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During a recent family trip after his father’s death, a father faced a dilemma when his daughter, Shiloh, had to sleep on the floor while her stepsisters had beds in their hotel room. Seeing this, he quickly booked a separate hotel room for Shiloh to ensure she had a comfortable place to sleep.
This decision upset the family. Shiloh’s stepmother, Candace, argued that the extra room was unnecessary and accused the father of favoritism. She felt that the father’s move was an overreaction and a waste of money, as the stepdaughters had to share a room while Shiloh had one to herself.
The father defended his decision, explaining that he couldn’t accept Shiloh sleeping on the floor and wanted to ensure her comfort. Despite his reasoning, tensions remained high, with Candace and the stepdaughters feeling unfairly treated.
When they returned home, the conflict continued. Candace criticized the father’s actions and the impact on family relations. The situation highlighted ongoing issues in the blended family, including communication problems and concerns about fairness after their recent loss.
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After his father’s death, a father booked a separate hotel room for his daughter, Shiloh, who had been forced to sleep on the floor while her stepsisters had beds.
This decision led to controversy with Shiloh’s stepmother, Candace, who accused him of favoritism and wasting money.
Despite the father’s explanation that he wanted to ensure Shiloh’s comfort, tensions remained high, and Candace continued to criticize him, highlighting ongoing issues with communication and fairness in their blended family.
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ESHNTA due to the edits that Candace was the one that booked the room.You’re not the AH for getting your daughter the hotel room, but edit: Candace is for thinking that 3 teenage girls would want to share a bed. It doesn’t matter if its a king, that’s still an extremely uncomfortable sleeping arrangement.
You (collective) could’ve gotten a room with two queens, asked for a cot, or booked enough rooms in the first place.
It was shitty on the girls’ part to make your daughter sleep on the floor though. They also could have communicated that the one bed was an issue, but I have a sneaking suspicion you did and told them to suck it up.
NTA
You for thinking that 1 bed would be enough for 3 teenage girls
Your stepdaughters for ostracizing your daughter and treating her as less-than in a crowded sleep situation
Your wife for thinking you taking care of your daughter is favoritism, while her daughter’s getting the bed is just the right and natural order of things.
Only person not being an asshole is Shiloh
Edit: verdict changed after given context that OP didn’t make the hotel arrangements and thus had no part in creating the situation.
Your step-daughters forced your daughter, who just lost her grandfather, to sleep on the floor. If they actually had a problem sharing the bed with her, they should have asked for a roll-away bed, instead they chose to cruelly bully your child. You reacted appropriately, by removing your daughter from the presence of the bullies and getting her a safe, comfortable space to sleep.
Your step-daughters were awful, but the worst person is your wife. She saw no problem in what her children did to your daughter and objected to you standing up for your daughter. I suggest asking Shiloh if her step-sisters have bullied her or been cruel before this incident, and ask her how her step-mother treats her.
NTA, keep protecting your daughter, and reconsider your marriage.
NTA. If playing favorites means your grieving daughter is not to be unnecessarily subjected to her evil stepsisters’ bullying…then, yeah, own it with pride. How long have you been married? Your wife is an asshole, and doesn’t care if you and your daughter are grieving, she’s making more problems with her brats, and accusing YOU and your daughter of being the problem. She’s STILL bringing up weeks later how YOU mishandled this, and saying as PROOF of that the older brats are upset?!? Time for some serious thinking.
_neontangles writes:
What I’m getting from this is that your stepdaughters were trying to live up to the Disney depiction of step-sisters and were shocked when they couldn’t just bully her into getting what they want. What’s extra gross is that they did it when coming back from Shilo’s grandparent’s funeral. Talk about cruel.
You’re definitely NTA. But also wtf is wrong with Candace if she sees this as playing favorites? Her daughters tried to make yours sleep on the floor for fun. Sounds like the apples don’t fall far from the tree. Have you pointed out your daughter is also upset because of the situation and she is playing favorites?
