Woman Calls Out Sister After She Brags on Social Media About Being a 'Cool Mom' With an Open House, While Secretly Trash-Talking the Neighbors' Kids

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    "She said she was done dealing with someone else's kid"
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    r/AmltheAsshole • 14 hr. Ok_Program_6821 AITA for telling my sister she's not really the kind of mom she says/thinks she is?
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    My sister, we'll call Kimantha (40s) is much older than me (mid 20s). Kimantha is a mom and it's her whole personality. She constantly posts on social media that her home is open to any kid who might not feel like they have a place to go. She gets REAL into it
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    and every 5th or so post is one of those memes about being the "cool" place to crash. Or that she wants to be the house where all the kids can just walk in and grab a soda. She has her kids' friends call her Momma K. Whatever. Recently we were talking on the
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    phone and she cursed and said, "Not again," and said she had to be quiet so no one knew she was home. She then ranted about her neighbors who yell and scream all the time, and their daughter who we'll call "Annabell" (7). I guess Annabell and Kimantha's daughter
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    "Petal" (8) are friends. Annabell comes over every day (or tries to), rings the bell and sits on the porch if they aren't home, etc. Kimantha said when Annabell comes over she's always asking for food and Kimantha feeds her most days. Kimantha said that Annabell's older sister "Betty (15?)" refuses to go in
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    the house when the Dad is home (she will even sleep on their porch!). To me, this screams that these girls are at the very least food insecure, likely neglected, and possibly abused. Kimantha said that she was just done dealing with someone else's
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    kid. I laughed and said, "Ha, so much for all those Facebook posts, eh?" Oh...was she 1. She asked me what I meant and I said that she posts about being the "cool mom" and the place all the neighborhood kids could crash but then when someone actually
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    seems to need that safe place...she's hiding in her bathroom and pretending she's not at home. I said that I guess she's not really the kind of mom she says she is. She. Went. Mental. Screaming at me about how I don't know
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    anything. Granted, Kimantha said that she'd be fine with it if the girl didn't "bully" Petal in school. I asked her what Annabell had done to bully Petal, and she said that occasionally Annabell doesn't sit with Petal at lunch and one time kicked mulch at her during recess. To me, these didn't sound like
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    bullying but like, typical playground conflicts...and frankly a pretty weak excuse and I told her SO. Anyway, Kimantha isn't talking to me currently and keeps sending me hateful texts about not knowing anything about kids.
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    While I 100% don't think she's RESPONSIBLE for dealing with Annabell, I do think she's being an for saying she's "that kind of mom" online, but then...not actually doing it when it's happening in real life? So...AITA?
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    Someone You Dont Know70 • 13h ago Commander in Cheeks [237] NTA for calling out the hypocrisy. I agree that she's not obligated to take in someone else's kid, especially not when that kid is bullying their own child. By that same token, though, she doesn't need to advertise an open house on FB when she knows that see doesn't want to be running one.
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    Dry_Ant_3129 • 13h ago NTA. She needs a harder reality check. You should also call her a hypocrite. She's all big talk no action.
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    • 12h ago SneakySneakySquirrel Certified Proctologist [20] YTA. I love my dogs. I post about them all the time. I advocate for others to rescue dogs. They still drive me completely bonkers and there are days I wish they would just leave me alone. You can love your job and have days when all you want to do is quit.
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    Your sister can want to be a safe haven for these kids and also feel the financial stress of having to feed them, or feel burnt out or over it all. It's unfortunate that the girls don't have somewhere else to go when your sister needs a break, but your sister is only human - and she needs to put her own daughter first.

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