Stepmom accuses 17-year-old son of being a selfish brother after discovering he blocked his stepsiblings on his phone, son refuses to back down: ‘They are not my responsibility’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Jan 14, 2025 1:00 PM EST

While most kids would be happy to discover they are getting a new sibling, these things don't always come under the best circumstances. 

Sure, it can be an exciting moment when both your parents sit you down and tell you that mom is pregnant and you are going to get a baby brother or sister. But there are other scenarios in which a new brother and sister is not as exciting as it may sound.

If your parents are already divorced, and the new sibling is actually coming from someone one of your parents is now dating, it wouldn't surprise anyone if excitement is not on the table. Accepting step-parents and step-siblings is not easy, and definitely not that exciting, so the journey to accept it is different for everyone. 

It is natural when you are being thrust upon a new family, to not really want to have anything to do with it. If you don't really want to 'connect' with new stepsiblings, you shouldn't be forced to. A family is something you build, and everyone should want to be a part of that.

That cannot be said about the family in the story below.

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    "AITA for blocking my stepsiblings and my dad's wife while I'm at my mom's house?"

    My parents broke up when I (17M) was 4. My dad got married when I was 6 and divorced her when I was 9. But he had a son with his first wife (my parents were never
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    married). My half brother is 9. I don't remember the last time I saw him. His mom moved out of state with him years ago. My dad remarried when I was 11 and his wife already had three kids. My stepsiblings are 15, 13 and 12.
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    To cut to the chase, I don't really like my dad. I don't think he's a very good dad. His wife is annoying and I hate having to be around her.
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    She feels like marrying my dad gave her the authority to make me into her kids. She goes to Church and she tried to drag me with her and her kids, she tried to make me
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    read the bible and embrace her religion, she called my mom a bad parent for sending me to public school and there's a whole bunch of stuff she's done like that where I just can't stand her.
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    My stepsiblings aren't bad. But I don't see my dad marrying their mom as enough to make them my siblings. Especially when my dad's a pretty bad dad overall and their mom is so annoying
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    I'd like to yeet her into space. And they annoy me when they try to make me responsible for them and go to their mom so I need to take them places when I'm with dad. This got worse after
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    my mom got me a car and I started driving. The expectations of what I'd do went way up. So months ago my mom took dad back to court to change
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    the custody agreement and the judge said I only need to spend 8 days a month with my dad. That could be Thursday/Friday/Saturday/Su Inday twice a month or each
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    weekend. I went with the T/F/S/S because I want weekends not spent with them. I'm not allowed to block my dad on my phone. I can't
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    mute him or ignore calls/texts from him according to the judge. But I do block his wife and stepkids. Last weekend my stepsister (15) was trying to call me
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    while I was at mom's and I didn't know because she was blocked. She'd been someplace with friends and they abandoned her. It was starting to get late too. She ended up calling her mom
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    after trying me for ages and she said she'd tried to call me since she knew I'd be closer. When they got back they told dad and I don't know if he didn't care or just let his wife
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    handle it but she called me up on his phone and yelled at me for ignoring the calls. Dad called me a couple of days later and asked me why I didn't answer and I said I had no idea she'd called. He asked
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    how and I said I just didn't. I had to go there on Thursday and his wife took my phone from my hand and saw I didn't get the calls. They figured out from there that I'd
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    blocked her during my mom's parenting time. Then they realized the reason I never reply to dad's wife or my stepsiblings while I'm with mom is because I must have them all blocked.
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    I'm so glad I get to go home later today but it's been tough here and my dad's wife has berated me for being such a older brother to her kids. AITA?
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  • When parents try to force their children into a newfound bond with each other, it makes total sense that they would push back. They are already going through so many changes, forcing them to behave like siblings is not going to help any of them. 

    This story makes me want to shake both the father and the stepmother and tell them to just listen to their kids. They know what they are saying, and they know what they want. Start trusting them, instead of pushing them away.

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    teresajs NTA You don't have any responsibility to your Dad's wife's kids.
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    Sparkyand Dolche No, you're not the a_h_le. It isn't your responsibility to respond to them.
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    Any-Expression2246 I'd tell them straight to their face. Look, the court says I can't block my father's communication. Therefore,
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    you and your kids are not my problem. The court says I have to be here 8 days a month. I don't agree with the court. If I had it my way I would block all of you and you probably would never see me again. So, let's just get through this until I'm 18 and then we can all be happy.
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    Commercial_Ear_3440 I would change your days to Monday and Tuesday every week. Less time spent with them, as you will be in school. Then your weekends are your own
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