17-year-old blocks stepsister and stepmother, bio dad finds out and berates him for being a bad older brother, he holds his ground and goes to his mom’s for solace

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jan 17, 2025 12:00 PM EST

Growing up with divorced parents is so normal, but that doesn't mean it's easy. It's so common that it's almost a desensitized notion of life's struggles. But it's far from being easy, or something to breeze over. Not to mention the difficult journey of adolescence in general, this combination of arduous circumstances will leave someone having to navigate the difficulties of life at a very young age. 

In the story below, it centers around a 17-year-old boy whose parents got divorced when he was a small child. His dad remarried early and had another child, just to divorce soon after. He's been back and forth between his mom's and his dad's his whole life, never having the stability of his parents being together. He has a grudge against his father, who he feels has never been a good dad. As he gets older, he starts making his own decisions, and doesn't let other people dictate them. Though he can't legally block his father's phone number, he can however block his stepmother and stepsister, who he also doesn't like. Push comes to shove, and his family finds out they've been blocked, leading to a family crisis. 

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

    "I don't really like my dad"
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    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 married). My half brother is 9. I don't remember the last time I saw him. His mom moved out of state with him
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    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. 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
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    kids, she tried to make me 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 I'd like to yeet her into space. And they annoy me when they try to make me responsible for them
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    and go to their mom so I need to take them places when I'm with dad. This got worse after my mom got me a car and I started driving. The expectations of what I'd do went way up.
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  • It must be so tough growing up with divorced parents. When I was growing up, it felt like the norm. Everyone's parents seemed to be divorced, but it doesn't diminish the severity of the struggle. 

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    So months ago my mom took dad back to court to change 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/Sunday twice a month or each weekend. I went with the T/F/S/S because | want weekends not spent with them.
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    I'm not allowed to block my dad on my phone. I can't mute him or ignore calls/texts from him according to the judge. But I do block his wife and stepkids.
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    Last weekend my stepsister (15) was trying to call me 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 after trying me for ages and she said
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    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 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
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    and I said I had no idea she'd called. He asked 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 blocked her during my mom's parenting time. Then they realized the
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    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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  • It's so entitled for the stepmother to accuse this teenager of being a bad older brother. He's not her older brother, he's her stepbrother, and that comes with a slew of issues. 

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    • teresajs 18h ago NTA You don't have any responsibility to your Dad's wife's kids.
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    Sparkyand Dolche • 18h ago No, you're not the a hole. It isn't your responsibility to respond to them.
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    Any-Expression2... • 18h ago I'd tell them straight to their face. Look, the court says I can't block my father's communication. Therefore, you and your kids are not
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    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_... ⚫ 18h ago 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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    frozenbroccolis • 18h ago NTA, you're not a older brother because you're not their older brother. You go there to see your dad.
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    Cursd818 16h ago • ΝΤΑ If your stepmother tries to steal your phone again, tell your father that you will call the police.because that is what she did when she took your phone from your hand.
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    She has no legal claim over you or your belongings, and you can remind both of them of that. Be very clear on that to all of them - She's not your stepmother, she's your dad's wife, and her children are not your stepsiblings if you dont claim them to be. You don't
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    need to be cruel, you're stating facts. Look her straight in the eyes and tell her you're not her unpaid nanny, and her children are HER responsibility, not yours. If she calls you on your dads phone again, immediately hang up.
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