Some people can be so unreasonable it is almost stupid.
This girl’s father expected her to leave her sick mother and move in with him.
She obviously said no but she had more than one reason!
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AITA for telling my dad I’m not going to live with him?
I’m 16 and I live with my mom and see my dad sometimes.
My parents aren’t divorced or married, they just don’t live together and never have.
My mom is going through cancer treatment.
The dad wasn’t supposed to know.
She didn’t want to tell anyone, but my dad found out, and now he wants me to come live with him.
I don’t want to.
My dad’s house stresses me out. Too many people live there. It’s him, his sister, his father, his other kids (24M and 22F), and a revolving door of cousins.
Things aren’t peaceful at dad’s place!
It’s so loud. Someone is always screaming.
It’s technically bigger than my mom’s place, but there’s nowhere near enough space.
I have to share a room with 22F and any visiting cousins.
I couldn’t keep anything there even if I wanted to unless I want it destroyed or thrown away in an attempt to “clean up” because there’s too much stuff everywhere.
Mom’s place is lovely!
My mom’s house is the opposite.
Unless her friends are over, it’s just me and her. It’s clean, quiet, relaxed.
Of course there’s talking and we play music at all hours, but it’s a normal volume.
There’s almost never yelling.
She has everything she needs…
I have a cat (another thing not possible at my dad’s), my own room, even my own bathroom.
We have an entire area dedicated to books and records, something that could never happen at my dad’s.
I’ve tried to tell him politely that I want to stay with my mom. Her treatment isn’t that major.
There isn’t a need to move…
She says it was caught early and everything should be back to normal before the end of the year.
He didn’t take it well, and is telling me I don’t get a choice here, he’s my father, and my mother “isn’t a fit parent” right now.
I don’t agree. My mom is fine!
The father is being unreasonable towards her!
There’s not even a custody order in place or anything, and it seems too late to get one as I’m already 16.
We had a huge argument.
He’s calling me disrespectful and says I need to obey my parents.
His other kids are joining in to say I’m being a spoiled brat and that I’m part of the family and living with my mom isn’t “real life”.
This girl has a full say in where she wants to live.
Let’s find out what the Reddit community thinks.
This user knows the girl has every right to make this choice.
This persons advice makes complete sense.
That’s a very new opinion. But this person might be right.
This person knows this girl is old enough to make her own decisions.
Well said! This girl needs to stand her ground.
It would only make sense for this girl to stay with her mother when she needs it the most!
Also, her dad’s house sounds stressful as heck.
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