With his two teenage sons living under the same roof as his stepdaughter, the father decides it’s time to intercept when his sons complain of sanitary products in the waste bins. He is met with disapproval from his wife, stepdaughter, and social media users.
A Combined Family
The man has been living with his wife and stepdaughter for around six months. His stepdaughter is 19, almost 20, and he has three sons aged 18, 16, and 15. He feels his stepdaughter is a really good kid, a great influence on his sons and he really enjoys having her around.
Shared Facilities
His wife and her daughter moved into his house and sold theirs. His stepdaughter’s father isn’t present in her life, nor is his son’s mother. All four children share a bathroom.
Lack of Female Company
His sons have never lived for a long period of time with a woman, nor have any of them had long-term girlfriends. They had short visitation periods when they were younger but never longer than an hour, so living with and being in the company of two women has been unusual for them.
An Unpleasant Revelation
Recently, his eldest son, aged 18, came to him and said that his stepsister disposes of her used sanitary products in the trash can that they share. He said it really turned his stomach and he felt instantly sickened by it.
He Says They’re Disgusting
His son also says that to make things worse, his stepsister doesn’t use toilet rolls or even sandwich bags to disguise what they are, and it makes him feel really uncomfortable. He then says that he thinks its really disgusting.
A Fair Complaint
The Dad thinks his son is perfectly reasonable for having an issue with this. He says that as teenage boys, they don’t want to see their stepsister’s period products on full display. He agrees that it’s unhygienic.
A Quiet Word
A few nights back, the man went into the kitchen to grab a snack and his stepdaughter was doing some work for university. As his wife had mentioned that she knew she was on her period, he took it as an opportunity to have a word with her.
Addressing the Issue
He tells her his sons are uncomfortable with her leaving her tampons on show, and politely asks her if she’d mind putting her used products in diaper bags or flushing them down the toilet.
A Full on Attack
She laughs and tells him it’s a rich request coming from a man who “sheds like a gorilla” and has produced “three sons that leave dirty underpants on the floor!” The man feels pretty shocked at what he deems an unnecessary attack.
Unnecessarily Mean
The man says on social media that he’s been nothing but nice to the girl, and it’s hardly a comparison. He feels that his sons shouldn’t be subjected to her unhygienic products if it makes them feel uncomfortable.
Needs to Educate Himself
She goes on to lecture him about how tampons can’t be flushed, and that it’s bad for the environment if she uses diaper bags for every single one. She tells him that he’s wrong and really needs to educate himself.
A Pathetic Excuse
The Dad thinks she’s just making an excuse. Angry at her backlash, he calls her a ‘scruff’ and tells her that she needs to remember she’s living in HIS house, and what he says goes!
His Wife Is Unsupportive
When he asks his wife if she could have a word with her, she tells him he is being ridiculous, and that her daughter has had her period for ten years and knows what she’s doing. When he tells her it’s making his sons uncomfortable, she says his sons need to get a grip.
Deeply Concerned
This is a genuine issue to him, and he’s mad that his wife doesn’t care enough to have a discussion about it. When he asks his stepdaughter again in the morning she does the same as her mother and completely dismisses it.
Lack of Respect
He also thinks that his stepdaughter clearly has no respect for him as the homeowner and father figure. It concerns him that she thinks she can treat him like an equal when he’s superior to her in terms of the familial hierarchy.
Spiteful Remark
His wife tells him that he’s spiteful to use the house against them in an argument. She says that it’s underhand and mean of him to blackmail his stepdaughter with the fact that he owns the house.
Cold Shoulder
Both of them have told him to stop being so silly, and the atmosphere has been quite tense at home. He still fails to see how he is being unreasonable when it’s HIS house, and it makes his sons uncomfortable.
Social Media Berates Him
One user tells him, ‘I think they should have to buy products for her just to get over their supposed fear of periods.’ Another agrees, saying, ‘Shaming your new step-daughter for her periods is bad. Not teaching your own sons to take it in stride is bad!”
The Jokes on Him
A few days later, his wife and stepdaughter gather him and his sons and give them a fully intensive ‘periods for losers’ course, PowerPoint and all. The man says that he and his sons have learned a lot and have apologized to his stepdaughter.
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