AITA for not deleting all my backups of my art like dad told me to and letting him punish me instead?
The user, who is 15 years old and enjoys digital drawing, started art cla*ses at age eight following the death of their mother.
These cla*ses proved helpful, and the user now views art as a potential future career, occasionally taking small commissions.
The conflict began when the user's father accessed their laptop without permission, deleted all their personal drawings, and demanded the user delete all a*sociated backups.
The father became upset because the deleted folder contained drawings of family members, but none included his current wife or the user's two younger half-siblings, leading to the user doubting their refusal to comply after facing punishment.
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The user is in a difficult position, maintaining a boundary regarding their personal creative work while facing severe punishment and pressure from their father, who views the exclusion of the blended family in their personal art as deliberate exclusion and hurtful.
The core question is whether the user was wrong (AITA) for refusing to delete personal artwork that documents their feelings and attachments, even when doing so was demanded by a parent to avoid punishment, versus whether the father was justified in enforcing control over the child's digital property due to perceived familial slights.
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Support, sarcasm, and strong words — the replies covered it all. This one definitely got people talking.