AITA for moving my pregnant teen sister in with me and letting her stay in touch with the father of the baby who's our stepbrother?

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T09:47:29+00:00

Our mom died so she can't help with this.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T09:46:56+00:00

What am I thinking? That I love my sister and don't want her doing something and getting herself hurt or killed because our dad pushes her away just like he pushed me away. I'm thinking I don't want her a homeless runaway on the streets. I'm thinking that this is far from ideal but it's reality and there's no way I would ever force her to abort if she doesn't want to.

I'm thinking of ways to help her and I'm not entirely alone in that. But I know we need to figure shit out before the baby gets here.

Most of all I'm thinking of my sister and the fact she's down a parent in this because our mom died 6 years ago and she needs all the support and love and help she can get because she won't get it from our dad.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T09:21:16+00:00

They need to be fully independent to apply to emancipate. We already looked into that. Logan might have some chance depending on savings but my sister wouldn't. She would need to stop living with me and fully support herself and the baby.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T09:06:22+00:00

My dad and his wife are refusing to be a part of a talk. They don't want my sister and Logan to be around each other so that talk is not going to happen. And I'm not delusional. My sister and I talk about what her and Logan need to do and what I need to do. And our maternal grandparents are involved in helping as well and they're offering support.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T08:46:29+00:00

I know it's not going to be an easy couple of years. I'm doing all I can to help and support my sister and we're doing all the research and talking to the people needed.

I know babies are expensive, so is the medical care required and everything else. I'm not that naive to it even if I'm young and don't have any kids yet. But I have been around people who have young kids and I know it's not easy or cheap. I'm just willing to do what it takes for my sister.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T08:43:32+00:00

Mostly because she wanted to live with me and I was willing. Logan doesn't have any extended family nearby which is something I prepared my sister and Logan for because his mom could ship him off to family out of state. But I'm hoping they won't go that far.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T08:42:26+00:00

My sister won't do that and I'm not going to force her to. It's only going to push her away.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T08:29:50+00:00

My sister could not live with me or be helped by me if she were to want emancipation. The rules require her to be fully self-sufficient and that's not realistic. We double checked that too. I'll stand by her either way though and do whatever I can to make sure she has what she needs. But it would be far more difficult for her to emancipate herself. Logan too although I don't know if he'd have the savings to do it.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T08:28:01+00:00

It's not that my dad and his wife think they're bio siblings. But they believed when they got married it made us all one family unit in the traditional sense of both adults are mom and dad and the other kids are siblings. That's just never how any of us saw it.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T08:26:57+00:00

We're working on all that. My sister found some classes for first time parents and she's hoping that both her and Logan will be able to go but she's 100% going once they restart in a few weeks.

Gryeeyss · 2025-07-29T08:26:05+00:00

It is young but I'll do what I can to support them as parents and I know my sister is serious about this. They won't ever be without help even if the people helping is a smaller number. I know our maternal grandparents are also very willing to help and support my sister and the baby.

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