16-year-old sabotages her father’s girlfriend, causing her to breakup with him, teenager comes crawling back to her for comfort when his new girlfriend starts to mistreat her

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Briana Viser • Writer and Editor
Jan 23, 2025 12:00 PM EST

Hey there internet gals and guys. Being a teenager is tough. Hormones are pumping, your frontal cortex is developing, you hate your parents, and you just want the crush in your statistics class to text you back. It's even more overwhelming when your parents are divorced and you have to see your father have a new girlfriend who isn't your mother. As commonplace as it is for marriages to sunder through divorces, it's not easier to deal with just because it can be seen as "normal." I for one couldn't imagine having to watch my parents date or marry other people. It must create such disillusioning notions of love, and you have to end up distancing yourself from attachment. But let's think about it in terms of the story below. 

In this story, the protagonist is a woman who was run out of her relationship by her boyfriend's daughter. Miss teenage daughter of 16-years-old was so cruel and sabotaging to the protagonist that she was forced to break up with her boyfriend. After their breakup he starts dating another woman who the teenager hates more…she seeks solace in her father's ex, only to be turned away. 

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    AITAH for telling my ex boyfriend's daughter, "It's not my problem." ?

    "It's not my problem"
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    I (38f) dated John (40m) for about 6 months (we had known each other for a year before we started dating). We broke up 3 months ago.
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    The reason for the breakup was because of his daughter, Tia (16f). From the very beginning she was hostile towards me. R de comments. Putting me, my cooking, etc down. Constantly referring to me as "that b ". She said I was the reason her parents broke up. (False. They broke up 10 years ago, 9 years before I met John).
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    I have a stepmom who went out of her way to try and push her way into my life. So I actively did everything I could to be the exact opposite. I tried to give her space. I tried talking to her, asking her what I could do to at least make things between us civil. Her answer: I could voluntarily leave this world.
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    John was no help. He'd threaten to ground her, take her things away, but they were empty threats and Tia would just continue her tirade against me. Her mother, Chloe, (who honestly is awesome) even tried to talk to her and figure out what her problem was. Tia couldn't come up with 1 reason why she didn't like me, she "just didn't."
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    It all came to a head one night while they were at my house. We had ordered food and I went to go pick it up. When I got back I found John in my dining room, sweeping up the remains of my grandmother's antique pitcher. My grandmother meant the world to me so seeing the pitcher destroyed broke my heart.
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    I demanded to know what happened and Tia gave me a smirk and said, "Oops. It was an accident." I asked her how it was "an accident" and she just shrugged and said something like, "I think I bumped the table and it just fell off." There's no way that can happen. My dining table is
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    heavy. You would have to slam yourself into it to even shake that pitcher.
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  • As common as divorce is, it must be torture for a teenager to watch their parents breakup, seeing their life flip upside down, and having to witness their parent dating again. 

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    I told them to leave and spent the rest of the night crying. The next day I called John and told him I couldn't do this anymore. He tried to talk me out of it, but my mind was made up.
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    Fast forward to 2 days ago. I leave work and there's Tia. She started going on about John's new girlfriend, Jane. How Jane is a monster. Evidentially Tia tried her old tricks on Jane, but Jane gives it right back to her. Tia calls her names, Jane calls her names back. Tia insults Jane, Jane insults her
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    back. The worst was that Tia "accidentally" broke something of Jane's and in retaliation Jane took Tia's phone and smashed it.
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    I asked her if she had told her mom. She had and Chloe decided that Tia wasn't to go over to John's anymore. I told her something like, "It sounds like everything's settled then." Tia started crying, asking if that was it? I just looked at her and said, "Yep. Your mom handled it. It's not my problem." And I left.
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    I was talking to my sister about this last night and she called me an AH. She said that obviously Tia is hurting and needed me. She came to me for a reason and the least I could have done was be a shoulder for her to cry on. I just don't feel anything. I think I'm just numb to Tia now.
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    ExpertChart7871 I actually don't think Tia wants you back in her dad's life. She's still trying to stir sh*t and create drama. Once she's rid of the new gf - she'll go back to her old tricks with you.
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    ShaHocks I fail to see why on Earth your own sister would call you an AH in this situation. The girl got what she wanted - you out of her dad's life. If his new gf is giving as good as she gets probably not the best way for a grown adult to
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    behave but this girl sounds awful and her mother knows, then what are you expected to do? Tia is having her first taste of the old "play stupid games; win stupid prizes" lesson.
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  • Wow, I wonder why Tia is acting out. Maybe it's because of her father…maybe she wants more love and attention from him? It seems like he just goes from woman to woman. 

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    Ok Stable7501 Tia is 16, not 6. Actions have consequences. I've seen this happen. A friend. refused to marry her longtime boyfriend because his daughter was horrible to her.
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    She eventually dumped him and left the state. The kid was shocked. Even more when the dad followed my friend, who wouldn't take him back. After years of being bu ied by his kid, she didn't want to see him again. Good for you for getting out. NTA
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    Held Accountable723 NTA. Tia's been awful to you for months, and you don't owe her anything. She's not your responsibility, especially after everything she's put you through. You tried to be kind, and she repeatedly disrespected you. Why should you keep tolerating her crop?
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    LTK622 NTA. Tia is getting the education she needs. Lying to her and pretending to care would undermine the reality that's hitting her. Which was a long time coming.
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    Good riddance to John.
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    checco314 16 is old enough to know better than this. And it is definitely old enough to learn that when you ab e people, they might leave. Maybe she has learned.
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    Mad... NTA and I like Jane btw. Tia needed consequences for her behaviour and Jane seems the only one being willed to give her these. Not saying you were wrong with your
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    approach morally wise but Janes's seems to be the one working.
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    chaingun_samurai Tia started crying, asking if that was it? "You fed the dog. The puppies are yours."
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