Older Sibling Punished By Parents After Retaliating Against Stepsister's Antics

"Your father is failing you as a parent by allowing you to be bullied. It will only get worse."

Chelsi

• Published in Interesting
• February 12, 2024

Reddit users applauded a 16-year-old for outsmarting her manipulative younger stepsister by lying to her. The relationship between OP and her stepsister is tenuous at best.

Her 12-year-old stepsister relishes making OP's life difficult. She is not as sneaky as she thinks because their parents have repeatedly caught up to her antics.

OP said none of their parents' punishments worked because they were too lenient. OP has been inconvenienced by her stepsister's "pranks" one too many times and decided it was time to give her a lesson that would stick.

One of her stepsister's favorite things to do is to persuade their parents to cook food she knew OP hated. She knew OP didn't like eggs, so she asked their parents to cook egg dishes for breakfast every morning to force OP to find something else.

OP decided to play her stepsister's game when she tried to make her miss dinner. It was pizza night at their house, and OP's stepsister not-so-subtly asked what was OP's least favorite pizza.

OP immediately knew what her stepsister was up to, so she lied and said she didn't like supreme pizzas. Her stepsister ran away in triumph, thinking she tricked OP again.

The pizzas arrived, and her stepsister grinned at OP. She took it in stride, grabbed two slices of pizza, and ate them.

Her stepsister was in disbelief and said she thought OP hated this pizza flavor.

OP enlightened her stepsister and said this variant was her favorite. Her stepsister protested, but OP feigned ignorance.

Later that night, her dad asked OP if she deliberately misled her stepsister about pizza. He said if that was the case, OP was wrong for setting up her stepsister.

OP asked her dad if he preferred if she missed dinner instead. He said OP should have talked to him instead of concocting a plan to trap her stepsister. OP felt she did nothing wrong.

Why did OP's parents not consult her about what kind of pizza she wanted?

OP's sister sounds like a chore to live with. Their parents can't blame OP for tricking her.

Why is OP's dad more upset that OP forced her sister to own up to her manipulations? Shouldn't he be more concerned that his kid attempts to make life as inconvenient as possible for her sibling?

OP's dad is too lazy to parent the kid who is causing the problem. OP shouldn't have to be more understanding because she's older.

It's easier for her dad to blame OP instead. He would rather target OP than face his parenting failures.

The parents should be more proactive in correcting their daughter's concerning behavior.

They know how she treats OP. Why would they let her choose OP's food on her behalf?

If her sister learned nothing from this experience, OP can handle the next sabotage this way.

It wasn't OP who tried to sabotage her sibling's dinner.

Their parents should stop enabling their daughter's childish treatment of OP.

If they don't, OP can also make them victims of her "pranks." Then OP could see how fast they would rectify the situation.

OP should not have been scolded for outsmarting her sister. She shouldn't have to skip meals and wait for her parents' lukewarm "punishments."

OP's parents need to sit their daughter down and get to the root of her issues with OP. None of what happened is OP's fault, and her parents need to step up instead of scolding OP for doing their job for them.

Chelsi