Father Forces Daughter To Move Bedrooms So That His Son Can Take Over Her Room

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Jul 1, 2022 5:00 PM EDT

Family dynamics can be difficult, especially when marriages and children get added into the mix. Welcoming in a new "mommy" or "daddy" isn't always ideal for younger children trying to understand parent relationships/ divorce. Let's keep in mind all different types dynamics here, being the favorite child, the youngest child, or the child who isn't related to a parent makes it even more complicated. No matter who is biologically related, a family is what you make out of it and picking the favorite can mess up relationships. Whether you're close with your parents or not at all, until a certain age you have no choice but to live with them and deal with it, so might as well make the best out of it. 

In today's Am I The A$$hole post, OP tells Reddit about how he made his daughter (Harper) from a previous marriage move out of her room to make space for his new son from his new marriage. OP mentions how Harper was too thrilled about welcoming in a new brother from the start when his new wife got pregnant. The house only has 4 bedrooms and they decided not too keep the baby in their master bedroom, but create a nursery instead forcing Harper to move rooms. What do you think? Is it messed up to ask Harper to move rooms for the new baby? Do you think it's showing favoritism? 

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  • 01
    Font - AITA for taking away my daughters bedroom and giving it to my son?
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    well this is very telling of who is the new favorite 

  • 02
    Font - I(M32) have a daughter Harper (F14) from a previous relationship. I have full custody and her mom is not involved in her life. 5 years ago I married my wife Nina(F31) we tried to have a child but couldn't. We went to the doctor and turned out I can't have anymore kids due to some complications. We decided to use an sperm donor and the result was a son, Mark, who was born a few months ago.
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    this mans needs to figure out his priorities 

  • 03
    Font - The problems started when Nina got pregnant. Harper wasn't happy about it. When Mark was born things got worse. Before this Harper and I used to spend 2 days a week together, just the 2 of us without my wife but after Mark was born I couldn't do that anymore. I can't just leave my wife alone for 2 days a week with a newborn and Harper has been very angry about it. The main problem started 3 days ago. Nina and I decided to make a nursery for Mark instead of having him in our bedroom for mu
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  • 04
    Font - Our home has 4 bedrooms, 2 master bedrooms at one side and 2 bedrooms at the other side. One of the master rooms is ours, the other one is Harpers. It was very hard for Nina and I to go to the other side of the home multiple times at night when Mark wakes up so I asked Harper pack her stuff and go to one of the bedrooms so that we could give her room to Mark. At first everything seemed alright. She said ok and went to her room and started packing but less than an hour later my brother sho
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  • 05
    Font - Im receiving calls from my family all calling me an AH and other names. I dont trust their judgement, they very clearly favor Harper. She was the first grandchild in our family and everyone's favorite also they are trying to accept Mark as my son but I could see that they haven't been able yet so I decided to post here and get some unbiased opinions. AITA?
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  • 06
    Font - Edit: Here is the update that I promised I realized I've messed up so I went to my brothers home and tried to get Harper back but he didn't even let me see her, saying she doesn't want to see me.
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  • 07
    Font - He said he would only let her go back if: 1. She wanted to go with me 2. We move to another home close to their home because they wanted to have Harper close to them to keep an eye on her and make sure we are treating her right, we used to live very close to them but when I got married my wife and family didn't get along so we moved somewhere farther away which made Harper very sad. 3. Harper will get to choose which bedroom she wants in our new home 4. I should spend 1 on 1 time with Har
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  • 08
    Font - This caused a lot of problems since my wife doesn't like some of those conditions. she thinks they are not reasonable. She got angry, took Mark and went to her parents home and is staying there so now I'm also receiving texts from my inlaws calling me an AH. Right now Im looking for a new home that is closer to my brother's home
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  • 09
    Font - I called Harper and my brother convinced her to talk to me for once. she was crying the whole time while telling me that she felt like I didn't want her anymore. Hearing her cry like that really broke my heart. I honestly never meant to hurt her.
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  • 10
    Font - After so many apologies and gifts she finally agreed to see me. I will go to my brother's home everyday to spend time with Her. She has also finally agreed to come home with me when I find a new home.
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  • 11
    Mammal - Dry-Depth-4693 - 2 mo. ago YTA. There is something big missing from this story. No way would a teenager take this so well.
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  • 12
    Rectangle - when_the_music_stops - 2 mo. ago YTA. Moving your daughter cause you can't walk a few extra feet for the prodigal son?! And while you can't give her 2 whole days anymore, you can certainly give her a few hours in an afternoon. YTA on many levels.
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  • 13
    Font - EveryFairyDies 2 mo. ago YTA For the simple reason you could have handled this so much better if you'd gone to family counselling, and helped your daughter understand and be more willing to accept a new sibling. Or, what, just done some basic googling or bought a book or something.
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  • 14
    Font - FraudulentHack. 2 mo. ago That was painful to read. You don't solve problems, you just order people around. YTA.
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  • 15
    Rectangle - thatotterone - 2 mo. ago Partassipant [3] all I can say is WOW. YTA You can TRUST our judgement on this. are you completely blind to how this must feel to your daughter. YOUR CHILD too remember? good grief. that poor girl.
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  • 16
    Rectangle - ActualWheel6703. 2 mo. ago YTA You're acting like Harper is no longer a part of your family unit. Now she's making that permanent. It's good that you have a nice brother.
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