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Am I being unreasonable? Step daughters fighting and my husband isn't happy with how my daughter is being punished.

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My husband and I have a daughter each to previous relationship. Girls ages 14/15. Both spend a lot on their hair, my daughter buys her own shampoo/conditioner and it's very expensive, step daughter likes to use it and uses a lot which causes fights. My daughter hides it in her room, but Sd has been pinching it. My daughter got fed up and added chemicals to the shampoo, not sure exactly what probably bleach and old hair dye. Sds hair is ruined, and had to have her hair cut short. Obviously my daughter got in trouble and had to pay for sds hair cut and treatment. Dh and sd want my daughter's hair cut too, as punishment I have said no and it's causing tension. I feel like sd needs to take some responsibility for doing the wrong thing, and doesn't need to get revenge so to speak.


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4 years ago
Update???

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4 years ago
Lol. They got payback, unfortunately it was me who used the shampoo this this time. I look like a Smurf, the shower is also blue. Food colouring doesn't come off tiles.

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4 years ago
Are you serious? When you say they do u mean ur step daughter and husband?

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4 years ago
I'm not sure, I think it was both.

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4 years ago
All this over shampoo. All of you sound as ridiculous as each other.

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4 years ago
I am more concerned about my now blue shower.

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4 years ago
Make him pay to get it re tilled.

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4 years ago
This is now starting to sound a little surreal. Sorry ❤

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4 years ago
If your husband is involved then that’s ridiculous. How petty also shows he will always choose his daughters side even if she is in the wrong so he’s not teaching her anything about responsibility. Even if it was her getting pay back she still hasn’t learnt anything she is justifying her stealing and isn’t scared about any consequences. When will it end once she’s sent everyone bald. I find it very vindictive. How horrible you have to worry in your own house whether your going to be a target or not

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4 years ago
Tit for Tat hey... She’s literally damaged property and tiles aren’t cheap to fix or replace. Your daughter had to pay to fix her hair you make her now pay to fix the tiles
First give her a toothbrush and she can get on her hands and knees and try clean them.

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4 years ago
It’s almost impossible to get blue food dye out of grout (I know from personal experience in my bathroom 😂 - but that was toddlers mucking around with it in a non-vindictive way not a teenager and grown man trying to get payback). Exit mould actually does wonders on lifting the colour a bit.

Also, one more tip. A bit of exit husband might get rid of your other problem too. Again tried and tested and my life has never been better

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4 years ago
^^ agree exit husband may just be needed. If he has nothing to do with it then he should have been very clear to his daughter that retaliation would not be accepted. She should suffer the consequences now. Out of curiosity is she getting punished for this?

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4 years ago
Thanks I have tried exit mould, most of its gone now it's just a blue tinge. Step daughter won't get punished she never does. I haven't spoken to either of them since going mad at them when it happened.

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4 years ago
How is it fair that your daughter had to pay for sd hair that she damaged yet sd doesn’t get punished for wrecking the tiles or your hair. She should at least pay for you to get your hair done

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4 years ago
Omg they need to atleast pay for you to have your hair done, sounds like this was aimed at you given it was shampoo you used . Probably ‘pay back’ for not cutting your daughters hair.

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4 years ago
They should! But I'm getting a new bathroom out of it. We have saved up for a holiday and were just about to book it. Since we won't be going anywhere for a while I will use the money to re do the bathroom.
But for now I'm just enjoying having no responsibility, (my daughter is staying with her dad) and being a bitch. I still haven't spoken to my husband or his daughter. Last night I cooked myself dinner and ate it infront of the tv. I want this experience to be horrible for them so hopefully this shit stops.

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4 years ago
If you guys break up I would pack every last bit or food and hygiene product and send it with them or make sure you leave it behind if you are the one to leave.

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4 years ago
Why?

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4 years ago
Everyone should just shave their heads and start anew 😂😘

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4 years ago
Im sorry they got paypack now where will it stop? Have they learnt their lesson? Will they now grow up? It is unacceptable behaviour and I would be absolutely worried about future issues. It boarders on a safety concern. What's next poison in food. SMH you should have nipped it in the butt. Your husband should be absolutely ashamed of himself and step daughter.

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4 years ago
I would call a truce set up rules and boundaries and stick to your if you retaliate you are out statement. Time you adults adulted!

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4 years ago
I think it's gone past that. It's very much my kid vs your kid. My daughter is staying with her dad for the moment.

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4 years ago
If I was your daughter I would have just denied tampering with the shampoo in he first place. Just say I dunno what’s wrong with the shampoo and let the SD get all the blame for stealing. Would t have happened if she didn’t steal and go into ur daughters room

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4 years ago
It sounds like it will really blow up and could end things. Does your husband really want to end a marriage over shampoo?

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4 years ago
This situation speaks volumes about the LACK of parenting and boundaries in the house.

If a child works hard and buys themself shampoo NOONE else should be using that and the other.child should be made to replace item used without permission.

Where is the respect? Its lacking.
If the role was reversed dad and sister would be pissed so no different. The SD needs to be punished for stealing. Her father needs to buy his daughter her own products or make his daughter accountable and pay back your daughter. Or she will grow into a thef and never take responsibility for her actions.

Your daughter should NOT have to accept her items used and stolen. You need be parents and punish SD together its unjust and wrong.

Your daughter should not have to pay for SD hair thats wrong. It was her products that were stolen and used without permission. She can add whatever she wants to her peoducts its HER property. SD needs to know if she enters someones room without permission and uses others belongings with out permisssion there are consequences.

If not she will grow up spoilt entitled and not xope in the real world.

So ur job and keep SD away feom your daughters things. And visa versa teach them respect. Make SD pay back for stolen products its only fair if u made ur daughter pay for her consequence for stealing.

Your hubby needs to tell his daughter to stop stealing and stay our of her step sisters room. Its a privacy concern and wrong.

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4 years ago
As for your daughter as well she needs to lock her stuff away, buy her a kmart lockable locker so she can lock her stuff away from sticky f jngers. I would be annoyed if i was her and worked hard to have things stolen, and that person had no consequences which is obviously what happened since she took matters into her own hand. You adults need to set boundaries and consequences and no that doesnt include cutting your daughters hair. Thats not her problem. Your sd chose to steal she deals with consequences.

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4 years ago
Giver ur daughter a lock on her bedroom door too so she can feel safe. Heaven knows what sd and her dad will do to retaliate they sound very immature.

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4 years ago
She can’t add whatever she wants to her own bottles if her intent was to harm another person. Not saying SD was right In pinching the shampoo. But two wrongs do not make a right here. Agree with everything else except both girls should face consequences. Both behaved poorly.

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4 years ago
Actually you cant prove intent to hurt, maybe to mess up the hair BUT to do that the added chemicals would have had to of been substancial. Bleach will only damage if on for a long time or in high percentage. Yes she did the wrong thing and has had consequences already. Having to pay for her step sisters hair cut and treatment. What was the other childs punishment? Nothing!

Again if the child did not steal it wouldn't of happen. She is in the wrong.


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4 years ago
I say that as someone with clear rules and boundaries in my house which again obviousky arent in that house. Time parents did actual parenting and set rules up.

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4 years ago
My daughter was punished because her step sister could have been hurt, I couldn't let that go. I like the idea of a lockable cupboard for my daughter.
I can't punish my step daughter.

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4 years ago
It can’t be proven but that doesn’t mean what she did was ok.

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4 years ago
Yes, that's why she got in trouble. Messing with chemicals like that is not ok. However step sister did deserve her comeuppance which is why my daughter's hair won't be cut.

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4 years ago
You do need to set clear boundaries now with BOTH girls. No borrowing items, no stealing and NO going into one another's room without permission. That is just the basics. Give both a locker to keep private items in that way no favourtism can be claimed. But def set rules its unacceptable behaviour.

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4 years ago
I hope your family can work through this xx

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4 years ago
Woah your daughter is ruthless 😂 I love it.
She should be in pretty huge trouble for it but making her cut her hair is too much, I think you should encourage her to stop buying expensive products and save her money for psychotherapy.

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4 years ago
Wouldn't she have smelt a difference the instant she put on her head prompting her to rinse it off immediately? Just a thought

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4 years ago
I don't know. It turns out is was permanent hair dye not bleach.

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4 years ago
That makes more sense :)

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4 years ago
I'm not a hairdresser so I don't know how it all works. But my daughter bought a pack of cheap permanent hair dye and mixed some of the chemicals into a bit of the conditioner, there wasn't much left in the bottle. Sds hair was like straw and an orangy colour.

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4 years ago
This doesn’t sound right at all. A cheap box dye shouldn’t have done that if only left in for the few minutes you leave conditioner in for. Someone is lying.

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4 years ago
Why don't you try it and let us know.

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4 years ago
It didn't dye her hair, she didn't put much dye part in just the ammonia. It would have had a strong smell. I'm surprised sd didn't notice. The chemicals did something to her already coloured hair. It just went dry and a bit orangy. Nothing the hairdresser could do, just cut it.

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4 years ago
😂😂 love the try it and let us know comment ;)

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4 years ago
Sounds to be like the hairdresser could have fixed it, if I was the hairdresser and a spoilt brat like the sd came in with that story I would most definitely tell her I could not fix it and recommend it be cut it too, probably take an extra inch of her hair for good measure!

Salon hair products are expensive, for working teenagers that is a lot of saving!
For many expensive hair products mean going without something else!

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4 years ago
Leave him. His trouble so is his kid. Can u trust them now? What revenge will happen when ur not there.i would take my kid and leave

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4 years ago
Where is your daughter getting money ?

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4 years ago
She works.

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4 years ago
Good for her. She's definitely entitled to have her own things

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4 years ago
And to do what she likes with it

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4 years ago
I dunno man, i tried to dye my hair with bleach in shampoo and it didn't do anything other than make my skin red. So what exactly was your daughter putting into the shampoo?

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4 years ago
Exactly. You have to leave it in for a while for it to actually work and then it only lifts it so much.

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4 years ago
I think it's petty that your husband is calling for this punishment. I would leave if I were you. Too much drama.

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4 years ago
If you cut your daughters hair you have chosen your husband over her. Dont be suprised if she leaves.

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4 years ago
^ doubt it

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4 years ago
I won't let anyone cut her hair

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4 years ago
Good for you 👍👍

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4 years ago
I think your daughter’s reaction was extreme, but how entitled is your SD? And why didn’t your husband step in before it came to your daughter taking matters into her own hands?

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4 years ago
Hell yes to this!!! Why didn’t EITHER parent step in and be a PARENT!!!! This should never have happened!!!

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4 years ago
It had been addressed several times. Sd generally just does what she wants. She plays her parents off against each other.

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4 years ago
Unfortunately behaviour in alot of separated families :(

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4 years ago
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Jerry Jerry

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4 years ago
No freaken way! SD stole your daughters stuff and because of that she can’t handle the consequences?? Will teach her to not take things that does not belong to her!

If they then get revenge & sabotage her hair I would seriously file assault charges against them!

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4 years ago
If I was the Mum of SD, I would be filing charges against the daughter.

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4 years ago
SD might very well press assault charges herself as revenge and she would be within her rights to do so. That punishment does not fit the crime at all. I’d have just replaced the pricey stuff with a cheapy product 🤷‍♀️ Why resort to assault ?

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4 years ago
SD could try to press charges, but on what grounds? No- one assaulted her... She stole a product she had no rights to. If I buy shampoo or conditioner for my own personal use I can put whatever I want in it. If someone steals it and suffers damage from those actions, the fault is theirs not mine. That’s like someone stealing food then suing the shop because it gave them food poisoning.....

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4 years ago
No one assaulted her!!! Omg the police would laugh and tell you to bugger off!
If the daughter pinned her down and ruined her hair that would be assault

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4 years ago
It is assault. What was the intent of putting the bleach in bottle? To cause harm right? What if the bleach had burned her?

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4 years ago
Then she shouldn't have stolen it. If SD stole a car and smashed it into a pole - who is at fault? Obviously SD and her parents for not teaching her better. Just because you want something does not mean it is safe or acceptable to take it. Actions have consequences. Yes, her lesson was a hard one, but obviously one that needed to be learnt or else she wouldn't be stealing. 😉

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4 years ago
No she shouldn’t have taken it but that doesn’t mean it’s ok to punish her in such a severe way either. Both of the girls are at fault here, and both need to grow up .

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4 years ago
If she’d hit her over the head with the bottle of shampoo then it would be assault. Geez, she didn’t assault her, she put bleach in HER OWN bottle of shampoo. She didn’t force the sister to use it. The little cow got what she deserved.

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4 years ago
She didn’t put in bleach to cause harm. She did it to fuck up her hair colour. Haha, that’s not assault, that’s genius.

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4 years ago
Her intent was for the SD to use it though. So saying she can put bleach in her own shampoo bottle if she wants is kind of a moot point. And if she has actually burned her head instead of just her hair then yeah she would be charged with assault. Can’t believe how many of you think this is an acceptable reaction.

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4 years ago
Oh boy. It's times like this I wish I was a fly on the wall 😂😘

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4 years ago
Better yet, I wish I could remotely control the husbands foot. Because all 3 ladies in that house need a right royal swift kick up the ass. The SD for stealing, the daughter for putting the chemicals in her shampoo & Mum because she thinks the sunshine’s put her daughters behind.

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4 years ago
Violence is definitely the answer 👍

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4 years ago
I’m going to get crucified for this, but this Is what I would do. Cut both girls hair. As a matter of fact shave their heads so they have no hair at all!!!!
No hair, don’t need shampoo or conditioner!!! Step daughter can’t steal it & your daughter can’t add anything extra to it because they will NO LONGER NEED IT!!!!
How pathetic that your daughter can not share her shampoo with her step sister. Who I’m fairly sure is probably not there all the time. Your daughter also needs to be punished for her part in this. She should not get off scott free. They both played a part, they both get punished. What is good for one is good for the other. Cut your daughter hair too. It’s hair, it will grow back.
Then purchase hair products that BOTH GIRLS have to use. They will need to learn to share, rather than both acting like spoiled teenage brats!!!

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4 years ago
^^bad, outdated parenting advice

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4 years ago
I don't completely disagree, my daughter did get punished, she will miss her next salon appointment and has to now share her shampoo which she has stopped buying. She was punished because her step sister could have been hurt. Even if I suggested both girls having their heads shaved my husband wouldn't do that to his daughter, so I'm certainly not going to do that to mine.
I buy shampoo they can both use, my daughter spent a lot of her own money to buy her own and I don't think it's fair to force her to share it.

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4 years ago
She shouldn’t have to share it if she purchased it herself. It belongs to her. Her step sister is a thief who got what was coming to her. I’m sure she was told multiple times not to take it but continued anyway. She is the nasty bitch and what your daughter did was hilarious, I wouldn’t have punished her for it at all. I’d tell her to watch her back tho.

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4 years ago
What bullshit! If I buy my own stuff with my money I will not share it just because someone wants it! SD should keep het hands off other people’s things! If she wants the same buy it! Or get her Dad to buy it! What entitlement is it to just take something!

I’m not a fan of sharing things, if I have something special why should I share it, just for someone else to break it! I tell my kids if there is something dear to them and they don’t want to share to put it away until the visitors are gone. They have a huge tay room that they share in anyway.

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4 years ago
Bad outdated parenting advice!!!! Are you kidding me??!! This is what is wrong with today’s youth. To many to good parents being friends with their kids rather than being their parent!!!! They both did the wrong thing, they both get punished end of story.

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4 years ago
Hopefully your daughter will learn to pick her battles with her step sister. I get that her pinching her stuff is annoying, (middle sister here) however, I would have never ever in my life considered the retaliation that your daughter did!!!! That is unacceptable!!! I would have let the hair products run out & not buy anymore. Now she has wasted the bottles of product that she had purchased!!! I hope this is a stern lesson for both of them.
I get shaving their heads is a bit extreme, but so was the retaliation of your daughter. I would still be cutting her hair exactly the same style as the step sister, because don’t us girls just hate to look the same as our sisters!!!!
Do that, and she will never again add any products to anything ever again!!!!

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4 years ago
The daughter is paying for her own shampoo and conditioner- why should she share it? If it was paid for by the parents, then yes she should share it. What step daughter is doing is outright stealing and she deserved to be punished.

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4 years ago
Sorry to pipe in.. but I’m surprised no one has asked where your daughter got the idea to add chemicals from. This sounds like advice I would have hypothetically given my daughter in this situation... I don’t think she came up with it herself. If you did have something to do with it op, then it gets a bit hazy. I would also like to know how many times Daughter has bought it up that her stuff is getting stolen, because this sadly should have been stopped a long time ago no?

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4 years ago
I’m wondering the same thing. I think it’s time for a family meeting. Get this sorted out once & for all.
What also bothers me is that the parents must have known SD was using the daughters hair products. By the sounds of it, they have done nothing to stop it before the situation got out of hand.

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4 years ago
S.D got what was coming to her. I wouldn’t have even made your daughter pay for the haircut etc. Tell them if they do anything to your daughters hair you will press assault charges. Your daughter can put whatever she wants in products she purchased, no one suggested the step daughter should STEAL them and use them on her hair. Get both girls a lock for their doors (to make it even) so your step daughter can’t take some kind of sneaky revenge or steal anymore of your daughters stuff.

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4 years ago
Sd has been told she won't be allowed back here if she does anything back.

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4 years ago
I think that is fair. She and hubby probably need time to sit and simmer of the situation- ie that SD caused it.

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4 years ago
Jesus Christ !!! What do they think you are going to pin your daughter down and cut her hair!
Your partner even contemplating your daughter cutting her hair is a huge red flag!!! If sd didn’t steal it it wouldn’t have happened!
I would have done the same as your daughter. I once put blue Foundant food colouring in my body wash and my house mate squirted it everywhere and stained her skin.
I lived in a backpackers for a few weeks, you know the drill , bit a bottle of milk and everyone uses it! Still happened after I put my name on it in thick black pen. I put loads of laxatives in a new bottle of milk with my name on it. It was half empty by the afternoon. Serves the fuckers that got the shits right!

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4 years ago
Your daughter bought the products. Therefore she can do whatever she wants to the products and if that is adding bleach or whatever then she has the right. The SD would have been told previously not to touch those products and the SD again stole the products. So the SD got what she deserved.
I understand it's a difficult situation when theres blended and each parent naturally wants to stand up for their own child but this situation has shown that the adults may not be best suited to parent together because instead of stepping back and trying to work out the fairest decision, you've both gone into battle .

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4 years ago
I would tell your daughter to watch out coz her step sister is going to come after her in her sleep with a pair of scissors..my sister had long beautiful nails but would use them as weapons on me. One night I got up in the middle of the night and cut all her fingernails off. Lol, I didn’t get into trouble either. She never scratched me again.

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4 years ago
I wouldn’t have punished your daughter or made her pay the step sisters haircut! Good on her I say, tell your husband to man up

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4 years ago
Thank everyone!

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4 years ago
NO way should you cut your daughters hair. This is poetic justice. SD deserves what she got. Give your daughter a high five from me.

And like others have said - get out! Husband sounds like a dick too.

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4 years ago
She should be grateful it wasn’t nair put in there 🤣😂
This all sounds like too much stress though. I would get the fuck out but if you don’t/can’t then don’t let them punish your daughter by getting her hair cut. I think paying for the cut and treatment is sufficient. Your stepdaughter shouldn’t have been invading your daughter’s privacy or taking her belongings.

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4 years ago
Hahaha. This is pretty funny. If SD wasn't being a sneaky little thief then none of this would happen. Stand your ground and don't let your daughters hair get cut. Maybe DH and SD will have learned a lesson not to touch things that don't belong to them! Hahahaha.