“You broke my son’s heart”: 15-year-old locks her bedroom door to keep out 5-year-old son of father’s girlfriend, she freaks out and demands boyfriend take handle off the door

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    AITA for locking my bedroom door at night to keep my dad's girlfriend's kid out?

    "How could you be so cruel?"
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    My dad moved his girlfriend and her son (5) in with us in October. I (15) guess my dad's girlfriend had hyped her son up to have a brother and he's been clingy with me since they moved in. When I'm home he's following me around and wanting me to play with him. He tries to get inside my room whether I'm there or not.
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    Sometimes I'll get home from a friends house and he's bouncing on my bed and then he'll try to jump on me. He'll ask for me piggyback rides whether we're home or if we're out on 'family trips' with my dad and his mom. His mom complains when I say no and then dad will tell me I could
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    carry him around for a little while and why can't I give the kid what he wants. I hate it but it's worse at night.
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    The kid sleepwalks some nights and other nights he wakes up and he just can't fall back asleep. Before when he'd wake up he'd come into my room and I'd send him away. It made his mom angry because he'd go back to his room for ages and then go to her and by then it would be almost time to get up. She told me I'm supposed to do better for
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    my little brother and I asked her what little brother I'm an only child. She said I knew who she was talking about and whether I'm happy about it or not, and clearly I'm not, I'm no longer an only child. I told her just because she thinks that doesn't mean I do. She told me he's my brother and I told her if her and dad breakup I'll never have to see her kid again.
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    My dad and her broke up for like a week after I said that but they stayed while she looked for a place and then she took dad back and she didn't move out with her son.
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    The night stuff got so annoying that I started locking my door. It even saved me from him. sleepwalking into my room. He didn't tell his mom at first but the other night he was crying so hard and she asked why he was upset and he said I locked my door and he didn't think I liked him and he wanted me to go back to being his
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    brother. I heard him talk to her but I pretended I was still asleep. When I got up a few hours later dad and his girlfriend were waiting and they flipped out on me for locking my door at night. I said I didn't want to be woken up and his girlfriend was yelling at me and saying I broke her son's heart. I told her I didn't care and I didn't want to deal with her kid in the middle of the night.
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    She said I broke her and dad up once over this and I won't do it again. Dad told me not to lock my door but I did the next night anyway.
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    She wants dad to take the handle off my door so I can't lock it anymore but it's too much effort for him. She told me I was being a brat and said how could I'm being. cruel
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    They're talking about breaking up and she's putting it on me for locking the door and refusing to be a brother to her son. She said keeping him out like this is happening way too much and it's mean to a little kid. AITA?
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    hamsterfamily ⚫ 17h ago NTA. Even if the child was related to you, a teen should not be expected to do all the nighttime parenting. You need to talk to your dad about this one on one, not being too harsh or rejecting of your step-sibling but clear about
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    how you still need to have your boundaries.
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    Couette-Couette • 17h ago NTA. Your dad's girldfriend is just looking for someone to take care of her child for her (and for free).
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    Chefnick500 ⚫ 17h ago Get a wedge and slip it under the bottom of the door .. NTA
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    Awkward-Tourist979 • 17h ago She won't move out. It would mean she would have to stand on her own two feet.
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    Carbohemorrhage •17h ago Leave the door unlocked. Every time that kid comes in, take him to your dad's bedroom, walk the boy in without knocking, and yell wakie, wakie! Time to parent. And go back to bed.
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    • bacongrilledcheese... 17h ago They're not asking you to act like a brother, they're asking you to act like a parent. She wants to push her responsibilities onto you so she can sleep while you have to deal with her sleepwalking kid. Not okay. And you are NTA
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    ChunkyLemon12 • 17h ago NTA. The woman sounds like a psycho.
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    Chaoticgood790 • 17h ago If your dad wants to so badly he can deal with a 5 year old in the middle of the night. If they take your doorknob go to Home Depot and get a door jamb.

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