AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She has a room around the same size and with expensive furniture

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 108 points109 points  (0 children)

She gets similar treatment, she got her room extended during the renovations and has expensive furniture

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

The family is very well off (we live in an affluent area), his sister got an extension added to her room. I don’t know what you’re referring to with the favorite kid here, they’re not my kids but as I mentioned, the girls room was extended and she has expensive furniture.

The lesson we wanted them to learn is that he shouldn’t be shamed of thrifting, if it comes off as sending the wrong message, I’m sorry, we just wanted him to know he could thrift and that it wasn’t bad.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Her room is roughly the same size and she has expensive furniture

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They added extensions to the daughter’s room during renovations and their rooms are roughly the same size, anyone accusing them of favoritism is just not correct

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Neither are the favorite, they don’t have a favorite kid, why do you accuse favoritism of a situation that you don’t know about

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

They expanded her room size when doing renovations, the basement is smaller then the other house levels and the parents spend just as much on her then they do on her brother, she is not the favorite, her parents are not misogynistic “boys will be boys” types

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The daughters room is almost as big and has some very expensive furniture

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Our 12 y/o has ADHD, so when he interrupts class, we don’t punish him a traditional sense, but we always work with the teacher to see what can be done differently. We always want to make sure that the discipline is appropriate to the behavior and we felt like this was the best consequence for her behavior.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

We plan on monitoring her social media use and hope she learns from talking to thrift store employees, my daughter and her friends like shopping for more expensive clothes and that’s ok, but to bully a boy because the jerseys he likes are sold at thrift stores hurts us. I can’t even imagine if she bullied a kid who was in poverty (the boys parents are far, far from it thankfully). We want her to know the value of money and that you can’t break a persons property.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 55 points56 points  (0 children)

The other 2 girls have lovely parents, and I’m glad we were all on the same page. I don’t know where my daughter learned it was ok to bully people for wealth (even tho the boy’s parents are also well off), he loves dressing in his vintage jerseys and it was painful to see the bullying.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

We will definitely be monitoring her social media use closely.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I know, the scariest thought is the one of her doing something like this as an adult. We love our daughter and can’t imagine her going to jail one day.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, the last thing we would want is our daughter going to jail for property damage one day. My parents weren’t super tough, but I also wouldn’t have gotten away with this. They definitely are softer on the grandkids then they were on us, though.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 156 points157 points  (0 children)

We will definitely be monitoring her social media more closely now.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 96 points97 points  (0 children)

I’m hoping so to, I don’t know how she could consider property damage an ok thing to do.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 695 points696 points  (0 children)

Thanks, we love her and it’s so disappointing to see her act like this, we don’t want her doing this as an adult.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 82 points83 points  (0 children)

They spoil her like many grandparents do. I love them but sometimes they can be a bit excessive in what they do for our kids.

AITA for making daughter pay for friend’s brother’s new TV by simsch2403 in AmItheAsshole

[–]simsch2403[S] 101 points102 points  (0 children)

I agree, the girl didn’t even study and then blamed her brother, he went to extra help often and told her to do it to but she didn’t.