The story, posted to an anonymous dialogue board, had Redditors deep of their feels — with many offering heartfelt advice.

Whereas the preliminary story supplied to readers centered on OP’s (a.okay.a. the “genuine poster”) stepsister, many a commenter recognized that the precise problem would be the boy’s mother.

Be taught on to see how your complete factor carried out out.

The boy kicked off the publish by giving some background.

“After I (16m) was a baby my dad bought me a Simba stuffy,” he outlined. “My dad was really into The Lion King and it was a movie he launched to me precise early and a movie we shared a love for.”

“I used to embellish as Simba for Halloween and had Simba muffins for years,” OP continued. “Simba was my favorite toy and on a regular basis made me think about my dad. He died as soon as I used to be 8.”

Then the boy’s mom remarried rapidly after.

“My mom remarried decrease than a yr later to Nick. Nick had a baby daughter when he and my mom obtained married. She wouldn’t see her mom so we’ve obtained lived collectively 100% of the time since mom and Nick obtained married.”

Whereas OP under no circumstances thought-about his stepdad as an precise mum or dad to him, his new stepsister was, inside the phrases of the boy, “obsessive about me.”

“I’m barely further mixed,” he admitted. “She might be cute or sweet or irrespective of nonetheless usually it’s going to get on my nerves after we’re known as siblings and he or she goes to call Nick ‘our dad’ and correcting her usually comes with being scolded by my mom and Nick on account of they talked about she loves me and needs to connect us further which I must admire.”

He moreover described his stepsister getting upset when he goes “to see my grandparents or my aunt or uncle and she or he’s left behind.”

“My grandparents and my aunt and uncle are my paternal family so my stepsister isn’t related to them and I don’t want to convey her alongside on account of I barely get to see my family anyway,” he went on to elucidate. “My mom has impressed me sooner than to convey her alongside and current she’s my precise sister. Nevertheless I don’t think about her that methodology and I under no circumstances have regardless that I do know she thinks of me as merely her brother.”

Then obtained right here the precise issue OP had entered Reddit to talk about.

“I say all of this on account of maybe it’s going to doubtless be associated proper right here,” he wrote. “I not sleep with my Simba stuffy nonetheless I preserve him on a shelf all through from my mattress so I can see him as soon as I’m in mattress and so he’s shut by. I moreover obtained a clear area for him so I can nonetheless see him nonetheless he’s clear and stuff. My stepsister has wished him for months now.”

The boy’s wants to protect this one and solely memento from his father weren’t revered.

“Mom and Nick have every taken Simba down from the shelf and out of the sector to current to her and I wanted to take him once more,” he recalled. “I requested mom and Nick to respect my no. They’re saying I must share and my stepsister would sleep with him instead of leaving him on a shelf. They don’t care about it being one factor I treasure from dad.”

“So sometime my stepsister was really annoying me about it and she or he saved begging me to let her have Simba and she or he’ll take glorious care of him and I can see him at any time after I want. I instructed her no, I don’t want her to have him, he’s specific to me on account of my dad bought him and my dad is gone. She talked about if ‘our dad’ bought him then we should always at all times share. I discussed Nick is simply not my dad, my dad died and he bought me Simba and I want to preserve him just for me. She obtained upset and requested if I didn’t want her to ever have him and I discussed positive, I don’t want her to ever have Simba. She was devastated and my mom and Nick have been furious and it obtained worse when she talked about I’d be mad if she ever had Simba as soon as extra.”

OP went on to jot down: “I wanted to disguise Simba away from everyone on account of this, which has made me very resentful of all three, regardless that my stepsister is youthful and not going accountable. Nevertheless I hate not seeing him on day by day foundation.”

“My mom and Nick assume I was improper to immediately take care of my stepsister on this,” he concluded, then requested, “AITA [am I the a–hole]?”

In any case, the boy solely acquired help on the platform. Among the many many sympathetic responses was a great deal of advice and observations about his family dynamic.

The very best rated comment assured OP he was not the a–gap and well-known: “Your step sister has to review that she is going to have the ability to’t have each little factor that she wants. Nevertheless your mom and [stepdad] are the precise AHoles!! Take Simba to your dad’s family for protected preserving or assured Mom and SD will give Simba to your step sister if you find yourself not residence.”

“That’s what I wanted to do to cowl Simba,” the boy replied. “Nevertheless it makes me so mad and resentful that I wanted to.”

He then shared the emotional value, “I’ve had Simba since I was a baby and by no means having him the place I can see him is so sturdy. I moreover actually really feel like I misplaced dad as soon as extra.”

The plain suggestion to adjust to was: “Would it not not be potential in an effort to maintain a while alongside together with your dad’s family? Corresponding to you inform your mom and step dad, that they’ve to easily settle for your boundaries and your no means no. And if they can not you progress to your grandparents/aunt.”

“I would like, significantly now,” OP talked about in reply. “I’d wish to reside with my grandparents to get away from the anger I actually really feel with my mom. Nevertheless I do know she wouldn’t let me go that merely.”

“What else is going on proper right here?” One different curious Redditor requested. “How does your mother take care of you exterior of this instance? How does she take care of your continued grief? Do you’re feeling you should have a protected home to talk to her about your feelings, your dad, and so forth., exterior of the stepsister factors? What about him? How does he relate to you as a stepson, or does he merely take care of you need someone dwelling within the house and anticipate you to cater to his daughter’s wants?”

“I’m unable to debate to my mom about my dad,” the boy talked about in response. “Their relationship wasn’t good for the ultimate two years of his life. I remember stress and I remember they weren’t even within the an identical mattress room. Dad had his room and mom had hers. I really feel that was why she found it very easy to maneuver on. Honestly they could have been separated in every sense nonetheless legally by then. I was too youthful to know really. I merely remember it wasn’t good. And my mom wouldn’t want to discuss him. She moreover wouldn’t want to hear how lots I miss dad or how I don’t want Nick to be my ‘new dad’. She even instructed me to my face I must develop up and make my stepsister actually really feel beloved and fully glad as soon as I outlined not along with my stepsister with my paternal family.”

“Nick’s merely my mom’s husband,” OP added. “He isn’t my mum or dad. He wouldn’t really try to be although he does try to declare it for his daughter’s sake.”

These responses had Redditors up in arms, desperate to defend and defend the boy.

“Looks as if your precise downside isn’t your stepsister nonetheless your mom, who isn’t allowing you to remember, acknowledge, or grieve your father,” well-known one commenter.

“You’ll have the acceptable to tell them that you don’t intend to neglect your father and that they need to acknowledge that points your father gave you’re specific to you, on a regular basis will most likely be, and other people specific points are off limits to your stepsister,” they continued to advise. “Your dad and mother shouldn’t have the acceptable to ‘applicable’ you everytime you resist being instructed to call Nick your father. You’ll have the ability to say ‘I’ve the acceptable to remember my father’ or ‘I’ve the acceptable to grieve’.”

Elsewhere, OP talked about in reply to these reactions: “I’ve tried to talk to my mom about it sooner than. She really solely cares about what she sees as best for her and my stepsister. Like she wants points to be a positive methodology and she or he wants my stepsister to be fully glad and actually really feel beloved. She wouldn’t take heed to me and Nick solely cares about my mom and his daughter.”

When a concerned commenter urged they may go to treatment collectively to work on this, the boy replied: “My mom wouldn’t think about in treatment.”

What would you advise the boy to do?