Daughter’s Friend Doesn’t Consider Her Half-Siblings Family, But Now The Other Girl’s Mom Is Upset Because She Didn’t Correct Her Terminology Away From Home » TwistedSifter

Everyone raises their children differently, but what about when someone expects you to raise your children for them?

This woman finds herself in a difficult situation with the mother of her daughter’s best friend.

The other mom expects her to manage her daughter more than she wants.

Let’s see the full story…

My daughter Arya (13f) has been best friends with Lilah (13f) since they went to the same preschool together.

They still spend time together and have a larger group of friends, but they are the ones who have known each other the longest and are the closest to each other.

Lilah’s family situation is a bit difficult, and her mother got a little crazy with me last week, which led to some conflict.

To sum up the current problem, Lilah has a blended family. It’s her mother, stepfather, half-siblings.

Lilah expressed that she doesn’t feel close to them, she always emphasizes that she doesn’t have any real siblings and even her half siblings are just half siblings and they are not her father’s children either.

At first it seemed quite normal…

I heard her tell Arya how much it bothered her when people said her half-siblings were just siblings. But they don’t talk about it often.

Lilah’s mother came to my house last week and blamed Arya for Lilah’s use of the terms “stepfather” and “half-father.”

She said she had heard the girls talking about it and saying that half siblings are not real siblings.

She said she knew it had to come from Arya because she had been fighting Lilah for years to stop saying “steps and a half.”

I asked him how that could make sense.

She told me that Arya must be the source of it and I told her that Lilah was saying that whether Arya was there or not and that she was wrong to blame Arya for how Lilah felt.

It was shocking…

Lilah’s mother then told me that I should monitor the girls whenever they are in my house or around me and correct Lilah whenever she uses the not, half or says they are not her real family.

I told Lilah’s mother that she couldn’t seriously expect me to listen to them 24/7 so I could correct Lilah and it’s too much to ask my mother to do that when her child is there to play with mine.

She wasn’t happy with me at all. She told me that I couldn’t say that Arya wasn’t to blame and at the same time refuse to correct Lilah when she said something wrong.

She told me that I just wanted to let them say things and that I wasn’t doing enough for Lilah, even though Lilah spends more time at my house than at hers.

In the same breath, Lilah’s mother said that her husband was so fed up with Lilah refusing to cooperate and that she needed to be here more often so I could correct her.

I told her she was really expecting too much.

She told me I was a bad person. AITA?

Let’s dive into the comments…

This Reddit user agrees with the author.

Another commenter thinks she should follow her instincts.

Many users point out how dysfunctional this other family is.

Overall, everyone agrees that girls are old enough to make their own decisions!

She’s a good mother, but that doesn’t mean she should raise someone else’s child!

The other mom is moving toward a contactless future.

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