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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First give her a toothbrush and she can get on her hands and knees and try clean them.
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
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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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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Again if the child did not steal it wouldn't of happen. She is in the wrong.
I can't punish my step daughter.
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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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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If they then get revenge & sabotage her hair I would seriously file assault charges against them!
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If the daughter pinned her down and ruined her hair that would be assault
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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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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.
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.
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!!!!
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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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!
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 .
And like others have said - get out! Husband sounds like a dick too.
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.