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Teen Outs Stepbrother’s Lie, Sparks Parents’ Fight

(throw away for obvs reason, on mobile, please read everything before commenting, thanks) So me (15F) and my stepbrother (17M) have never really got on. My mother married his dad when I was 11 and we just never bonded, my mom often tried to encourage us to bond but he never tried. His dad acted like he was perfect because he always got better grades than me, was better at sports, had 'better' friends.

And stuff, he was good to my mom and me but it was clear that his son was super important to him. And it was annoying how much he did for my stepbrother. Well, I found out that he wasn't so perfect, he had been telling our parents that his band practice was being extended by an hour, but I found out that it wasn't true.

He had been hanging out with his bandmates and often going home and making out and stuff with one of them, who was a guy. I collected all the evidence I could and left it on the table for our parents to find. It was stuff like pictures of him going out, or some screenshots from his friends' stories.

Well, they found it and they were mad. They called him down and he get in serious trouble for lying to them. After he was grounded and sent up to his room I heard my mom admit to his dad that she knew he had been lying and sneaking off to see someone but she thought it was a girl and was mad that she felt lied to.

This lead to an argument between them as he misread it as homophobia rather than her feeling tricked and lied to when she did him a favour by letting it slide. The argument got so bad that he sent my mom to sleep in the guest room and then went behind her back and ungrounded his son after they had a talk. I feel so bad now that this has caused a fight between my mom and him.

My mom has reassured me that I did the right thing, but I can't stop thinking how it's my fault that she's been kicked out of her bedroom. did I mess up? AITA?

AITA for not taking daughter’s stepsister to Europe on my dime?

Throwaway because my ex knows my Reddit handle. Here’s the background.

I was formerly married to “Steve” and we had a daughter, “Rebecca.” When Rebecca was six, Steve left me for “Carrie,” the mom of one of Rebecca’s school friends, “Lisa.” Steve married Carrie and they now have two kids of their own. I got remarried to “Joe,” who had no kids. Steve and I share custody of Rebecca and Carrie has full custody of Lisa, so the girls live together half of the time. Rebecca, who is now 14, loves her siblings but doesn’t really like Lisa very much. They have little in common and Rebecca says that Lisa is frequently rude to her and her friends.

Joe and I both work full time and are comfortable, although not wealthy. Carrie is a SAHM who gets no child support from her ex and she and Steve can afford the basics but don’t have a lot of extra money for nonessentials. Joe and I have been saving for a few years and now have enough money to take Rebecca to Italy, a place she has always wanted to visit. We are tentatively planning the trip for next spring.

Rebecca was extremely excited to hear about the trip and mentioned it when she was Steve’s last week. Long story short, I got an e-mail from Steve and Carrie insisting that we also take Lisa on the trip. They said they are “basically sisters” and that it’s not fair for Rebecca to get to go if Lisa can’t. They also said flat out that they could scrape together the money for a plane ticket but not much else, so they expect Joe and me, who are “childless,” to cover Lisa’s hotel and incidental expenses.

I asked Rebecca if she wanted Lisa to come, and she said absolutely not. I emailed Steve back and said that I was sorry, but that I wasn’t prepared to take Lisa and that was that. Carrie sent back an email calling me cruel and selfish, and saying that it wasn’t Lisa’s fault that her parents didn’t have as much money as Joe and I. She said she had looked at pricing and it wouldn’t cost us “that much extra” to bring Lisa along. When it became clear that I wasn’t going to relent, Steve called his parents, who consider Lisa one of their grandkids, and they are now also pressuring me to take Lisa with us and offering to “chip in some money” to defray the extra costs.

Given what they are prepared to contribute, Joe and I figure it would cost us between $500 and $1000 extra to bring Lisa on the trip. To be honest, we could probably afford it, but Rebecca doesn’t want her to go, and frankly I don’t see why Joe and I should be expected to take her. AITA?

AITAH for cashing out, enjoying life, and not giving anything to daughter?

Burner acc because too much personal on the main.

I(f57) lost my husband of 25 years last year. We have a daughter(f24) who's married for 2 years. My son passed away after her marriage and it has been hell ever since. Our relationship with daughter was very good and without any incidents before her marriage. She was sweet and loving, and was a great daughter overall. She got married to the man of her choice(SIL: son in law). After that it has all been downhill. She stopped coming to our house, stopped responding to our texts and calls, going almost NC.

We weren't rich, although my husband had a lot of assests, they haven't been liquidated. When he died, he didn't leave a will, because it was so unexpected. After his death, my dear daughter didn't even attend his funeral, nor in any other functions. She didn't even call to ask how i was. Barely 6 months after my hubby's passing she and sil barged into our house and brought with them a lawyer, who told me to sign on some documents, and a blank sheet. I know the legal processes and am not ignorant, i asked her what was in that docs. Idk what i did, but here she was, demanding me to sign some unknown docs and a blank sheet and not answering any questions.

I asked the lawyer what it was about, he said it was for transferring all the assets in her and sil's name. I said no. Here it got violent, she attacked me and i had to scream for help. I didn't call the cops but told her to get out before i did. She was adamant about me signing and tried to take my thumb impression. At this point my neighbors had come over and had witnessed pretty much the last part of forcing. My neighbor, bless his heart physically kicked them out.

After this i was shaken and very hurt. I don't know what i did and i was honestly scared for my life. She kept sending me messages, tho not threatening cause maybe her lawyer told her so. She kept on sending sweet messages, thanking me for making her the beneficiary, transferring all assets to her etc. I was disgusted.

A week of harrasment later, i decided i had enough, i wanted out. So i met my lawyer, he said since there was no will, i was the sole owner of all assets and could do as i wish. Long story short, i sold everything, made 8 figures, bought a new house in a place I'd always wanted to be, far from everyone. Now i plan to enjoy the rest of my life travelling, and generally doing things i haven't been able to do, but which I've always wanted to do.

I recently heard through the gossip vine that my daughter tried to start litigation against me shortly after i sold and left but it fell through, as everything was in my name now. She now wants to meet me and is pressuring her lackeys to contact me and make me meet her. I said no. I don't understand why she did that, because it was all going to be hers anyway. They don't know where i am presently, and I'd prefer to keep it that way. I'm NC with her and sil, and don't have social media except reddit.

AITA?

Edit: Amount is not in dollars, if converted it would come around lower 7 figures

Edit 2: No I'm not from USA

Edit 3: English is not my first language

AITA for saying that I will support my son's children but not his widow?

My son divorced his wife of ten years to get together with their nanny. I told him that he was making a mistake but that he was an adult and could make his own decisions.

He became a s__tty father to his children. I wish I could say differently but there it is. I did the best I could to ensure that my grandchildren knew they were loved and part of a family. My ex daughter-in-law also remained. We had known her for fourteen years and she was always kind and friendly with us.

We used the money we were going to leave to our son and set up educational funds and a trust fund for his children he was neglecting.

My son had two children with his new wife. She always held it against us that we told him that she was a mistake. We didn't get to see them very much. She didn't want them around his older children. She didn't want to be around his first wife. It never ended.

My son passed away last year. He left her a life insurance policy and a lot of debt. She was a stay at home mom and her only job previously was being a nanny. And I'm not sure she would get a good reference from her previous employer.

She used the life insurance to pay off all of their debts including the mortgage on their home. But now she has started to run through the savings she had.

She came over, with the kids, to see if we would give her money from our son's inheritance. We told her that it was spoken for. We said that we could help her out with stuff for the kids but that she would need to get a job to support her family. She said we were family so I said that she had basically ignored and sidelined us for years. We are only family now that she needs us. I said that we would take care of our grandchildren but she needed to work.

Afterwards I was discussing it with my spouse and they feel I was harsh. That she just lost her husband. I said that she just lost her meal ticket.