Step-Mums Aren’t Always Wicked: A Bizarre Tale of Family Drama and Bad Choices
Welcome, dear readers, to today’s sassy and intriguing story pulled straight from the digital treasure trove of Reddit. Buckle up and grab your popcorn because Roger is here to spill the tea on a real-life drama featuring affair babies, stepmums, and questionable ethics. Let’s dive in!
The Enticingly Twisted Backstory
So, picture this: We’ve got Dad, the quintessential rich douchebag. We’re talking about your garden-variety, flash-the-cash, middle-aged crisis poster boy. He decides to leave his reasonable-age, presumably sensible wife for a younger model—classic move, right?
Enter our Redditor, the ‘affair baby,’ who lives with Dad and the stepmum (SM). For clarity’s sake, let’s call our brave narrator ‘Kid.’ Now, Kid is surprisingly chill about this whole ‘my-dad-is-a-douche’ scenario. He acknowledges his dad’s skeeziness but gives him a pass because, well, he’s a good father. As life would have it, Kid’s existence sets off all sorts of awkward dynamics in the household.
The Antagonist: Stepmum Extraordinaire
Next, we have the stepmum herself. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Stepmum—a woman scorned and possibly a relic of the bitter wives’ club. Despite the obvious source of marital woes being her cheating husband, Stepmum decides to channel her wrath towards Kid and his mom. Genius move? Not really.
Granted, Kid’s mom was blissfully unaware of Dad’s matrimonial commitments when she had Kid. But SM’s bitterness knows no bounds, and we’re left with a household brimming with icy indifference and the occasional biting comment from SM. Ah, domestic bliss.
Scene Stealer: The Conservatory Clash
Enter today’s drama bomb. Kid’s in the conservatory, dreams of physics mastery in his mind (Who doesn’t love some natural light while studying, am I right?). Cue Stepmum barging in mid-phone call, dishing out venomous remarks about Kid’s mom. Just another Tuesday morning.
SM’s jab about Kid’s mom being an ‘ugly slut’ is the final straw. Kid, channeling the spirit of every teenager who’s ever been wronged, decides to sprinkle some well-deserved sass over the situation. He retorts with a rhetorical gem: if his mom’s so bad and yet Dad cheated on SM with her, what does that say about SM?
Touché, Kid. Touché.
The Fallout: A Verbal Mic Drop
Stepmum goes crimson, cuts her phone call short, and explodes into a fit of rage. But Kid’s having none of it. Throwing the cherry on top, he calls her a ‘jealous bitter old lady,’ grabs his books, and exits stage left to the sanctuary of his room.
Now, Kid’s in a pickle. He’s supposed to be cramming for his physics exam, but the guilt of his verbal smackdown is clouding his concentration. He turns to the lovely folks of Reddit for a judgment call—AITA?
Roger’s Final Judgment
Alright, readers, let’s cut to the chase. Was Kid an asshole for flipping the script on his stepmum? In Roger’s unabashedly honest opinion: Absolutely Not!
Here’s why: Respect is a two-way street, darling. SM was cruising down Mean-Spirited Avenue, and Kid merely took a detour to defend his mom. Heck, if being human means occasionally serving a dish of cold reality, more power to him. Sure, family dynamics are more twisted than a pretzel, but when life gives you lemons in the form of a bitter stepmum, sometimes you’ve gotta make a tart lemon meringue. Am I right?
Kid, my advice: Ace that physics exam first. Then, maybe drop another truth bomb on Dad and let him know his wife and son deserve a house that’s not a Jerry Springer episode waiting to happen.
Until next time, stay sassy, stay witty, and remember—sometimes, to deal with life’s drama, it’s okay to be a bit of a drama queen.
Yours mischievously,
Roger
Original story
Ok, so for context, I am my dad’s ‘affair baby’, and I live with him and my stepmum. My dad is basically your stereotypical rich douchebag, who cheated on his reasonably aged wife with a younger woman, my mum, and my stepmum decided to stay with him.
My mum was unaware of my dad’s wife or my older siblings when she had me, however, despite this, rather than direct her anger at my dad, SM chooses to direct it at my mum and at me. Honestly, I’m pretty indifferent to my dad’s douchebaginess, sure he’s a bad person, but he’s a good father.
My SM, doesn’t interact with me much and treats me with indifference mostly, we exist in the same house but we don’t care for each other. I don’t mind this, but what I do mind is her occasional comments on my mum.
Earlier today, while I was in the conservatory studying (i like natural light), She came in on her phone, talking to her friend, and basically called mum an ugly slut in a ‘look at what he cheated on me with’ way.
I interrupted, and said if mum was so bad and dad cheated on SM with mum, what did that say about SM? She went red in the face, cut the call and then tried to yell at me, but I essentially called her a jealous bitter old lady, took my books and went up to my room.
I don’t know. I can’t focus on physics properly when I’m feeling bad about saying all that and making fun of her for getting cheated on.
My exam’s later today and I’m gonna fail at this rate. AITA?
Edit: i’m a guy