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Man expects his stepdaughter to be Cinderella and clean up every mess
Did you know that, according to this piece of smart step family, Largest web resource for stepfamilies and stepfamily ministries40% of US families are mixed with at least one partner having children from a premarital relationship?
Well, today’s family is no exception!
We all know that home dynamics aren’t always as perfect as most of us would ideally like. Arguments, poor communication, boundary issues, whatever – chances are good, but you’ve had your fair share of fights. But one thing we do know for sure is that things can be much more delicate when stair relationships are involved.
The author of today’s post has a daughter who has returned home to study for her final exams, and although she and her stepfather have a mutually respectful relationship, the student recently I found myself falling into a bit of a pickle.
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Asking your daughter-in-law to clean up your spilled water is definitely strange behavior
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“Are you telling my husband that my daughter doesn’t have to attend to his needs, AITA?” After she found her husband exploiting her daughter who had returned home from college to study, she asked the members if it was wrong to tell her husband to grow up and start cleaning up on his own. The post managed to garner over 16,000 upvotes as well as 2.2K comments discussing the situation.
Wife confronts husband after finding out he keeps throwing all his chores away at his daughter who has come home to study
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The woman started the post by sharing that her daughter is currently a sophomore in college. OP’s husband, who is not her daughter’s biological father, has changed jobs and is now working remotely. A woman works in an office, so when her daughter comes to visit, she and her stepfather are home alone.
The two always get along very well. They respect, understand, and trust each other, but it was too late for the man to show the full father figure, so the student never recognized him as such, and he didn’t see it as such. I didn’t push.
The OP’s daughter recently returned home to study for her final exams – but she continued to be interrupted by her mother’s partner.
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Recently, my daughter was complaining about her stepfather throwing his own mess at her even though he knew he was busy with his studies. She stayed in her own room, and at one point a man knocked on the door and asked her to clear the table where she had just had her lunch in order to attend her meeting. Or, you guessed it, he had to focus on her work so he asked her to wipe up the spilled water.
The student told her mother that she felt like she didn’t care about her study time and didn’t acknowledge the fact that she was also working. However, he also mentioned that it is a pattern that repeats itself.
The man knocked on the student’s door and asked him to clean up his filth because he was busy with work.
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Well, to confirm that, the creator of the post asked her offspring not to clean up the next time they ask, and of course, he was caught red-handed.
When a woman came home from work and asked her husband why the table was dirty, he replied that his daughter should clean it up. Naturally, the students objected, saying they didn’t have time to eat, much less clean up the filth. The author then lashed out at her spouse, telling her that her daughter had come home to study for her exams, not to clean up after her.
He tried to defend that he had an urgent meeting, but the woman said it wasn’t the first time and she could have easily cleaned up afterwards.
When her daughter finally complained, the woman confronted her spouse.
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The man groaned and said he didn’t think it was a big deal for his daughter to take a few minutes to quickly load the dishes in the dishwasher…if you believe you can do it that quickly, do it yourself.
The OP ultimately had to split the discussion and decided everyone should clean up after themselves. Afterwards, her spouse admitted that she “felt humiliated,” but she soon grew up and was told to stop her picky behavior after her daughter messed up.
What do you think about this situation?