AITA for refusing to give free tutoring to my mom's stepdaughter because she bullied me when my mom married her dad?
From the tender age of seven, he found himself trapped in a relentless storm of cruelty, where his step-sister’s bitterness became a daily torment.
The very people who should have shielded him instead asked for patience and kindness, leaving him to endure the harshest battles in the supposed safety of his own home.
Years of bullying carved deep wounds into his young heart, as physical and emotional scars intertwined with the confusion of love and loyalty.
Every day was a painful lesson in survival, a struggle between enduring the pain and longing for the family he deserved but never truly had.
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The original poster (OP) is dealing with the long-term emotional damage caused by severe bullying from a stepsister, which their mother minimized and accepted as a necessary hurdle for family unity.
Despite the mother's efforts to force reconciliation by demanding free tutoring for the former bully, the OP remains unwilling to engage, prioritizing their own past trauma over the imposed family narrative.
Given the history of physical danger and emotional neglect by the mother, is the OP justified in flatly refusing to help their former a**ser, or is their refusal an unfair roadblock to the family's desire for reconciliation and Frankie's academic future?
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