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Man Refuses To Stop 12 Y.O. From Scaring Their New Baby, Mom Serves Them An Eviction Notice
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Man Refuses To Stop 12 Y.O. From Scaring Their New Baby, Mom Serves Them An Eviction Notice

Man Refuses To Stop 12 Y.O. From Scaring Their New Baby, Mom Serves Them An Eviction NoticeA Woman Wondered If She Was Wrong For Evicting Her BF And His Son Who Kept Scaring Her BabyBoy Keeps Scaring Sister 4 Times A Day And Finds It Funny, Dad’s GF Loses It And Kicks Them OutWoman Kicks BF And His Kid Out Of Her House And Life After Kid Kept Scaring Her Baby On Purpose“Get Out”: Mom Threatens To Get Police Involved If BF And His Kid Don’t Move Out“He Thinks It’s Funny When Kids Cry”: Mom Loses It At BF’s Son, Serves Them With Eviction Notice“AITA For Kicking My BF And His Kid Out Because His Son Was Constantly Scaring My Baby?”12 Y.O. Thinks It's Funny To Scare The Baby, Woman Serves Him And His Dad An Eviction NoticeBoy Won’t Stop Scaring Baby Sister As Her Cries Are “Funny,” Gets Himself And His Dad Kicked Out“He Thinks It’s Funny When Kids Cry”: Woman Kicks BF And His Kid Out, Asks If She’s Ridiculous
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Being a parent comes with a whole lot of beautiful moments, but it also often means making compromises for the good of your offspring. Unfortunately, this at times can mean choosing between a partner and your own child.

A woman wondered if she went too far when she evicted her BF and his kid after the child would not stop purposefully scaring her baby. Despite her regular demands that he stop, her BF proved to be quite unhelpful, so she decided to take action. Commenters debated the BF’s behavior versus her response to it.

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    Because the couple shares a child, just evicting the BF isn’t necessarily enough

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    The word “eviction” tends to evoke a pretty strong emotion from most people. After all, getting kicked out of the place you live, possibly by law enforcement, can be quite traumatic. This is, perhaps, why so many people thought OP “overreacted” by kicking the BF and “Jake” out. It’s not a small decision, seeing as many places have certain tenant rights and they are both, legally, parents of the daughter.

    Comments note that kicking out the BF is not a long-term solution, even if they break up. After all, they share a child and OP would need to get a court to create some sort of separation if they want to go that route. While the BF is responsible for Jake, as his child, OP’s decision is, ultimately, a result of Jake’s behavior. She can’t exactly kick out a child without kicking out his or her parents.

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    On the other hand, just as one can’t toss a kid into the street, it’s also not entirely possible to blame a child for his or her behavior. Yes, a twelve-year-old isn’t a baby, but, after all, his biological father seems to not be taking any steps to make him understand that he absolutely should not be scaring the baby. OP states that Jake does love his sister, yet he also understands that OP hates when he scares her.

    Jake understands that OP doesn’t like his actions, but seems to think it’s ok to ignore her

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    He needs to understand that this isn’t just some “weird” rule OP is “imposing” on him, but something that is actively bad for his sister. This is where the BF should have stepped up. Because, for one reason or another, Jake doesn’t seem to care too much when OP tells him what to do, only following her rules when she is around. So it’s only natural that he probably values his father’s rules more, so the BF really did need to do more.

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    In that sense, OP is right to take the actions that she did. A baby is still quite fragile and causing it to be scared and cry repeatedly is cruel. Even worse, this boy refused to actually stop doing what he was doing and his father was of no help either. It’s no wonder that OP felt like she was at her wit’s end and had to go as far as eviction to make her partner understand just how important this was to her.

    The BF needs to get his priorities straight

    Many of the comments, some of which can be found below, suggest that there is something wrong with Jake, however, it would appear that there is perhaps too little information to go on. More importantly, OP does not see him as “disturbed” or “psychotic” and she definitely knows better than some random person who just finished reading the story five minutes ago.

    The real crux of this disagreement is OP’s relationship with her BF and his inability or unwillingness to actually parent. In a perfect world, Jake would take OP seriously, but since this is not the case, the BF needs to be more proactive. It’s strange that he wouldn’t be more active, seeing as this “case” involves both his biological baby daughter and the explicit requests of the woman he lives with.

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    Most readers thought OP was defiantly NTA

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    lenka
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    11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NTA. I have a ten year old and a 12 year old and they would never intentionally scare a baby like this. My 10 year old was playing peek a boo with her two year old cousin last week and accidentally frightened her by waiting too long for the next boo. Cousin got a small fright, my daughter was upset that she had scared her and immediately attempted to console her cousin, cuddle her and apologize for scaring her. It is not funny to make a baby cry. Kid needs to get assessed.

    Roger9er
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    11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I were his dad, I'd scare the c**p out of him and then say it's funny. No, but seriously, what the hell is wrong with that boy? It does seem like psychopathic - at least sadistic - behavior. And what is wrong with his father? He ignores his son's negative behavior instead of worrying about the baby's well-being. And he even tries to justify it! Good thing OP is throwing them out of the house

    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NTA Keep that kid away from your baby. You did the right thing, Keep all your receipts.

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    lenka
    Community Member
    11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NTA. I have a ten year old and a 12 year old and they would never intentionally scare a baby like this. My 10 year old was playing peek a boo with her two year old cousin last week and accidentally frightened her by waiting too long for the next boo. Cousin got a small fright, my daughter was upset that she had scared her and immediately attempted to console her cousin, cuddle her and apologize for scaring her. It is not funny to make a baby cry. Kid needs to get assessed.

    Roger9er
    Community Member
    11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I were his dad, I'd scare the c**p out of him and then say it's funny. No, but seriously, what the hell is wrong with that boy? It does seem like psychopathic - at least sadistic - behavior. And what is wrong with his father? He ignores his son's negative behavior instead of worrying about the baby's well-being. And he even tries to justify it! Good thing OP is throwing them out of the house

    Jared Robinson
    Community Member
    11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    NTA Keep that kid away from your baby. You did the right thing, Keep all your receipts.

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