So I live in my brother’s house, as I’m currently finishing my college, which is in the same city as my brother, and he suggested I should stay in his house until I finish my college so I can save up the money which would have gone for rent instead. I told him that I will be a headache for his family, but he insisted on staying with them.
Now, he has 2 daughters; one’s 6 months and one’s 6 years old. The older daughter is a huge trouble-maker; she goes inside my room and steals things, tears up my books, eats my snacks, etc., and her mom blames it on me for why I keep these things within her reach even if it’s in my room.
She doesn’t even allow me to eat junk food at home, as her daughter then starts to cry for her to eat some too, which her mom doesn’t like. However, one day I found her daughter colouring my college books, and I snatched it from her, and she started crying; however, her mom started to scold me, asking why I was making her cry. That’s when I snapped and scolded her back, telling her how she can’t even discipline a small child and she should have learnt parenting before deciding to have kids. After this argument we haven’t spoken with each other since, but I felt that I should have done that. Am I the asshole?
NTA and these comments are absolutely insane.
NTA, and OMG, I know, right? Your comment showed up first, so I thought “what do they mean? How bad could the comments be?”
Then, omfg, what the hell is wrong with these people?! “It’s totally normal for a 6 year old to act an undisciplined 3 year old!” Yeah, I suppose so, if you raise them that way.. “it’s the wife’s house, OP should leave if she doesn’t like free rent!” Ummm, did they not read the part that the house is own by OP and the brother’s FATHER, and that the brother/wife don’t pay rent either?? “Maybe you should lock your door/buy a trunk/hide your shit!”, oorrrrrr, and hear me out… the room is too small for added stuff, the wife won’t let OP lock her door, and the kid should be taught how to behave before it’s too late!!
I can’t imagine yelling at a home owner who was robbed and telling them “you were in the wrong for no locking that one bathroom windows, and that’s just what robbers do! You can’t blame them for their behavior!” But it feels like that’s what this sub would claim.
These comments explain why kids today absolutely suck.