Woman Gets Her Adult Stepdaughter To Pay The Full Cost Of Her Rent In Exchange For The Tuition Money She Wasted On Vices
The stepdaughter spent it on weed and gambling.
A woman thought she was helping her adult stepdaughter get ahead, but the money ended up disappearing into gambling and weed instead of tuition. Now the family is split over whether the stepdaughter should be forced to pay it back. Their 23-year-old stepdaughter chose work over college, later asked for help with courses at an occupational center, and received the funds she needed.
Instead of using that money for school, she spent every penny on vices, and her stepmom wants repayment through full rent. The biological mother is backing the daughter, and that is making the whole situation even messier.
The woman and her husband are very supportive of their children.
PeaPsychological3516What the daughters are doing.
PeaPsychological3516The rules are easy to follow and benefit the entire household.
PeaPsychological3516
Pretty sure that most people would find these reasonable and easily doable.
PeaPsychological3516
The eldest daughter lied about enrolling.
PeaPsychological3516
She needs to be taught a lesson on accountability.
PeaPsychological3516
Where the money was spent
PeaPsychological3516
The stepdaughter clearly needs a lesson on responsibility as well.
PeaPsychological3516
This stepdaughter is just too selfish.
PeaPsychological3516
These parents are kind enough to provide her a home to return to. It wouldn't be surprising if they kicked her out.
PeaPsychological3516
It also echoes the situation where a friend keeps asking again after mismanaging money, and the borrower finally says no, AITA for refusing to lend again.
It's not about the money. It's her attitude.
PeaPsychological3516
The word that best describes exactly what she did: scam.
Publius246
How will this lady become a responsible adult if the biological mom is an enabler?
mrose1491, Management_sucks, MickanInSthlm
Redditors are doubting the biological mom, believing she's a partner in crime.
AccidentalFoe, SandyEggo1962
They can press charges since she's already an adult.
Square-wheel116
She could be charged with fraud.
Valkyrie131313, Paradox227, Valkyrie131313
The parents did nothing wrong. It's all the stepdaughter's fault.
SendarSlayer
The bottom line is that everything she did was wrong.
CandyShopBandit
They can't claim she's addicted yet.
CandyShopBandit
A lot of people would have done the same thing.
Valkyrie131313
If the biological mom is enabling, it might be best to lessen her influence on her daughter.
theazurerose
Of all the people who became a bad influence, it had to be her real mother.
Roux_Harbour, TenderOctave
No matter how you look at it, the stepdaughter is the bad guy here.
The_Important_One_, Lennox120520
These Redditors don't trust the biological mother.
Anseranas, Nicky_Sixpence, G_Momma1987
The stepdaughter clearly needs to learn how to become a responsible and accountable adult.
If she's going to be that selfish, nothing good will come out of her life. She should be thankful that her dad and stepmom are still willing to give her a chance to correct her wrongdoings.
Others wouldn't be as merciful. If you were her parents, would you kick her out?
Before you decide to cover someone else’s mess, see what happened when a brother’s gambling debts hit the parents.
More on the AITA drama: should someone split a brother’s gambling debts with their parents.
