Toxic stepmother tries to sabotage stepsons…
You would assume that household would always have each other’s back — but sadly for one newly engaged man, his own stepmother had egocentric intentions when she tried to sabotage one of the happiest days of his life.
The Gen Zer took to the r/AITA discussion board on Reddit to vent — which has since been taken down — about his latest dilemma, where his dad’s spouse thought her son was a better match for the OP’s fiancée.
That’s a head spinner for sure.
What was supposed to be a joyful time — ended up changing into poisonous. Krakenimages.com – stock.adobe.com
The authentic poster explained how he first met his girlfriend, Cara, when they both labored for an ambulance company. “We clicked and have been good friends since; then during the pandemic I asked her out [on a] date, and we have been together since,” he wrote.
In the early levels of their relationship, the OP introduced his girlfriend around his father, stepmom and stepbrother — which appeared to go over nicely besides for his stepsibling, Tom, being a little too in Cara.
“Tom during this time was becoming a little annoying coming over my apartment more frequently, and texting Cara a lot,” the 24-year-old wrote.
This is when issues actually bought bizarre: “My stepmother asked if Tom could move in with us… we have an extra bedroom in the house we are renting, it was a guest bedroom,” he wrote.
From there, traces had been crossed and boundaries had been overstepped — as Tom started inserting himself into the couple’s life a little an excessive amount of.
This stepmother didn’t know how to back down. motortion – stock.adobe.com
Then, when the OP’s stepmom discovered that he was proposing to Cara, she didn’t deal with the news nicely, tried to do something to delay him popping the query — and then she did the unthinkable by sending a very dangerous textual content.
“[Karen, his stepmother] blew up my phone saying how could I do this to Tom!!!” the OP wrote about his stepmother, who told him, “Tom is in love with Cara and she is his one and only.”
“She was calling texting non stop now saying can I just let Tom have Cara,” the OP continued. He responded back saying, “Cara is a human and she isn’t something to be given away, and she doesn’t belong to anybody.”
Talk about a doozy of a scenario.
Appalled commenters chimed in with their advice.
“You need to go very low to no contact with Karen, and no contact with Tom. There is something off about both of them. It’s not your responsibility to worry about what your dad does. He will make his own decisions.”
“I had a feeling as you described it that Karen was indulging Tom and encouraging him in his unhealthy fascination with an unavailable woman.”
“Get a restraining order.”
This isn’t the first time a mom of some type has tried to sabotage a relationship.
One pissed off lady wrote to Dear Abby asking for advice on how to deal with her poisonous mother-in-law, who was placing her marriage in hazard.
“For 17 years, she has essentially stabbed me in the back. At my husband’s request, I forgave her each time. I love him, but I have come to realize he always takes her side. In his eyes, she can do no wrong,” she wrote.
“Six years ago, we had an issue regarding her spanking my children. I asked to meet in a neutral location to discuss it, but she and my husband’s stepfather refused. To resolve the situation, I agreed to meet at their home under one condition: If an argument began, my husband and I would leave. We even drove there separately.”
“To top it off, my husband and his mother have been putting ideas into one of our children’s heads, and now he is telling me I make everything awkward and I should fix the problem.”
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