“Your baby isn’t a miracle”: Insensitive 15-year-old gives the harsh truth to stepmother’s friend, her father forces her to apologize but she refuses

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    AITA for telling a woman her baby is not a miracle?

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    15F here. My baby half brother was born a few months ago, my step mother has baby fever right now and is arranging mommy and baby events at the house when she keeps inviting other moms and babies around. I don't care, they can do it as long as they don't
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    bother me. She usually wants me to help with prep and clean up which I don't like doing as it's not my problem and they're not my guests.
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    Anyway. This last weekend there were this woman and a baby and she was going around showing the baby to everyone and asking them "is she not a miracle?" And honestly it was obnoxious. But I wasn't r de and didn't say anything until I was getting out to see my friends and she stopped me and asked "is she not a miracle" and
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    offered me the chance to hold the baby. I asked "you want an honest answer that?" And she said yes. So I said "no. Tens of thousands of them are made every day, it's the furthest thing from a miracle."
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    She was annoyed and said I was short sighted and ride. I didn't say anything and left.
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    RE
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    Later that night my step mother and dad told me I was ride to their guest and I should have reassured her that her child is special because she is special to her. I honestly don't care. But they wand me to call her to apologize and I don't. see why I should. She was the one who stopped me and asked me a
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    question, and I offered to bow out but she wanted an honest answer so I gave it. AITA?
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    Conundrum Machine This is why you must learn the proper deployment of the most useful "word" in the English language.... "uh-huh". With the right emphasis it can be very versatile.
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    Lopexie Ahhh the teenage years....such fun...
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    Subs... This is a "if I don't have anything nice to say, then say nothing at all." Moment... Also in my head I just picture aubrey plaza playing you in the reenactment.
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    Equal Audience_3415 You were not r de. You were unkind. There is a difference. She approached you and insisted on an answer. If anyone was ride, she was for insisting. She learned that not everyone would love her baby. It is an important
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    lesson. Better she learned it from a 15 yr old, than someone else. However, you were unkind. Life is hard enough. Being unkind is just throwing more hate in a world that already has too much. This may be a small thing to you, but you
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    never know what is going on with people. You could have just said the thing that will push this person over the edge. That is not cool. This is a smile and nod moment. You give a half smile, nod your head in a vague half no/ yes, and move on.
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    If you ever wonder if you should say something, ask yourself how you would feel if the situation was reversed.
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    reader-girl You gave her a classic teenager response. So yes, you're the ah le, but such is life as a teenager.
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    AVMcCulloch Do you want an honest answer? Yah, you're kind of an AH.
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    Otherwise Degree_7... Hahah I mean she asked a teenager so what was she expecting? Honestly just the fact that she was going around and making people say her child is a miracle rubs me the wrong way.
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    Grouchy-Still1353 Honestly what kind of response did she expect from an annoyed 15 year old girl? Sure she has attitude, but I find it kind of funny Fr. your child isn't special and unless I am approaching you asking to hold your child...
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    don't offer it. People love being the centre of attention. and forcing thier child down everyone's throat. Nobody is the a hole expect your parents who are forcing you to be a maid instead of being able to hang out with your friends. If your mom wants help she can ask your dad.
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    AussilnNZ The difference between being an adult and a child is to recognise others failings and strengths but to love them anyway.
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    Additionally, you might not yet appreciate the grief and heartache of the whole "Baby Making" process. Many people struggle with this and do not tell everyone about the miscarriages, the previous stillborn babies, the fertility treatments, the financial ruin in attempting to fix all these things I just mentioned.
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    So perhaps .... Just perhaps .... You do not know her full story, the story of grief and trial that lead to this one child. (You are 15 and we adults try not to overburden you with life's truths all at once)
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    Oh yeah, every baby is a miracle of nature and the prospect of a future. I do not want to say YTA here because you are right in the turmoil of 15, swinging like a pendulum between totally adult and totally child (thats is exactly what midway teens is, even though we do not want to admit it)

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