She Upset Her Parents When Her Stepmom Overheard Her Saying She’d Be Relieved If Her Stepsister Went To Jail

Valerii Honcharuk - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Valerii Honcharuk - stock.adobe.com - illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

Growing up, did you ever have a family member or friend that went through a rebellious phase and almost took things too far sometimes?

One teenager recently upset her parents when her stepmother overheard her say she’d be relieved if her stepsister went to jail.

She’s 17 and lives with her dad, stepmother Leah, and 18-year-old stepsister Sarah. Her dad and Leah have been married for 10 years, and they’ve lived together since she was five.

Unfortunately, she and Sarah haven’t had the best relationship, as Sarah started going through some changes as they got older.

“Around the time we were 12, Sarah started getting in trouble at school,” she explained.

“It was small stuff at first, but then it became constant, and she started getting in trouble outside of school as well.”

Her dad and Leah often excused Sarah’s behavior, saying she was just going through a phase and trying to fit in with other kids. 

However, Sarah only continued to get worse. It got to a point where her parents had to lock up their car keys because Sarah was constantly stealing them to drive around without a license, sometimes under the influence. By the time Sarah was 15, she was “out of control.”

Sarah has been arrested several times but never spent more than a few hours in jail because of her parents bailing her out.

Valerii Honcharuk – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person

“I strongly suspect that my Dad and Leah have been bribing people or pulling some other strings to keep Sarah out of jail,” she said.

“But I stay quiet about it since I know I don’t have any actual evidence.”

Two weeks ago, she had a friend named Emma hang out with her at her house. They were sitting and chatting in the backyard when the topic of Sarah came up.

Emma asked her what she thought would happen to Sarah now that she turned 18 and was no longer considered a minor. 

She told Emma after everything Sarah’s done, she’s sure she will end up serving serious jail time, and when that happens, she’ll feel “nothing but relief.”

While she thought she was having a private conversation with her friend, Leah was standing in their laundry room, which has a screen door to the backyard. She heard everything she said.

After Emma left, her dad and Leah confronted her about what she said.

“Leah told me she was appalled by what I said about Sarah because she’s been my sister for ten years, yet I said I would be relieved to see her go to jail,” she recalled.

“Later, my dad came into my room and told me that he knows I can’t change how I feel, but that Leah is terrified of what is going to happen to Sarah now that she’s 18. So saying what I said out loud was unnecessary and incredibly insensitive to her.”

When speaking to Emma about what happened, she agreed that what she said was a bit harsh. However, Leah shouldn’t have been eavesdropping.

After this incident, she went to stay at her mom’s house for a week. When she returned to her dad’s, things were still tense between her and Leah.

Should she feel guilty for what she said during a conversation that was supposed to be private?

You can read the original post on Reddit here.

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