‘Never speak to me again’: Daughter Runs Away From Home to Her Mother’s Best Friend’s House, Mother Cuts Contact

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jul 14, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

Welcome back internet lovers. We all love hearing about neighborhood dramas, and dramatic stories between people. When it's our own life, we don't want any of it, but we love to watch from afar. 

It's not easy to merge families. Divorced parents with kids from different marriages can get complicated, especially when both children are teenage girls. In this Reddit piece, the original poster (OP) shares that her step-daughter has been bullying her biological daughter. This causes a huge blow out, a feud in the entire family. The parents choose a harsh punishment; they ground the girl for 2.5 months, and even get rid of some of her clothes. So what does the girl do? She leaves. She leaves for her mother's best friend's place, where she's treated like a princess. 

Feeling as though her friend has undermined her parenting, she tells her to never speak to her again. Read the full story below to see how it ends.

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    • r/AITAH 1 day ago Mammoth-String5051 AITA for saying I will never forgive my former friend and telling my husband that I will leave him if he reconciles with her?
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    My husband had a friend "Erin" who he grew up with. When I married him Erin and I got along great and she was one of my best friends for about 7 years. My husband has a daughter "Katelyn" and I had a daughter "Rachel"
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    Katelyn and I never had a close relationship as she didn't want one, but I thought we were all fine. Then when the girls were both seniors in high school, Rachel broke down and told me Katelyn and her friends had been bullying her for a while. She said they made sure no boys talked to
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    her, whispered about her at school, and Katelyn had embarrassed her just that day in front of a group.
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    I was irate but tried to think straight. My husband and I confronted Katelyn and she didn't really deny it. She didn't have much to say and then suddenly blew up about how she never asked for a step family. She admitted she had been bullying Rachel for years. I demanded her
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    father punish her. He was going to just ground her but that seemed so minor after what she had done to Rachel. He agreed that she was grounded for the rest of the school year (2.5 months) no prom and we would be donating some of her fancy clothes to the less fortunate.
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    We went out that night to get some dinner. Katelyn said she didn't want to eat, so she stayed home and when we returned all of her stuff was gone. She had a lot of stuff and there is no way she could have got it all out in an hour, so we checked the cameras and she had some boys helping
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    and she had some boys helping her.
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    Her dad tracked her phone and found out she was at Erin's house. We went to get her and Erin said to let her stay that she needed love and patience not discipline. She said our punishment was too harsh. I was blindsided and we demanded Katelyn come with us, but she wouldn't. The police were
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    called and pretty much said she was close enough to 18 that they wouldn't get involved.
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    So basically Katelyn got no punishment. We took her phone that night but that was it. Erin let her drive a car she owned, let her stay there for free on all of her breaks from college, and even gave her a cushy summer job. Erin is dead to me. I will never forgive her, but recently she sent
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    us a long text about how she is getting married, she misses our friendship, so much time has past. She said she just wanted to help Katelyn and if we could see Katelyn now, we would know she did the right thing.
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    I told her to never contact me again. My husband thought that was cruel and asked if we could consider going to coffee and just hearing her side. I blew up and said he was failing Rachel and if he chose Erin over us I would leave him. He has been quiet ever
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    since and still thinks I'm being harsh.
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    clarabell1980 • 1d ago Erin totally crossed boundaries and undermined your husbands authority
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    EmuDue9390 • 1d ago If Katelyn has never reached out to apologize to Rachel then she hasn't changed. Period.
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    . BroadElderberry • 1d ago NTA. Of course Katelyn is happy with Erin - she's effectively an only child getting everything she wants. Erin is acting the "fun" parent, and so there's no conflict, and
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    that also means there's no growth - Katelyn isn't getting the chance to grow up and face the consequences of her bad choices.
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    At any point in the previous years Erin could have pushed Katelyn to own up to her mistakes, reach out to any of you, understand that you and your husband were hurt and disappointed in her behavior. But instead, nothing. She got to play
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    savior and tell everyone that she has a "daughter." She can chew sand.
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    beaglerules 1d ago I cannot believe that so many people are saying that the OP is an
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    Erin interfered in their parenting. Erin enabled Katelyn's behaviour. Erin still will not admit she was wrong. Her taking in Katelyn did not have anything with any of Katelyn's success in life. If anything it hampered
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    her becoming a better person. She will think that she has an out when she gets called out for bad behaviour.
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    Her husband should be 100% behind his wife. He should not want someone in his life that interfered in his parenting of his child. He should understand that Erin has no place in his life if he wants to stay married to his wife.
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    Da... 1d ago • Edited 1d ago NTA Erin enabled the bully or tortured your daughter. She enabled a runaway and decided she had more say than the child's actual parents. You're not being harsh. He's being an AH for thinking this is forgivable.
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    Unless Katelyn has made massive ammends to your daughter, nothing has changed. How did she help the bully? Get her therapy? Have her volunteer with a youth crisis center? Hold her accountable in ANY way?
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