Stepsister Stole My Fiancé & Sent Me Postcards Rubbing It In. Now They're Broke & Begging Me For A..

Stepsister Stole My Fiancé & Sent Me Postcards Rubbing It In. Now They're Broke & Begging Me For A Job At The Family Business SHE Was Supposed To Inherit.
#redditrelationship #redditupdate

[@kratosGOW]

She was supposed to inherit the company… and you were supposed to marry Greg. Funny how things change from what was supposed to happen.

[@EvanstheGuy]

I mean it aint her fault for anything that happened her stepsister was bullying her and stole her fiancee

[@kratosGOW]

@@EvanstheGuy I know… was my sarcasm not clear?

[@Ninguin]

@@EvanstheGuy Yea, that was a hard Woosh there lol

[@manhwa_life8102]

honestly, if my fiancee was someone who could cheat so easily,i don't think i would want him

[@cat_03tv]

Well well well, how the turntables turn tables...

[@jadorianempire9754]

“Our parents didn’t let me bully you, so that means you’re the golden child!”😮🤯

[@shreygupt]

Just telling one kid not to bully the other doesn't make th the golden child. It's called making your rotten kid a better child

[@bakedandbeaded]

@@shreygupt Yeah, that sister didn’t get it. She was stupid for thinking that about OP.

[@Panwere36]

And they are as delusional as the "Melissa". She needs to be heavily medicated obviously.

[@laynegrey2003]

She called you the golden child because, when you first showed up in her life and she decided to bully you, she was told no. Every time she tried to hit you with another bit of disdain her father sided with you. This progressively went on for years and just further cemented in her head that you were the "golden child", as opposed to the actual reason that she was being a canoe of a certain type of feminine hygiene impliment and alienating her family by her own actions. It was a self-replicating prophecy, damn near a Shakespearian tragedy because the downfall was obvious to everyone but herself.

[@GenGamesUniverse]

it's narcissism 101.

[@AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA411]

Fr​@@GenGamesUniverse

[@user-pg5mg1ds7r]

lol thats so true but she was a juvie offender.

[@mcmuinorac5848]

self-fulfilling*. im p sure self-replicating prophecy isn’t a thing.

[@laynegrey2003]

@mcmuinorac5848 self-replicating isn't the typical phrase but it's not technically _wrong_ exactly. That said, I'm surprised I didn't say self-fulfilling lmao

[@MiraTheWarlock]

OP's giving Melissa too much credit. Her plan 'didn't succeed' because OP herself was foolish enough to trust her. Melissa succeeded in stealing Greg because he was trash

[@perrycarters3113]

If I had to guess.... She had genuinely improved after being sent away and got the help she needed to get onto a better path in life, and Greg acted as a catalyst to bring out all of her old bad habits that she thought she had quit. The post cards, I won't make a claim either way whether they were genuine attempts to apologize or gloating. I'm leaning towards gloating, but it's not impossible that she simply lacks social awareness enough to not see how that would come across. As someone else stated, her belief that OP was the golden child was a self-fulfilling prophecy; she bullied her, got reprimanded, and this fueled her belief that her parents preferred the bullied child, making her hate OP more, so she'd bully her and get reprimanded, and that would fuel her belief etc. And Greg is honestly just a trash person whose real self was waiting to come out like a time bomb after the marriage was secured. It would not surprise me if he was hoping Melissa would inherit the business so he'd have a rich wife to do all the work. I feel bad for Melissa, but she did 100% make her own bed and must now lie in it. She chose to revert back to old habits and these are the consequences.

[@HinataElyonToph]

@@perrycarters3113 nah she never actually learned anything, she just pretended that she did

[@umlixobiologicolindo]

i think it was both honestly, she's kinda dumb

[@caffeinedelusions]

@@HinataElyonToph Probably the most apt description is that she did learn... but what she learned is how to fake it.

[@obsidianfrost9514]

Nah I think Greg was the issue. He was the catalyst that dragged her back down. They probably didn't start seeing each other for a year or so. So the initial attempts at connection were probably legit. She is to blame as well obviously but I do feel Greg was the instrument of her own downfall

[@Yellowbeing08]

People saying OP was "clearly" the golden child are stupid

[@lazallewillemse3617]

Agreed

[@mannydcbianco]

Yeah, the people on reddit saying that OP is the golden child are utterly absurd, or incapable of reading comprehension. If anything Melissa made OP the "golden child" by making herself insufferable and impossible to with the business. It's not that the parents ever favored OP, it's just that OP was the only daughter left after Melissa through her nasty actions effectively removed herself from the family. Had Melissa been allowed to inherit the family business she would almost certainly either have run it into the ground or turned around and sold it to live a life of luxury until she ran out of money.

[@xegin1572]

It's overcompensation combined with what I like to call "Sherlock Holmes syndrom". Usually, people on reddit tends to forget we only have one point of view for those stories, but sometime the opposite happen, they get way too acutely aware of that and overcompensate by mzking tons of assumptions about what the OP may be oblivious to, leaving out of the story or even straight up lying about. Sherlock Holmes sydrom is that tendancy to try and find that one tiny detail that may change the whole story, making crazy assumption based around that one detail and then thinking this is the good way to deduce the "real" story.

[@Yellowbeing08]

@@xegin1572 damn... That's very interesting tho!

[@Afrogirrl]

OP was and I think the parents are to blame for Melissa’s behaviour kids aren’t born bad

[@yeyosilver7067]

For the first time in her life, she is REALLY dealing with the consequences of her actions

[@theo_artin]

she wanted greg and now she has him, OP dodged the bullet

[@leondillon8723]

Sometimes a broadside from a Yamato Class Battleship's main guns is what was dodged.

[@bobbynelson5849]

She dodged an intercontinental ballistic missile armed with a warhead.

[@Hr1s7i]

@@leondillon8723 I like to imagine it's one of them bullets from the Schwerer Gustav.

[@RepellentJeff]

It’s for the best OP inherited the business. It doesn’t matter if she had a business degree; With Melissa’s personality, she probably would have run it into the ground anyways.

[@AsheMonday]

Probably wouldn’t have lasted 6 months

[@mrmisterman2874]

Feels nice to see a story where the bully (maybe sociopath) of a sibling isn’t turned a blind eye by the parental figures. Usually, they let that nonsense slide, blame the victim (even believing any accusations from the bully, without hearing the victim out), and then disown said victim when they decide to not help them in the future. What a breath of fresh air.

[@Spawnofsatan97]

NTA, i find it funny how the sister f**** you over by sleeping with your (ex) fiancée/stealing him away but then expects you to help them. Play stupid games suffer the consequences. Massive W for the parents siding with OP

[@MrArielK]

Nope, father is the real villain, he failed both daughters

[@Spawnofsatan97]

@@MrArielK how?

[@Ninguin]

@@MrArielK Hard disagree on that one chief. A Step-Father going this far to side with his wife's daughter over his own shows he genuinely cares for her. The Sister is above and beyond the villain to this story.

[@k.m512]

​@@MrArielK okay GREG 😂

[@Mels_little_earthlings]

@@MrArielK i bet mellisa created this account 😭

[@DarkEinherjar]

OP needs to be ready to get a restraining order. Considering Melissa's entitlement, this is FAR from over.

[@kervinsantos5808]

If anything, she needs to be ready with cameras of to her house. Gather up evidence

[@smorphous8928]

It’s weird how people thought Op is the golden child because she was given the company, when the sister literally got more allowance than Op, and was on the road to owning her father’s company before her downward spiral. All she needed to do was not do anything reckless. Like steal Ops fiancé, and actually be nice to Op and their parents. But she managed to even mess that up.

[@sophiaisabelle0227]

Step sister should know her boundaries. She should get a man of her own. She shouldn't steal anybody else's.

[@Iblamethebarrels]

I mean it seems like they're perfect for each other- 2 pieces of trash. They're both for the streets 👀

[@memeking7273]

"but it's OP's man. It's not my fault he fell for me and if it was OP deserved it"

[@user-wu1hx5qu6v]

Homewrecker

[@leahunfeigned5955]

You can't "steal" a man or woman from someone lol. He left her for her step sister plain and simple. Melissa doesn't love him but just seduced him to take something away from her sister like she felt her sister had taken her dad's love and attention. Though her methods worked, he chose to leave. He wasn't forced or kidnapped so he wasn't "taken". He was a lowlife that got played in a jealous and ignorant woman's unjustified revenge plan.

[@userfriendlyforever]

@leahunfeigned5955 He isn't a saint himself he thought she would inherit the business, he didn't got played lol. And if a female knows you have a man and she still goes for him she isn't any better. BOTH are equally responsible

[@christopherbull7856]

Reddit really clearly doesn’t spare anyone since it’s obvious she not golden. They gave sis plenty of chances and after the betrayal sis deserves what happens

[@jacobyflower3344]

It kinda is tho, instead of trying to actual parent the sister they send her away to a rehabilitation center, most of which are actually pretty bad places. Then you have to wonder why was she acting out and rebeling in the first place? Usually that's a sign of either Overstreet parents or neglect, most kids don't just act out because they are bad, but it's the only way they get attention

[@calico_queen8976]

​​@@jacobyflower3344So basically, let Melissa stay and get no help and continue to let OP be her victim cause her feeling of validation is more important than OP's safety and health. Basically, let one child suffer bullying to cater to the other. Gee, I'm sure there has never been a case where this has ended badly and one of them murdered if not severely hurt. Also, Melissa cheating with OP's fiance didn't happen when she was a child. She was already a fucking adult who should have had more mental maturity to handle it better. Imagine still trying to hurt the same person for years and still thinking you're the victim.

[@jacobyflower3344]

@calico_queen8976 it's almost like the parents should of actually stepped up but they didn't. Kids usually arnt assholes just be assholes there's usually contributing factors. Also keep in mind you get only one perspective, the persepective the writer wants you to have to paint them in the better light.

[@clumsyinspector1514]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@jacobyflower3344They did step up, which is why they sent her to the facility. And yes, they are; some kids are a-holes just because they can be. And you’re trying to find the tiniest details about the story that just might turn it on Op simply because you don’t want her to be right. That’s like multiple people saying they saw someone steal something, but since you don’t know the other side you just assume it was never stolen. 🤡

[@clumsyinspector1514]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@jacobyflower3344They did step up, which is why they sent her to the facility. And yes, they are; some kids are a-holes just because they can be. And you’re trying to find the tiniest details about the story that just might turn it on Op simply because you don’t want her to be right. That’s like multiple people saying they saw someone steal something, but since you don’t know the other side you just assume it was never stolen. 🤡

[@revresbo101]

The postcards were 100% retaliation for being the “golden child” in her mind. She absolutely did to show off and piss her off. (Like look I have what you had now)

[@grim_reapepper]

Story aside PLEASE DONT USE THAT PARKOUR AGAIN, it is actually HURTING me seeing them fail over and over Edit:dubs, 400 likes Edit: ez 600 likes🚬🗿

[@shayanshafiee7987]

They have a couple of gameplay videos that they use for EVERY SINGLE STORY.

[@MrJello8bw]

Fr

[@Blkninja25]

Lmao imagine feeling pain over Minecraft parkour

[@Iris_too]

@@Blkninja25 ikr! I always played reddit stories in background while doing any chore so the gameplay never really caught my attention.

[@bhongogames1]

​@@Iris_toome too 😂

[@claudi917]

Honestly she was really kind with her sister, I would send her postcards monthly of all the things i own that she cant pay for.

[@samuellucero9666]

Bro shut up

[@Ruthie.333]

That's the level of petty I aspire to be

[@KiSwordsman]

@Ruthie.333 Fax

[@Jordan_is_Pookie]

Like “Omg evil step-sis I just got the brand new IPhone, and you can’t even afford a landline! Want the sticker?” And than you’d proceed to send her the Apple sticker.

[@user-sg5un6wi5j]

Hahaha 😂😂😂​@@Jordan_is_Pookie

[@-toxic_angel-]

I'm betting while Melissa was trying to get OP to help her Greg was probably cheating so i wouldn't be surprised if Melissa comes home and finds him cheating or a pregnant mistress...

[@rowanlavellan9755]

If they'll cheat with you they'll cheat on you...

[@princessmarlena1359]

OP is NOT the Golden Child (how stupid of those people to call her that) but had better not hire that ex fiancé nor help out that spoiled sister.

[@gacha._.bliss._.official]

"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes" -A wise person

[@user-lg8pj5xu2p]

Taylor Swift rules 😊😊

[@cat_03tv]

Another way of saying they FAFO'd. Lol

[@cjxg-tl1qc]

Thing is, if the dad took her back, her personality would have just gotten worse thinking that she can get away with everything as long as she acted pitiful enough. She has to become a better person first. She has to learn that this is the consequence of her action. If she didnt tried to trash OP by trying to show her parents how heartless OP was, she might have gotten a better chance at asking for help. Part of parenting is making sure they learn, you cannot enable them or they will hurt other people. Also, stepsister is an adult now. As an adult, you dont get the unconditional love and care from your parents. Especially if you treated them horribly. Youre only entitled to that as a child. No matter how horrible a child, you gotta take care of them. But as an adult, its no longer a parents job to take care and love them. People need to stop acting like theyre entitled to their parents care and affection when they treat them horribly.

[@jasonmims5057]

I'm very happy the parents in this story have common sense and didn't take the side of the sister that committed the betrayal properly supported the who was betrayed. By the way how can she not find work if she is a business major. Even with little experience people with that background can find work.

[@memeking7273]

Probably because it's not her dad's business

[@changedmyname26]

So step sis gets the cheater and now the drunk and the other sis gets the family business. Thats a great deal in my eyes. Cheaters always come back looking for sympathy, money and help. I would take photos of me working in the business, design some postcards and send them to her and the ex. Step sis got the moldy green grass the ex and not the greener grass of financial comfort within the family.

[@ValirianDefiance]

I speak from experience when I say I just hope were ever OP's sister was sent was a genuine "rehabilitation center" because "troubled teen facilities" are just child abuse. that said OP is the last person the sister should be blaming for that.

[@itsanoformedawg]

Given the parents visited her eveet weekend I'm pretty sure she was sent to one that was actually good. They would be able to wee if anything was happening and the kid would also not hesitate to say anything if she real wanted out.

[@ValirianDefiance]

@@itsanoformedawg you would think so but I only spent normal school hours at overlake and literally cried and begged my parents not send me back but my parents were committed. for the record I have never begged my parents for anything especially not like that. and before any one even suggests this. trauma can happen in seconds. it only takes 15 minutes of solitary confirming to Couse permanent psychological damage.

[@itsanoformedawg]

@@ValirianDefiance sweetheart I'm sorry that happened to you but that doesn't mean this is the kind of thing that happened to this girl. When I said what I said, I meant we geniunely have no evidence that this is the kind of place she was placed in. I'm pretty sure she would've brought that up against her parents and her siblings if she was sent to a place you were sent to and not simply blaming the sister for her "being sent away". I do understand that a lot of places like that are absolutely terrible, but there isn't any evidence here that states so for this young woman. my point is, she has every reason to use everything she can against her sibling and even her parents, with ample time to say something, if not at the moment to be even worse to her sister, but thats not what he have here. This woman has every reason to be vindictive and she's already shown she doesn't give a crao about anyone but herself. She constantly antagonize everyone in her life and if she really did go through something similar to what you did, even years later, given eat we know about her, she would most likely definitely use that to her advantage later on.

[@itsanoformedawg]

@ValirianDefiance sweetheart I'm sorry that happened to you but that doesn't mean this is the kind of thing that happened to this girl. When I said what I said, I meant we geniunely have no evidence that this is the kind of place she was placed in. I'm pretty sure she would've brought that up against her parents and her siblings if she was sent to a place you were sent to and not simply blaming the sister for her "being sent away". I do understand that a lot of places like that are absolutely terrible, but there isn't any evidence here that states so for this young woman. my point is, she has every reason to use everything she can against her sibling and even her parents, with ample time to say something, if not at the moment to be even worse to her sister, but thats not what he have here. This woman has every reason to be vindictive and she's already shown she doesn't give a crao about anyone but herself. She constantly antagonize everyone in her life and if she really did go through something similar to what you did, even years later, given eat we know about her, she would most likely definitely use that to her advantage later on.

[@ValirianDefiance]

@@itsanoformedawg I never said it was merely that it is a possibility to consider.

[@Renkencen]

OP is NTA for not helping her sister despite the guilt she feel. The sister is TA and the stuff that happened to her now is just karma! Even then if she was truly "sorry" then why didn't try to make amend between the postcard and the husband became broke? Also don't get what the reddit people saying she was the golden child?

[@Maria-wi1pj]

On Reddit people go crazy as soon as they hear golden child. Apparently you can either be the black sheep scapegoat, the ignored child or the golden child. For a lot is people on that website there is no middle ground

[@TheGosgosh]

Trust Reddit to find a „valid reason“ someone starts bullying someone else. 😂 Newsflash: there is not a single reason. Because if it had a reason, it wouldn’t be bullying.

[@GenGamesUniverse]

Glad to see the OP and OP's parents be on the same page and give the OP advice on whether or not to hire the former fiance!

[@TheWolfie234]

I don't feel bad for Melissa. Ruh roh... the consequences of their actions showed up. You dont steal the finace of someone and expect Them to help you.

[@NessieNice]

Between "golden child" and "fiancee stealer", the former is a whole lots better. Why am I not surprised there really exist people who think stealing golden child's fiancee is justifiable? 😂

[@s0ular9765]

OP wasn't even the golden child. She got everything from her stepfather and mother because A.) Her stepsister was a literal bully, B.) She only used OP to get to her previous lover, C.) She did everything in her power to torment OP, and D.) Stepfather taught her everything that she needed to know about the business and what goes into it all while stepsister took off and was gone for a long time which she did everything to herself. OP succeeded in life while stepsister became a literal failure, a delinquent, and a potential criminal with the path she and her friends had gone down. Not once was OP the golden child in any of this because her stepsister really was an evil momster that got what she deserved because karma kicked her teeth in finally for all of the things she did in life and it was finally catching back up to her. OP had became successful and is honestly the one that deserves a happy life after going through so much torment in life. Though I can understand why the delinquent would believe that OP was the golden child. It's just stupid that the stepsister had not even bothered to reflect on her own actions. Well now she can do that with her husband and live a life that she had delivered her own punishment to her own self. I hope the delinquent and Greg both end up reaping what they had sowed for themselves because they were both dumb for thinking that maybe this life was going to actually be great before the realization that karma was going to get back at both of them. Serves the stepsister right for messing up a gkod person who had done nothing, but tried to be a good sister to her. Well now they get to spend their lives together living in poverty eithout any form of support since both of them had become literal embarrassments of their families.

[@NessieNice]

@@s0ular9765 I know. Just speaking in a common sense way

[@CG-yb6zj]

The only ones "Golden" are the parents, specifically the step dad, for not picking favorites and treating the girls accordingly. Melissa did too much to the point that they no longer wanted anything to do with her after they spent yrs trying to help her, and she spat in their faces with it. OP didn't want the company and stated she was in no position to inherit it, but step dad made sure she got ready and she didn't fail him as his own daughter already had and would've dine worse by it, and he knew it. Melissa brought it all on herself and just blamed any and everyone, but the real culprit.

[@strawberry.rose.]

the people on the actual aita post who said she was a golden child and the asshole clearly have never been cheated on, betrayed, and bullied by somebody

[@strawberry.rose.]

and they've clearly never experienced golden child syndrome either

[@doncjack5913]

At least these parents are doing the right thing and are not in denial of the other child's issues like some of the other stories.

[@Jonathan2342]

Melissa probably found out dad retired and was hoping to get her foot into the business door in the hopes she can take it over. She probably thought she could talk dad into giving her at least half of it.

[@Carehuea]

She was constantly bullied. How the F…. Does that make her the golden child…?? #redditerssucksometimes

[@TheGreyParse]

OP, don't feel bad about the universe unfolding as it should. Her sister hitting rock bottom was karmic justice being meted out.

[@dreamersparadise2217]

I always find it amazing that no one takes accountability for their own actions, it is always someone else's fault 🙄

[@aleksandarvil5718]

WOMEN ☕🙄😐😒🤨😤😡 !!!

[@trashotaku]

I have a sneaking suspicion that the people calling OP a golden child are cheater apologists

[@HelloItsMikkan]

Well enjoy being broke Greg cause that's what the Universe wants.

[@therealbiggamer8480]

Bro was struggling on the Minecraft course

[@Im_Just_Here248]

I used to be a bad kid and I thought my sister was a golden child when I told my parents this my dad sat me down and said we don’t have to yell at her or deal with her as much but that doesn’t mean we love you any less. They then showed me that my sports and my therapy and my ADHD medicine cost so much more than anything my sister is getting in that’s why it seemed to me like she is the golden child when in reality the reason my parents had nicer memories with her was because the memories I had with them with them having to get me in trouble because I was a menace to society now I have fixed my behavior and I have noticed that they treat me and my sister almost completely equal. You cannot say that someone is a golden child if they genuinely act better than you and you are genuinely a troublesome kid, because you of course will have more bad experience with your parents because you will have more discipline with your parents absolutely wild that anyone believes that was her sister was just a dirt child

[@SweeTzKandy]

The business was NOT 'supposed to be' Melissas. Its not a right to inherit the business its a privilege that she didnt earn. I hate how its always the good people that get burnt that still feel bad for the snakes

[@firehot427]

Reddit try not to blame the victim challenge: Impossible

[@Afrogirrl]

They didn’t blame the victim they just think OP was the golden child which she most likely was. That’s the most likely wedge for explosive sibling rivalry. And I think the parents could’ve done a better job at placing boundaries and being firm while the stepsister was growing up. Kids aren’t born bad something had to influence them to act that way. But the second stepsister turned 18 all her actions are her responsibility no matter who raised her. She has not right treating other people like that

[@clumsyinspector1514]

@@AfrogirrlNo, she most likely isn’t. Just because you think asshole behavior is excusable, doesn’t mean it is.

[@Afrogirrl]

@@clumsyinspector1514 i never said it’s excusable what she did was horrible but I’m questioning we’re the roots of her behaviour came from. I never ever defended what she did.

[@clumsyinspector1514]

@@Afrogirrl You’re defending her by trying to excuse her actions as her being mistreated and Op being the golden child, putting all the blame on the parents when she could just be an evil person.

[@Afrogirrl]

@@clumsyinspector1514 im not excusing anyone’s actions I’m just stating where it may stem from 😂??

[@matheusmendes5488]

Ironically stepsister made OP dogde a bullet

[@hotaruishere2133]

My Dad has always told me "you have to be present to win." Meaning that you have to show up and actually be there, participate, and contribute towards what it is that you're striving for. Seeing that she decided to be like a rat, steal your fiance, and run away with him, she essentially disqualified herself from any of this business stuff. She spoke that with her absence. She dug her own grave, now she has to lay in it.

[@LegendStormcrow]

No way half of them called her the golden child. That is an exageration

[@BuckledFrame2187]

It's reddit so it's probably more

[@Bananapepperjoker]

With how those in Reddit are it’s really not a stretch lol

[@LegendStormcrow]

Reddit also tends to freak out on imagined slights, and anyone with a sob story tends to get backed up.

[@jacobyflower3344]

Honestly personally just listening to this story, and hearing so many golden child stories the sisters actions do kinda sound like the actions of tye kid who gets less attention, also keep in mind instead of therapy the parents sent her away to a rehabilitation center for teens which uhhh if you don't know tend to be really not so good of.places. They weren't really willing to parent and gave that to someone else to deal with. All signs point to op being the golden child.

[@LegendStormcrow]

@@jacobyflower3344 I personally know people who were sent off that WERE the problem for their siblings. Talking about "I don't want to deal with you, so I'm gunna lock you all in the basement with no light, and tell that toddler to stop crying."

[@tgoodfella]

Good to see parents call out the child for their shitty behavior towards their siblings rather than ignoring it and saying you should ignore them and forgive they disowned her for the terrible things the couple did

[@ReddifyRabbithole]

"okay look, I know I said I mean it last time but I really mean it now" 😒✋🚫🚩

[@atiqahdiyana5665]

Anyone saying op is the golden child is delusional

[@HarleyPotter27-wm5cj]

I don’t even think the sister would be very successful with the business. Hearing about what she is doing just makes me think she would use the business for some kind of selfish action and drive it into the ground

[@elizabeth-lmhxmx]

Karma lol, also I don’t get why someone would be soooo proud of being a homewrecker that’s just pathetic

[@stephanien6237]

Op is a much better person than her step sister.

[@SilveryBlue1010]

Being a 'golden child' because parents biased favoritism. ❌ Being a 'golden child' because of good behavior. ✅

[@jaywoofit]

Exactly, you become a 'golden child' by being a good child when you have good parents. Melissa was just horrible and didn't like that her parents didn't let her bully her sister to make herself feel better about herself which made her resent her sister even more. Hope this is a wake up call for her to act better and honestly good on OP for ditching the toxic mess, I hope she finds someone who actually does love her instead of Greg who I bet is cheating on Melissa too. I'd actually bet money that Melissa told him she was pregnant and that is what got him to leave OP.

[@vaska1999]

Being a golden child is by definition a reflection of parental bias. There was no parental bias and no golden child in this case. It was just a story the stepsister had invented to justify her envy, malice, and bullying.

[@SilveryBlue1010]

Heh... If that's your definition of golden child, a 'favorite child' is more suffice then?

[@shadowcollins4589]

Well at least he left and didn't marry her That's actually more respectful than what a lot of other people do

[@sag6961]

These are addicting 😭🙏🏾

[@melody_melon_73]

I feel like people jump to conclusions when the word "Golden Child" shows up and thats why a lot of people told OP she was TA. Step-sister is using that word to trigger people and make people side with her and it works.

[@dianaespinoza7644]

What kind of person would agree that she was the golden child?? Everything the sister did was of her own doing. It also wouldn't have been a good idea to hire the guy because that would bring on other problems. So this woman just doesn't want to accept the consequences of her actions.

[@curtisdrago]

OP needs to grow a backbone after all they’ve been through with their sister.

[@invasiveinqustiorahahahhah548]

should have hire him as a janitor, companys always be needing more of those 😂

[@Slowbro_d1]

Send a post card to her pictures of u living life and say womp womp thats ur bisnise and say go run to greg

[@forrealtho4062]

Bullies always seem to think they are the victim, like their actions dont have consequences but others actions always do

[@shanehenry4353]

Dammit Arthur, why am I addicted to the stories?

[@ChaplainRaziel01]

Why is it in these stories people come to California? This state has been a burning trash heap for years and the only way you can even make a living is by already having money and having a degree in a something that pays a lot. Even then that will barely help you make a living.

[@AzraelThanatos]

A lot of it is because it's a big city, and a lot of the people are more east coast or midwest, plus you still have a lot of things from even the relatively near past where California is where you want to go to...even if it's a trashfire in reality.

[@SRTRobert]

I found your channel a couple of months ago and i must say your stories are incredible and i get glued to them 😂😂😂 keep up the good work bro ❤❤❤

[@Skyler-yw3od]

OP is too gracious. Melissa doesn't deserve any sympathy. Not even the slightest ounce.

[@cocoace7587]

I am so glad OP didn't allow her ex to work at her company . Melissa would've been there daily , trying to turn everyone against OP . And , then they would steal the company from OP . 😢

[@atmosstreams]

“Well, well! If it isn’t the consequences of my actions!” -sister

[@supreme84x]

11:02 Should have told her to "send me a postcard with any requires".

[@volcanicus0399]

NTA if I was your stepdad she would be afraid of ME

[@Bolpat]

Rule #1 in parenting: If you threaten a consequence, follow through. Rule #2 in parenting: Never threaten a consequence you are unable or unwilling to follow through.

[@michaelglynn7010]

10:52 Step sister went straight to OP to do some manipulation, what a real piece of work they are. When needs enemies.

[@emmalinegraves4355]

I would’ve made Greg a janitor

[@cocoace7587]

The parents kept trying to stop Melissa from bullying the OP . But , Melissa kept bullying her b/c she wasn't scared of her parents ' threats . She was only sent awzy , b/c she was getting into trouble .

[@ProfessorontheToadstoolC-nh1yz]

She was right to refuse that specific request, because she does not need that kind of poison hanging around. Some other kind of help? Maybe. Not that.

[@AhmedAhmed-cr4iw]

She literally left or (disappeared) with no clue If she really wanted the business she could be in touch with her dad or tell you where she went She cant just go and let you do all the process and suddenly show up expecting that you will give her the business THAT MAKES NO SENSE

[@morockin3554]

Dont feel sorry. People should think of the consequences if their actions. She's purely narcissistic

[@Mirlaramirez127]

I'm just happy Op remember anything,because of it was me I would forget in like 2 days unless its brought up almost al the time

[@Hr1s7i]

It's always super funny when people say they can't find a job cause they lack experience or have a gap. Shows complete lack of marketing knowledge.

[@Shukochan]

Those troubled teen camps are rife with abuse and cruelty. Not in any way justifying the stepsister's behavior, but I don't think the parents made the right choice to send her to one of those. But really, what else could they have done? We don't really have good options for situations like this in the US (if that's where this occurred). We basically just fast track troubled teens into the prison system here.

[@Yellowbeing08]

It wasnt a "troubled teen camp" it was a rehab for teens, which is very different, it just works on stopping their addiction as young kids, if it was one of those camps, I don't think she could go to a school or live with her aunt

[@AzraelThanatos]

Some of them are, some of them aren't...Melissa seemed like the completely out of control type that pushed the parents into it to try to get her to something relatively approaching normal behavior... My high school's band/choir had a few yearly stops at one of the facilities of troubled kids (I got dragged along because I was one of the few people who worked with the sound system stuff, and could get pulled for it easily enough), and my uncle worked at a state facility that was a step below juvie for a while. Several of them are more of a boarding school setup there to deal with problems in order to get them away from problem influences and to a place where they wouldn't have suppliers for drugs/alcohol for a year or so...

[@aiishataal]

the dad probably wouldn't even trust Melissa with his business after how she has turned out. if she could still her sister's fiancé imagine how she could steal from the business and ruin it all

[@aiishataal]

lmaoo OP dodged a bullet with Gregg

[@sudinborgaonkar]

"utter lack of brain cells" 😂😂😂😂😂

[@DerBjjjg]

Every one telling OP was the golden child must jave a scree loose. She had to endure the bullying for years and both parents weren't much of a help. The father only really did something about it when his child was brought back by the police and then decided what was best for his daughter. It only was a coincidence that it also was positive for OP.

[@herlolituba8089]

The Audacity to call her heartless is insane, as she literally lied to her just to take her fiance and rub it in her face

[@sharonpoliakov9752]

it upsets me when siblings are each others worst enemy :(

[@funtimerhikes2330]

Ok this golden child sister is different it’s evident that her bratty behavior is simply unexplained because the dad obviously lectures her so she didn’t get it from him

[@RedRose0395]

This is what my parents would tell me if I felt guilty for someone who screwed me over. Those who called OP the golden child don’t realize that this entire situation was not OP’s fault. It was all Melissa’s own doing. If she had just swallowed her pride, and turned a new leaf, she would’ve not only gotten the business she was supposed to inherit, but also become a better person. As for Greg, man, I bet he regrets running away with Melissa after all this happened. Even though I’m a kind person, my parents and other people would tell me how I shouldn’t feel bad for people like Greg and Melissa. It’s all their fault. Edit - Forgot to say, OP is DEFINITELY NTA.

[@calico_queen8976]

Reddit: You should discipline your child and let me suffer the consequences of their actions Also Reddit: You should support your children no matter what they do and constantly shield them even if what they did was really messed up.

[@joserobertosolismerlin5527]

Find a middle

[@mehulmalviya5800]

I can feel for parents with kids like Melisa. I have seen few and it's very sad, and more when they are not rich, because even after giving their all for the kids irrespective of anything, they act so entitled and braty.

[@xtrmsleep]

i like how the redditors called her the golden child even tho she was being protected from being bullied by her stepfather's own daughter. it just shows none of them have ever heard the word "no" and are currently learning the consequences in their own lives from being the golden children

[@brittneytrent4332]

I would have told her to go get a job flipping burgers... she cant even really complain cuz most fast food places dont require a diploma for that. 🤷‍♀️

[@StrickerRei-Chn]

Honestly, OP dodged a damn bullet.

[@leahporter6891]

If she was struggling so much how did she manage to find the money to fly from cali to wherever she is?

[@dj-chemicalz811]

oof i really feel for OP. I had the exact same situation with my older sibling. Its like no im not the golden child im just not a massive prick

[@jemase7931]

Melissa got that run down in just a couple months? Unlikely.

[@_thefrnchforg_623]

Gives "marry my husband" vibes ngl lmfao

[@devendrabhatnagar3572]

Was waiting for a video for full day😅

[@patralinaskar1617]

Actually melesa did OP a favour by marrying greg.. otherwise she would have been in melesa's position instead.. so good for you girl you dodged the bullet..

[@Nooby27YT]

It's funny how corrupted the world really is, and when stories like this that contains justice and doesn't contain really stupid parent happen, it's always looked as 'unfairness'.

[@neshas7471]

Never feel sorry for people who betrayed you, giving her another chance will only present her with another opportunity to ruin your life.

[@Regrettable-Username]

2:02 "Just like my dad was not in the picture, Melissa's mom was not around either. But that was because her mother had passed away a few years after she was born." That is so funny and so evil. 😭 OPs dad was a deadbeat and her step-sister's mom was dead. 💀

[@r.d.shelton7474]

She probably was emotionally unstable since her mom's death. She hates op because she represents the loss of her mom and original family uit. It's not OPs fault and she suffered more. Sis needed help. She was old enough to know she was wrong.