Teen cancels birthday excursion after mum invites steepers with

A teenager turns to the Reddit community for support after his decision to cancel a birthday trip triggered a family’s dispute. The 16-year-old, who is almost 17, parts he interrupted the trip after his mother insisted that his step-sister Megan be included.

According to Hans postThe problem began almost immediately after their families were mixed. The teenager’s mother married her stepfather, Karl, four years ago, and Megan, now 15, started living with them part -time.

He explains that his father died nine years ago, and he has lived full time with his mother and Karl ever since.

“When we all moved in together, Megan tried to get into my room when she wanted to and would not let me close the door,” he writes. His discomfort over the lack of integrity was repeatedly brushed aside and forced him to install locks on both his bedroom and wardrobe doors just to feel safe.

The limit issues did not end there. From stealing and destroying their possessions to making scenes at family events, Megan’s behavior has escalated over the years, he claims.

“She used to change my video games without asking and would throw them if she thought they looked boring or” too boyish, “he recalls. A particularly painful memory means that Megan disconnects from his PS2 – a sentimental console that belonged to his late father.

He adds that Megan once brought friends over who tried to break into his locked room and wardrobe, which made him even more protective for his personal space. Despite these incidents, the teenager says his mother has continued to defend Megan’s behavior and insists that she “just tries to bind.”

The poster describes a pattern of what he describes as “constant respect.” Megan has reportedly taken money from his parents, ordered food just for himself and dismissed his complaints. “She tells me to suck it up as if it’s normal to just take what you want from someone else,” he says.

Even when their parents are gone, Megan is reportedly controlled by shared resources and documents as if she is responsible. In addition to stealing and cross -border, Megan’s behavior has sometimes become personal and inappropriate, he writes.

“She’s weird around my friends … flirting with them, trying to kiss them. Some of them told me they are uncomfortable to come over now,” he shares. In another incident, she tried to push him to date his best friend and then reacted angry when he declined.

The situation came to a head when Megan found out that he was gay and had not told her. “She had a total degradation,” he says. “She told me that I should have told her because she is my” sister “. I told her she is not.”

Despite the repeated tension, his mother has continued to drive for Megan’s inclusion in family activities and milestones; Something the teenager says has made him feel ignored and not supported. “My mom says Megan is part of the family and must be included,” he writes. “But I’m the one who is injured in all this, and no one seems to care.”

When his mother informed him that Megan would participate in his birthday weekend at a rented cabin, and that the dates had changed specifically to fit her schedule, he decided that he had had enough. “I told her to cancel the whole thing. I told my friends that the trip was off and that we would do something else instead,” he shares.

His mother did not take it well. “She told me not to throw a rage and think about Megan’s feelings,” he writes. “But I just said I didn’t care anymore. I didn’t want her there, and it would ruin the weekend if she arrived.”

The teenager describes the cancellation as a last resort after several years of feeling rejected. Even after asked for his mother for help with setting boundaries, he says that Megan continues to enter his room without permission, break his things and cross personal lines without consistency.

“She even ruined my favorite hoodie by giving it to her best friend,” he adds. “Even when Mom told her to do it right, she just continued to ask for forgiveness instead of changing.”

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Now he asks Reddit community if he was wrong to cancel a celebration that had been meant to give him joy. Comments are square on his side.

“Suggest that mom and stiff dad take Megan for a weekend to the cottage. She would be outside the city for your birthday, and (you) could have a nice afternoon and evening with her friends,” one writes.

Adds another, “To shout off the cottage was that you draw a limit. It is not a rage case. It is self -preservation with receipts. You do not exclude the family. You exclude someone who has consistently made your life harder. Big difference.”