me, that’s when my blood was boiling.. so I yelled it was my room first if she didn’t like it she could sleep in the hallway or in the dog bed

My dad got mad and sent me to my room, I get up in the morning and get ready to go to school and when I came back boxes of my posters and funko pops were in boxes with a bunch of other things, only to see Abby talking them down… I get mad and yell at her that’s until my dad comes over and tries to calm me down and tells Abby she should stop but only for her to say ‘my child is scared of all this shit!’

I screamed for ages going back and forth with her until she threw a box and a glass object shattered.. so if she wants to brake my things I’ll brake her kids, I know this is going to abound petty but I grab her kids Barbie and ripped its head off and pulled the legs off and turned to her and say “brake anymore of my things and I smash your laptop up” My dad trying to deescalate the situation said to me go take five outside and from outside I hear my dad abs stepmom yelling at each other

Should I feel bad?

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u/cozybell 4d ago

Breaking the step sister’s toy is not fair, because she is (presumably) innocent in all this. I think breaking her toys is immature and cruel, because she is also being put in this shitty situation.

However breaking the mom’s shit is fair, although not ideal like ^ said. I would recommend against breaking anything because that will escalate things and can end up fucking you over big time. You don’t want them to start claiming you owe hundreds or thousands of dollars, that could easily become financial abuse and make the situation worse.

Like ^ said, be the bigger person so that they have no ammo against you. SHE decided to take away her daughter’s room and move her into her much older step-sisters room, which is clearly not suitable or appropriate. SHE moved all your stuff without permission and SHE maliciously broke your things. If you start breaking anything of theirs, they can turn it around on you and make themselves the victim. Don’t give them that power

Definitely take pictures of all of your things and document everything.

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u/awalktojericho 4d ago edited 4d ago

Yeah. OP should be breaking step mom's things, and something of dad's for encouraging step mom.

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u/natteringly 4d ago edited 4d ago

No, she shouldn't. That's terrible advice.