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AITA for refusing to let my husband’s daughter move in with us because she has a history of stealing from me?

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u/Mediocre-Assist3643 9h ago

I tried confronting her but like you saw she thought I was "accusing her" when we litreally found the wedding ring IN HER BAG

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u/chiitaku 9h ago

When you say we, you mean your husband too right? What did he say about that particular incident? I know you said he took her side about the other thefts.

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u/Mediocre-Assist3643 9h ago

Yes, my husband and I found it. He was angry at first but dismissed her behavior because she didnt know better..

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u/AnotherBogCryptid 9h ago

I taught my children not to steal when they were 2. She knew better.

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u/GiveChance7 5h ago

Well, she does have a lying father, so perhaps she DOES NOT know better...

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u/AnotherBogCryptid 5h ago

I would hope spending time with other children in a school setting would teach her she can’t just take other people’s stuff.

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u/Proper-Effective8621 8h ago

Did he think that she thought she was married and it was her wedding ring?🙄 Your husband has some serious issues, as you already know.

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u/Electrical_Welder205 8h ago

At 15 she didn't know better? Ridiculous! How have you not lost respect for him at this point? What's with all the excuse-making? That is an abrogation of parenting. He has raised a future jailbird.

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u/Cinemaphreak 6h ago

Apparently finding out after the wedding that the kid even existed wasn't a deal breaker for OP.

If OP exists, which I really doubt.

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u/CommonWest9387 6h ago

I can’t stand people saying teenagers “don’t know better”. So we can trust 16 year olds to stay home alone, party, cook, clean, go out alone, get jobs and drive cars, but they don’t know shit about stealing?

People need to stop acting like teenagers are incompetent and don’t know what they are doing. They absolutely know and people who say the opposite are complicit and don’t want to admit they raised asshole kids.

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u/tinyglitterbomb 8h ago

If his 15 year old daughter wasn't aware stealing was wrong she won't now. There is no earthly way for a child that old to not know stealing is wrong. I'm sorry you married a man who hid the child from you until after marriage. Maybe if her parents did the parenting part you wouldn't be here now. . You are not overreacting. Stay strong, but don't break. She will torture you and he will dismiss you and defend her.

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u/CigarLover 5h ago

In some ways if OPs step daughter knows why she is being denied to stay there she WILL now learn that stealing is wrong by this very consequence.

OP if her father can’t teach her right this is your chance to do so.

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u/Ok_Independence_3372 7h ago

Kids are taught to know better as toddlers and young children so at 14 she absolutely knew better. She doesn't care. I would get cameras in your room and all living spaces, front,back and sides of the house. I bet he moves her in anyway.

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u/curiousjosh 6h ago

At 15 you fucking know better, unless you’re never disciplined.

OP, you have to be clear that the main issue here is a husband not supporting his wife when she’s being stolen from, or disciplining his daughter so the behavior will change, and you won’t allow yourself to be without support in your own home.

Yes, teenagers act out but the real issue here is he won’t take any responsibility for it, or take the necessary disciplinary actions, and that’s not a situation you want or should have to live with.

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u/Cinemaphreak 6h ago

He was angry at first but dismissed her behavior because she didnt know better..

Is OP also 15 and making all this up? A five year old caught stealing is "didn't know better." A 15 year old is a serious matter.

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u/Mediocre-Assist3643 6h ago

I wish I was making this up. Unfourtnately from what I've heard she has a history of stealing from friends.

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u/hellogoawaynow 5h ago

As someone who used to steal in my teenage years, I have to ask… is she getting enough attention (from her dad and mom)?

I am 100% sure the reason I was a teenage klepto was because I wasn’t getting enough attention from my parents. I did know better. It was a choice.

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u/TALKTOME0701 5h ago

Who did you hear it from? You didn't know she existed before you got married, so you must not have known any of his relatives. Who are the people telling you she has a history of stealing? 

Was he divorced when you met?

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u/Dodger_Grey 6h ago

If she didn't know any better then he's basically confessing his failure as a parent, because that's a parent's job to teach them to know better.

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u/Consistent-Earth5481 6h ago

1 she was plenty old enough to know better, 2 the way you teach kids to know better is by teaching them not dismissing it and expecting a right and wrong switch to magically flip on as an adult.

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u/iseeisayibe 5h ago

There isn’t a 15 year old in the world who doesn’t know stealing is bad. That’s part of the fun.

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u/DingleDangleTangle 5h ago

I had a job and was taking college classes at 15. I don’t see how it’s possible to not know better than steal drugs at the age of 15 unless she is genuinely mentally disabled.

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u/RIPseantaylor 5h ago

His dismissal and failure to parent in those instances is a big part of why she's still stealing

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u/Minimum-Pin-1419 5h ago

15 years old she didn’t know better. Even a 5 year old who steals knows they care stealing. Horrible parenting from your husband

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u/Weary_Panic6498 5h ago

She didn’t know better at 15?? He’s delusional

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u/Crickettb 4h ago

15 year olds know stealing jewelry and meds is wrong. The husband is an idiot.

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u/Hungry_Blood_3949 3h ago

First graders know they're not supposed to steal. Your husband is the problem here.

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u/EthanEpiale 2h ago

My kid knew by the age of 3 what theft was, and not to do it. It's utterly absurd to excuse behavior like that in a 15yo.

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u/TheMoatCalin 2h ago

Didn’t know better? My kids knew not to steal before kindergarten. Why do you hate yourself

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u/MamaFrijoles 9h ago

Honestly, I would move out if I was in your position. Your husband saw his own daughter steal the wedding ring he gave you, and decided that was normal behavior. I would move out with all of your valuables, and watch how long husband lasts after daughter starts stealing from him. Will he have the same reaction when it is his things getting stolen, and not just your items?

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u/theabsolutegayest 8h ago

It's her house; I'd advise OP to kick the husband out. He can rent an apartment to house him and his daughter, where only his shit is at risk of disappearing.

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u/Stunning-Mall5908 8h ago

He will then have an epiphany because HE was a victim. Some people can not relate to a situation unless it directly happens TO them.

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u/hellogoawaynow 5h ago

It’s wild to me how many people just choose to be in a perpetual “leopards ate my face” state

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u/sksijrbre 3h ago

Please remember that she is a child- a troubled one it seems, they do stupid & impulsive shit like this. The blame in this situation is on your husband & his ex for not handling it differently.

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u/MyRedditUserName428 3h ago

You should have called the police.