Woman Slammed for Trying to Evict Stepdaughter From Bedroom

Commenters slammed a woman for expecting her stepdaughter to move out of her room so her 13-year-old daughter could move into it.

The Original Poster (OP), known as u/Sleepy_allthetime55, posted about the situation in Reddit's popular "Am I The A**hole" forum where it received more than 10,700 upvotes and 1,200 comments. The post can be found here.

Stepfamilies in America

According to the Pew Research Center, nearly 50 percent of Americans report having at least one step relative.

Of these individuals, 70 percent reported feeling "very satisfied" with their family life compared to 78 percent of individuals with no step relatives.

Among parents, about six in 10 adults felt an obligation to help their grown stepchild. Among respondents, 85 percent said they felt an obligation to help out their parents, while 56 percent felt a similar obligation toward their stepparent.

'AITA?'

In the post titled "AITA for telling my Stepmom that I won't give up my room so her daughter can have it?" the teen, 16, said her dad recently got remarried to a woman named Kelly who has two children.

Kelly and her children, ages 13 and 9, recently moved in with the OP and her dad. The house has four rooms, with the master bedroom and another room having bathrooms while the other two share a bathroom.

"When they came to move in her daughter ran straight past one of the vacant rooms and into mine," the post read.

She said her room was obviously taken, with personal decorations and posters hanging on her purple walls.

"So once I showed her son to the room he would be sleeping in I went into my room and saw her bringing her stuff into my room," the post read. "So I told her that this isn't her room and that she has one of the rooms with no decorations."

The OP said her stepsister started "freaking out" and yelling that she was going to tell her mom the OP was bullying and being mean to her for being younger.

'Be the Bigger Person'

When the OP's dad and stepmom came up to the room, the OP said her stepsister wouldn't leave because the room had to be hers since her favorite color is purple and there is a bathroom.

The OP's father explained to her stepsister that she could also paint her room whatever color but she said she "doesn't want a room that doesn't have a bathroom so this one should be hers."

"Her mom ended up agreeing with her saying that I have had this room for a very long time and can just restart in the other room and I should give it to her since she's younger," the post read. "So I told her that I won't give up my room because this has all my stuff and I'm comfortable in my room so her daughter will have to go to the other only available room."

The OP said her stepmom was telling her she was rude and mean to her new little sister and that it was "reasonable" to give up her room and to "be the bigger person" and to "act her age."

In an update, the OP said her father told her it is ultimately her decision since it is her room and she is old enough to speak for herself.

Redditor Reactions

More than 1,200 users commented on the post, many criticizing the OP's stepmom and stepsister for being "entitled."

"If no ages were mentioned, I could've very well thought she was three," one user commented about the OP's stepsister. "If she's this entitled from the very beginning, I can't imagine how terrible it would be to live with her long term. [I] really feel bad for OP, 1000% NTA."

"Now that you mention living with her long term, OP needs to get a lock and keep the door locked whenever she's not in there or step-brat may end up in there stealing s**t or breaking things," another user commented.

"NTA. Stepmom is not off to a good start already," another commented.

"OP, talk to your dad about how new stepsister and her mom are not giving you a good first impression and making you uncomfortable," one user commented. "Tell him boundaries need to be made and you will not tolerate being manipulated or made to feel like you should give up things bc of them."

Newsweek reached out to u/Sleepy_allthetime55 for comment.

Other Viral Posts

In another viral post from Reddit's "Am I The A**hole" forum, a teenager was praised for not feeding their stepmom's guests dinner.

In another post, a woman was criticized for forcing her daughter to share her birthday presents with her stepsiblings and another was blasted for paying less attention to her stepdaughter since she gave birth to her son.