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AITA for putting my foot down and charging rent when my stepdad started trying to tell me what to do in my own house?
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This guy sounds like a psychopath. Why does he care what his 27-year-old stepdaughter does? She's not 17, she's 27. She's absolutely an adult and can make her own decisions. How uncomfortable must it be to be on either side of them. On one hand, you have her who has to have her boyfriend around her mother and stepfather. On his end, he has to see the dating life and intimacies of his stepdaughter. It's strange, and her parents really should just move out.
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Possessive stepfather tries to dictate 27-year-old stepdaughter’s dating choices while living in her own home, she starts charging him rent money as punishment: “It’s wrong to have guys over this late”
Parents can be a drag. When we're teenagers, the last thing we want is to be parented. We want our freedom, our autonomy. It's our era of rebelliousness, of sticking it to the man (which is our parents). We don't want to be told what to do, we don't want anyone holding our hands through it, and we definitely don't like it when someone tries to tell us who to date or what to wear. Unfortunately, when we're adolescents we're financially reliant on our parents. So whether we like it or not, we have to listen to them until we move out.
What about a grown adult woman? Wouldn't it be just absolutely horrible to be told what to do, what to wear, how to dress, date, or what's appropriate and allowed? And think about it if it wasn't even our bio parent, but a step parent. A double whammy of offensiveness and entitlement to us.
In the story below, that's exactly what the protagonist is going through. She has her own apartment and she's 27, not a teenager. Her mom and stepdad face some financial stress that causes them to move in. But you'll have to read the full story below for all the juicy details.