Stepmom complains about 6-year-old stepson eating her food — gets immediate reality check from her friend

The friend knew she had to tell the stepmom that she was in the wrong.

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Even friends might need to hear difficult things about their actions at times. A chef decided to do just that with her pregnant co-worker and friend, who was rude to her stepson. The person used to confide in the chef about things going on in her life, including details about her personal life. Although the woman considered the co-worker a friend, she had to take a firm stand for the kid when she heard about what had happened with the 6-year-old child, per a Reddit thread by the woman (u/maximum_squeeze).

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"Okay, so a bit of context, I work as a chef in a small cafe, one of the girls out in front of the house comes to me and confides in me a lot, I consider us friends," the 24-year-old wrote. "However, she goes into details about her personal life, how people treat her and how she treats people." The woman knew that the person's fiancé had a son from his previous relationship and the co-worker, Linda, knew about it before she got into the relationship as well. But many of the couple's arguments stemmed from the man's child. "Recently, she has started telling me about how she gives out and has no patience for his little boy. He's 6, he is a child."

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However, the chef was forced to be blunt after one of Linda's recent conversations. "Apparently, she had left the room for about 30 minutes and left her food on the bed. Her fiancé's little boy went in and started to play Xbox, got hungry and ate the food." This made her really mad and she yelled at the boy. "Then she tells him that every time he's here, she just can't get enough space from him." The woman didn't know more about what happened, apart from how Linda always talked about not wanting the kid in the room, even though he only visits on the weekends. "I snapped, I told her she needs to do better. I told her she knew he had a child and chose to get in a relationship with him."

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She added, "That it's not the child's fault that you disagree with your fiancé's previous choices. The kid's mother isn't nice either, so he has it hard enough there, too." The woman pointed out how she had a chance to be a great mother, as well as a great stepmother to the boy. "What will happen when you birth your baby if you're already treating him like this? I said she doesn't get to scream and shout at an innocent child because she can't handle her emotions," she went on. "I have no sympathy for her, she comes in saying this and that and the other about how bad she feels after doing it. But keeps doing it." Linda hadn't been talking to the chef and she admitted that she might have "overstepped."

People shared their thoughts on the incident in the comments section. u/Devri30 wrote, "Apparently, she doesn't want advice. She just wants to vent and you to nod and agree with her. You are 100% right. If she can't stand the kid, then she needs to find a guy who doesn't have children. She's not the victim in all this." u/SuperbAd8266 commented, "It’s difficult to hear things that hit so close to home like that. Clearly, she needed to be told what you said. I bet she will be a better mother too." u/kjzavala remarked, "You did the best thing in this situation, good on you. That poor child, you seem to be their only defense. Gosh. That sucks."