The original post: /r/amitheasshole by /u/Critical-Purpose-485 on 2025-02-09 03:29:14.

backstory i (17f) lived with my dad (41m) and step mom (52f) since i was 5. before then i lived with my grandparents. well, my whole life my step mom has been mentally abusing me and i’ve tried to talk to my dad about it but he always picked her side. so i made the decision to leave a few days ago. i packed a few trash bags grabbed my cat and left. i told my dad i was leaving and that i loved him but not my stepmom and told him why i left. well a day later my step mom messaged me on facebook saying that i’m ruining this whole family, how i’m hurting my dad, and how i’m being selfish. and yk what sure. i am being selfish but i did it for me. i knew if i didn’t get out of there my life was going to be a living hell more than it already was. i still talk to my dad (it’s literally been 4 days) but. i miss him. and the only reason why i didn’t leave before was because i tried to make everyone happy and i tried to get along with my step mom for my dad but it just wasn’t working out. my step mom said that i broke my dads heart and ykw he broke mine by picking her side for 12 years. AITA???