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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/Stunning-Injury-3265 on 2023-08-04 12:36:41.
My parents divorced when I was 2 and I only ever remember there being tension and conflict between them. I think both tried to keep me away from that. But my mom has a very explosive personality and she likes to get her way. So it can be hard for anyone to keep conflict with her hidden if you’re around them. She and I have fought a lot since I was 6 over different things where she feels likes he doesn’t ever have to take anyone else’s feelings or opinions into account and both my aunts are no longer talking to her because of how difficult she is.
When I was 4 my mom got remarried and had my half brother. My mom’s husband is a lazy ass. I don’t ever remember him having a job. He was never very involved in being a dad to his kid. He used to say shit to get a reaction out of me when I was young. Like how my dad should give them extra money since they had a kid together and he could help pay for him. Over time my mom and her husband started taking clothes my dad would buy me and saving them for my half brother, sometimes even having him wear stuff that was way too big. They also stole school supplies and toys. I used to complain to my dad about it. Especially when the clothes they’d get were all good will clothes that looked bad. My mom blew a gasket when my dad told her it was a problem. First it was with him, which I witnessed. Then it was to me when I got back to her house. She asked me how I could complain about making sure my brother had clothes and toys.
Eventually my dad started buying me two sets of clothes. Stuff I kept at his house, and very basic, thrifted clothes that were nothing special and would not be as appealing to take. After a few weeks of that and never bringing toys or school supplies to her house, she got super pissed off and tried to sue my dad in court over it. She was laughed out of court and told he was not obligated to give her stuff for my half brother.
My half brother really resented the times he would see me on my dad’s weeks, wearing nice clothes and having all this stuff, while he was eventually put in the rags they had for me. Now we’re 13 and 17 and he has been a little ass about it lately. He told me he hates my dad and he yelled at my dad for not giving him my old clothes when I have nice stuff. He told me his friends divorced parents would never do what my dad did. That they’d take care of their kids half siblings and not let them go around embarrassed like he has to. I told him that’s great for them but it’s not my dad’s job to make sure he’s taken care of.
He started yelling that nobody gives a shit about him and that we should all fuck off. He said I was shitty for not caring if he’s taken care of and for not wanting my dad to make sure he’s taken care of. He said I should be a better brother than that when I at least have one good parent. He has none. And nobody gives a shit about him.
AITA?