Trust is the foundation of any family relationship, so what would you do if you found out your stepdaughter lied to you to try to get their way at the expense of your daughter getting her way?

This man planned a vacation for everyone: him, his wife, his daughter, and 2 stepdaughters.

However, his stepdaughters didn’t want his daughter to go with them, and they decided to do something to make sure she couldn’t go.

They hid her passport.

Keep reading to find out how this dad handled the situation.

AITA for cancelling the entire vacation when I found out that my stepdaughters deliberately hid my daughter’s passport to get her to stay home?

I’ve been married to my wife Beth for 5 years.

I have a biological daughter named Jessica (she’s 18).

I also have two stepdaughters named Monica and Leah. They’re 25 and 28. Both are single moms and live with us currently.

This man’s daughter has been asked to babysit by his stepdaughters.

There’s been issues about my stepdaughters asking my daughter to babysit the kids.

Jessica didn’t have a problem with it at first, since this is what she does to earn money, but since her stepsisters don’t pay her much, she’d just refuse to babysit.

We worked this out by having my wife take care of paying for the babysitting.

He planned a family vacation for everyone.

I planned a family vacation for 3 days, and everyone wanted to go.

However, both Monica and Leah suggested that Jessica stay home and watch the kids since Beth doesn’t want her grandkids to come.

They said it’s because the kids are used to Jessica, and hiring another babysitter would cause issues. They also said that Jessica isn’t too “fond” of our destination.

But it was obvious that Jessica wanted to go.

His wife and stepdaughters insisted that Jessica stay behind to look after the children.

They insisted, and Beth offered to pay her double.

There was just a lot of back and forth on this until I demanded they stop bringing it up.

We were supposed to go last week.

Everybody had packed their bags and it was time to go.

On their way to the airport, Jessica couldn’t find her passport.

Jessica found out that she didn’t have her passport on her.

We searched her bag, then went home and searched there.

Beth and my stepdaughters kept insisting that we go back to the airport or else we’d miss our flight. They insisted that Jessica stay at home with the kids.

They even told the new babysitter to go home because she was no longer needed.

He later found out that Monica and Leah kept the passport so she could stay and babysit.

I refused to go and kept searching for the passport until Monica admitted that she helped Leah hide Jessica’s passport to get her to stay home with the kids.

I was livid.

I tried to get her to tell me where it was, but she said Leah had it.

He scolded his stepdaughters.

Leah denied it, so I threatened to cancel the vacation.

That’s when they gave it back.

I decided to actually cancel the vacation and blew up at both of them.

I berated them.

His wife thinks his reaction was unreasonable and unnecessary.

They stayed upstairs for a while, and Beth refused to speak to me.

She said that I punished my stepdaughters for worrying about their kids and wanting them to stay with someone they know.

I got told I overreacted and ruined the trip for everybody.

Jessica deserves to go on vacation too. He did the right thing for sticking up for her.

Let’s check out the reactions of other people on Reddit to this story.

This person gives their honest opinion.

You have a wife problem, says this person.

This user shares their personal thoughts.

Indeed, it sounds like a Cinderella story.

Finally, short and simple.

When you act like the wicked stepsisters, don’t expect a happy ending.

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