This 16-Year-Old Says She Doesn’t Want To Hold Herself Back To Make Her Stepsister Feel Better, And Her Stepmom Is Calling Her A Stuck-Up Brat
A 16-year-old girl has a stepsister named Amy, who is the exact same age as her. Although she and Amy do go to the same school and are in the same grade, they don’t hang out with the same kids and don’t have any classes in common.
So, she really hasn’t spent any kind of quality time with Amy during school hours. Several years back, her dad and Amy’s mom met at a school function, and then they started dating.
They also got married earlier this year after accidentally getting pregnant. She admits that now that Amy’s mom and her dad all live together with them, things are getting bizarre.
Her mom is currently in another country for work and will be for the next couple of years, and Amy’s dad is not in her life at all, so they’re all living on top of one another and get no reprieve.
“I could tell Amy hated the whole idea of our parents being together from the start, and I thought it was just that she didn’t like all the changes,” she explained.
“I didn’t know until later that it was partly because of me. She makes a lot of comments about me being “Miss Perfect” and how everyone caters to me because I’m pretty. I think I’m average at best, I play sports, so I stay in shape, but I’m nothing special, and I can’t do makeup to save my life.”
“Since we all moved in together, though, she has something snarky to say every time I do well at something or go out with friends or anything. I’m in honors classes and AP because the teachers pass me easily because I’m a suck up and an athlete. I get invitations and out-of-school opportunities because of my looks. My friends are all dumb jocks. People only like me because I’m pretty.”
She’s been growing really tired of all of Amy’s nasty, negative comments, and her dad won’t get Amy to stop. Amy’s mom also doesn’t intervene, and both their parents just laugh when they do find out about what Amy says about her.
Eventually, she had had enough of Amy, and she freaked out on her. When she did, she told Amy that even if she was attractive, it could never make her terrible personality any better. She also snapped that Amy should try working on her personality instead of bashing her.
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Amy yelled back at her, and Amy’s mom became furious when she found out about what had happened. Amy’s mom also accused her of being mean, though her dad was on her side.
When she and her dad were alone, though, he mentioned that Amy is struggling because she feels that she’s not as good as her.
Her dad wanted to know if she could downplay all of her achievements and things she excels at to make Amy feel better, and he also requested that she not go out as much or try to ask Amy to come to things with her.
“I told him I’m just living my life, and I’m not going to do anything different just because she’s jealous,” she said.
“I don’t want to hang out with her because she’s mean, and my friends don’t deserve that. The best I’m going to do is ignore her from now on since she gets to throw shots but sucks too much to take one back now and then. It’s causing a lot of stress, and my stepmother says I’m a stuck-up brat. My dad has been trying to keep me home more, but I told him keeping me out of my clubs is going to look awesome for college scholarships, so he’s frustrated.”
She did talk to her own mom about all of this, and her mom thinks she should not pay her dad, Amy, or Any’s mom any attention while continuing to live her life. She’s left wondering if it’s wrong of her not to want to hold herself back in order to make Amy feel better about her life.
What do you think?
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