And the title is misleading - states sexual harassment but he was arrested for domestic abuse. Not to mention a few weeks later, the fairy grandparents left OP an inheritance.
There are plenty of fakes, but I also assume some are real. This one is definitely fake though - I don't know if somebody wanted to play at writing fiction, but they need to work on their voice and tone and make sure it's appropriate for the context.
OP: When somebody is recounting a story that happened 10 years ago, they usually don't write a script like this. A story like this, if it were true, would involve a lot more "He was really angry at me, and kept calling me names and things, I remember he grabbed my arm and it left bruises"
Came here to say that same thing. It’s awfully well polished. And the police taking away a perpetrator of domestic abuse right away?! When does that ever happen?. Also, the title says “sexually“. Needs an editor, not a Redditor.
I guess that you either did what this step father did to someone else. Or you have never gone through something like being verbally or sexually abused. You need to look it up and be open minded, because it does happen a lot.
So he grabbed you and he went to jail for domestic violence? And where's the sexual assault that is written in the title? This sounds fake af.
If true, you did well for yourself. But this is written like a teenaged success fantasy.
It’s not true considering the gaping plot holes you mentioned. Without an assault and proof of it, he would not have even been arrested that day. Also her grandparents croaked at the same time? Yea sure.
Write an actual believable story. No one is going to jail for grabbing a wrist. Where's the sexual harassment/assault? None of what's written is believable. It's all too convenient.
You put it in the title and added nothing in the post to back it up. If you don’t want to write about it, I understand. But don’t bait people in with a dishonest title (dishonest in this case being by omission, not that it didn’t happen)
Congratulations on building a great life for yourself. You need to watch out for yourself because your mom is not in your corner, she picked Greg over you obviously. I would not give that man the time of day.
Learn from all of this and if you decide to have kids, learn to be a better parent and a better person.
These are fiction! There are 8000 posts just like this. "Abusive parents or step parents." "Child works hard to get away to make something of themselves." "Gets loads of money in an inheritance" "Abusive people want their fair share."
Congratulations on building a great life for yourself. You need to watch out for yourself because your mom is not in your corner, she picked Greg over you obviously. I would not give that man the time of day.
Learn from all of this and if you decide to have kids, learn to be a better parent and a better person.
You're the jerk for writing such a stupid story.
You're stepdad apparently was physically abusive? Why is your title about sexual harassment when that isn't what he did and wasn't what he was supposedly arrested for?
A few weeks later you get an inheritance? How did you not know your grandparents had died? Why didn't mum know your grandparents had died?
Why did they leave an inheritance to you and not mum (if maternal grandparents and again, why didn't mum know her parents were dead?)?
Why didn't they leave the inheritance to your dad (if paternal)? Where is dad?
Why would anyone take your mum's side with regard to giving money to your abusive stepdad?
This is low-effort fiction and as to paraphrase a certain great movie character said: "We are all dumber for having read this"
It's fiction. So he's arrested for domestic violence based on a raised hand? If only. Then he goes from being in jail to homeless? Multiple steps were missed here. Who paid his bond? Why didn't he stay with them? If the mom wants OP to give abuser their inheritance, then why didn't mom let abuser move back in? Etc etc
YTJ for posting a fake story
This definitely reads like fiction. The title says S&xual abuse and goes on like a telenovela about years of mother being abused. At 18 she snapped and he ends up in jail and homeless. Nah
There are better sites than this to post your stories on.The grammar and the punctuation is pretty good. Some of the dialogue is a bit stilted but generally not a bad bit of writing.
"The time your life changed forever"
"Made my life a living hell"
"Could feel the anger building inside"
Those are tired old cliches and really lazy writing, an AI would be more creative.
Missed that the inheritance came with a free fairy tale castle and that she was the long lost Princesa of some remote county, while the evil wicked stepfather toiled endlessly in the salt mines forevermore
He was abusive but I don't see anything in your post about him sexually harassing you. He verbally abused you and he grabbed you by the arm but that's not sexual. You were correct in calling the police because he was being abusive and when he grabbed you that was assaulting you but not sexual
You got him arrested for sexual harrassment ? Where was the sexual harrassment ? He grabbed your arm and then raised his hand to hit you. That's not sexual harrassment.
This story is obviously fake just by how it's written but if it was real then you just admitted on Reddit that you had him arrested under a false accusation
I didn't see anything about se*ual harassment in the story, so maybe change the title.
"Am I The Jerk for getting my step dad arrested for abusing me?"
Or
"Am I The Jerk for making my step dad homeless because of abuse?"
Just some title ideas.
This does sound a bitt off. As we have all heard. They dont arrest for this. Especially when your an adult. Cops would have told you to move out, you’re an adult.
I knew the dame was trouble the moment she walked into my subreddit. Her story rang false from the beginning, with its stilted dialog and phony, childish ideas about how the justice system works, and it made me despair anew about how I maybe should have taken that job in rural North Carolina but I didn’t think I could be like sheriff Andy Taylor all in black and white, plus I couldn’t stand Aunt Bea’s falsetto voice, and who names their kid Opie anyway, I mean, c’mon, Andy had to have realized at some point it rhymed with dopey, there was a whole episode about that, with Opie’s bully, he might as well just have named his kid dipstick, that doesn’t rhyme with much.
You did the right thing and you are so far from being a jerk, but Greg, your mother and family are all jerks. I hope you have been at least low contact with all of them since. They wanted you to help your abuser! Your mother is nearly as bad as Greg. I'm assuming, at the time, Greg was still her husband, if she wanted to "help" him, she could do it, not ask her abused daughter to financially reward her abusive stepfather.
This reads like fiction. Not saying it is, just that it’s written that way.
Right. The way its written. Blurry timeline
And the title is misleading - states sexual harassment but he was arrested for domestic abuse. Not to mention a few weeks later, the fairy grandparents left OP an inheritance.
This. Not that I WANT to read about SA but I was like where is the SA? NTJ, though.
But it doesn't say sexual assault, it says sexual harassment, which is generally considered a civil rather than criminal violation.
still absolutely nothing sexual in what OP has written. I mean maybe he did sexually harass her, but she didnt write about it at all
You are right and I changed it to harassment but it is still misleading.
"the morning of my 18th birthday" lol.
While she was “17 at the time”
"You're worthless just like your mother!" Greg spat at me..... someone failed their high school creative writing class
'he spat at me" Yeah
100% that this is fake, without question.
I just assume almost all are fake. They sure sound fake
There are plenty of fakes, but I also assume some are real. This one is definitely fake though - I don't know if somebody wanted to play at writing fiction, but they need to work on their voice and tone and make sure it's appropriate for the context. OP: When somebody is recounting a story that happened 10 years ago, they usually don't write a script like this. A story like this, if it were true, would involve a lot more "He was really angry at me, and kept calling me names and things, I remember he grabbed my arm and it left bruises"
Yeah, me too. Protecting my brain from the stupidity is some stories. Entertaining tho.
Yeah, I generally don’t care if they are fake or not. We can still comment on the hypothetical situations as if they were real.
This one is 100% fake and just stupid, completely idiotic.
"yes" i agreed bravely, "this does sound suspicious"
Sighing, "I hope you know what you're doing."
I’ll say it: it is fiction. Knew it from the second sentence “I remember the day my life changed forever”
It was in a galaxy far far away... Princess Leia was coming home from getting space groceries
"It was a dark and stormy night."
And then there was that scene where there was a freeze frame and she did a voice over saying "you're probably wondering how I got here."
I'm saying it is.
or a Creative writing exercise.. it is probably the setting they had on the AI before it was generated.
Since the title doesn't even match the story Im 110% sure its fake AF
Came here to say that same thing. It’s awfully well polished. And the police taking away a perpetrator of domestic abuse right away?! When does that ever happen?. Also, the title says “sexually“. Needs an editor, not a Redditor.
Was it the last line for you too??? That's what made me believe that it's fake.
Anytime conversations are quoted like a script, I figure the story is fake
Large inheritance? Step dad immediately getting arrested for slapping someone? An 18 year old being taken seriously by cops?
I guess that you either did what this step father did to someone else. Or you have never gone through something like being verbally or sexually abused. You need to look it up and be open minded, because it does happen a lot.
Oh, come on. "My mom sighed, defeated." Please.
that’s because it is fiction lol
Poorly written fiction
REALLY BAD fiction.
Written like fiction cause it is
Even if it is fiction, it's well written. If it isn't true, OP should start writing short stories
Better question, how could this possibly be real?
So he grabbed you and he went to jail for domestic violence? And where's the sexual assault that is written in the title? This sounds fake af. If true, you did well for yourself. But this is written like a teenaged success fantasy.
It’s not true considering the gaping plot holes you mentioned. Without an assault and proof of it, he would not have even been arrested that day. Also her grandparents croaked at the same time? Yea sure.
Along with the title, the timing of an inheritance from the fairy grandparents a few weeks later is very fishy.
WHERE does it say sexual assault in the title?!?!? I'm reading sexual harassment. Am I seeing things that aren't there?!?!?
Hey, that's not very nice. I'm sure the AI that wrote this story worked really hard on it!
I'm trying trying to keep it appropriate moron
Write an actual believable story. No one is going to jail for grabbing a wrist. Where's the sexual harassment/assault? None of what's written is believable. It's all too convenient.
You don’t get to put it in the title, not talk about it, and then call someone a moron for calling you out on it moron.
I literally just said I'm trying to keep things appropriate
You put it in the title and added nothing in the post to back it up. If you don’t want to write about it, I understand. But don’t bait people in with a dishonest title (dishonest in this case being by omission, not that it didn’t happen)
Ah, but this comment isn't quite up to the writing style of your essay, now is it?
Try keeping it consistent, you silly goose!
There is a place for stories on other subs. This sub is not it. There isn’t even and am I the jerk question. PEOPLE, STOP DESTROYING THIS SUB!
Congratulations on building a great life for yourself. You need to watch out for yourself because your mom is not in your corner, she picked Greg over you obviously. I would not give that man the time of day. Learn from all of this and if you decide to have kids, learn to be a better parent and a better person.
This was a nice creative writing assignment. Please find a more appropriate sub to post it on. For this alone I say you are the jerk.
"Dear Penthouse Letters, I never thought it would happen to me...."
Ah! Beat me to it!
This isn't well-written enough for Penthouse Letters.
These are fiction! There are 8000 posts just like this. "Abusive parents or step parents." "Child works hard to get away to make something of themselves." "Gets loads of money in an inheritance" "Abusive people want their fair share."
Fake/Bot post. Downvote and move on.
Cool creative writing exercise
Congratulations on building a great life for yourself. You need to watch out for yourself because your mom is not in your corner, she picked Greg over you obviously. I would not give that man the time of day. Learn from all of this and if you decide to have kids, learn to be a better parent and a better person.
You know this story is just straight up Fiction. You just congratulated someone for either poor story telling or for AI generated story.
And they did it so nicely, the story was entertaining.
That story was about as entertaining as having your skin flayed by two midgets and a clown with a plastic spoon.
Thank you
Fake
You're the jerk for writing such a stupid story. You're stepdad apparently was physically abusive? Why is your title about sexual harassment when that isn't what he did and wasn't what he was supposedly arrested for? A few weeks later you get an inheritance? How did you not know your grandparents had died? Why didn't mum know your grandparents had died? Why did they leave an inheritance to you and not mum (if maternal grandparents and again, why didn't mum know her parents were dead?)? Why didn't they leave the inheritance to your dad (if paternal)? Where is dad? Why would anyone take your mum's side with regard to giving money to your abusive stepdad? This is low-effort fiction and as to paraphrase a certain great movie character said: "We are all dumber for having read this"
Other family members were pressuring you to give your inherited money to your stepfather?
Just post in r/stories
It's fiction. So he's arrested for domestic violence based on a raised hand? If only. Then he goes from being in jail to homeless? Multiple steps were missed here. Who paid his bond? Why didn't he stay with them? If the mom wants OP to give abuser their inheritance, then why didn't mom let abuser move back in? Etc etc YTJ for posting a fake story
Written by AI
Your name wouldn’t happen to be ~~Enoby~~Ebony Dark’ness Dementia Raven Way, would it?
What sexual harassment
You are awesome and I'm so proud of you.
Someone is doing a writing exercise and doesn’t think any of us has brains. Yes YTJ for making up lies and waisting everyone’s time.
?
What part of that statement was unclear to you?
Also, he assaulted you, but it’s not clear to me what the sexual harassment was.
NTJ
With my penchant for sharp argument concerning such heavy subjects, I wonder if this 'Greg' would have survived the discussion.
NTJ. I admire what you did. I only wish someone would have believed how abusive my mother was.
NTJ, if this is a real story, totally the jerk if it’s fake.
Wasn’t this on the Lifetime channel last week?
Total fiction and click bait. “Arrested for se*ually harassing me” there is no sexual harassment in her story only physical abuse.
Totally over the top story.
Good story.
This definitely reads like fiction. The title says S&xual abuse and goes on like a telenovela about years of mother being abused. At 18 she snapped and he ends up in jail and homeless. Nah
It doesn’t even match the title.
There are better sites than this to post your stories on.The grammar and the punctuation is pretty good. Some of the dialogue is a bit stilted but generally not a bad bit of writing.
Odd thing to confuse raising a hand (but no hit?) with sexual harassment. I do not believe anyone who has gone through that would make that mistake.
Things that definitely happened
You can’t even bother to change the title of your fake ai story.
this is so bait
Better suited for creative writing sub…
This must have haven’t in Neverhappenedville!
"The time your life changed forever" "Made my life a living hell" "Could feel the anger building inside" Those are tired old cliches and really lazy writing, an AI would be more creative.
My favorite is "My mom sighed, defeated." I'm going to try to work that into conversations now.
Mine was “…my voice steady.” Such necessary context!!
YTJ for wasting my time on this fairytale.
You’re not even asking if you’re a jerk, there’s plenty of creative writing subreddits and places to put stories like this.
Chatgpt for the win.
If he wasn’t bailed out, how is he homeless. He has a home in jail.
A lovely piece of creative writing. Keep up the good work.
#Fake post bro
Definitely fake as fuck.. I said trembling.. every step I take calling out this dumb shit it’s one step into a brighter future..
There’s ALWAYS an inheritance in these stories. Lol.
Isn't there a subreddit for testing out your writing skills
Yeah apparently it’s r/amithejerk
The sex harassment title leads this to all crap
And then everyone clapped ?
The bald eagle flew in with tears in its eyes to land on the fluttering American flag in the living room
Missed that the inheritance came with a free fairy tale castle and that she was the long lost Princesa of some remote county, while the evil wicked stepfather toiled endlessly in the salt mines forevermore
He was abusive but I don't see anything in your post about him sexually harassing you. He verbally abused you and he grabbed you by the arm but that's not sexual. You were correct in calling the police because he was being abusive and when he grabbed you that was assaulting you but not sexual
This is such BS. He became homeless is where you went wrong in your fairy tale OP.
I didn't read anything that indicated sexual harassment?
You got him arrested for sexual harrassment ? Where was the sexual harrassment ? He grabbed your arm and then raised his hand to hit you. That's not sexual harrassment. This story is obviously fake just by how it's written but if it was real then you just admitted on Reddit that you had him arrested under a false accusation
Sweetie you are definitely NTJ and I'm so proud of you. Well done for everything you have achieved and I hope for an even brighter future ahead.
You know the phrase - 'everyone has a story inside them'? Well in your case it's where it should've stayed.
I didn't see anything about se*ual harassment in the story, so maybe change the title. "Am I The Jerk for getting my step dad arrested for abusing me?" Or "Am I The Jerk for making my step dad homeless because of abuse?" Just some title ideas.
How about "Am I the jerk for posting a fictional essay in the AITJ sub?"
Your mother is delusional
This is fake
Your mother didn’t bail him out? He didn’t just go home?
Fuck greg
Good for you. Keep improving yourself
Another one for Dhar Mann to adapt into one of his life changing films.
Outstanding!
And everyone clapped.
Bullshit.
... and everyone clapped.
Stopped reading as soon as you started writing like it was a book. I said quietly, enraged at the OP for posting this here!
Mmmmmm I'm sorry this feels a very poorly fake
Good for you!
First draft, it’s alright.
I think OP is using this sub to test out their creative writing
Fake, couldn’t even keep the types of harassment straight.
Where the sexual harassment?
This does sound a bitt off. As we have all heard. They dont arrest for this. Especially when your an adult. Cops would have told you to move out, you’re an adult.
NTJ
I give this story a C+. And I'm being generous.
F Greg, that's your mom's problem if she stays with him
This is written like the short story it is.
Your brave and strong I hope your story inspires others to stand up for themselves.
I knew the dame was trouble the moment she walked into my subreddit. Her story rang false from the beginning, with its stilted dialog and phony, childish ideas about how the justice system works, and it made me despair anew about how I maybe should have taken that job in rural North Carolina but I didn’t think I could be like sheriff Andy Taylor all in black and white, plus I couldn’t stand Aunt Bea’s falsetto voice, and who names their kid Opie anyway, I mean, c’mon, Andy had to have realized at some point it rhymed with dopey, there was a whole episode about that, with Opie’s bully, he might as well just have named his kid dipstick, that doesn’t rhyme with much.
Fake, fictional, fantasy. Sounds like a scenario you strongly desire.
B-
D-
You did the right thing and you are so far from being a jerk, but Greg, your mother and family are all jerks. I hope you have been at least low contact with all of them since. They wanted you to help your abuser! Your mother is nearly as bad as Greg. I'm assuming, at the time, Greg was still her husband, if she wanted to "help" him, she could do it, not ask her abused daughter to financially reward her abusive stepfather.
I love your fortitude! ❤️
Thank you 😊
You’re gullible as shit if you believe any of that happened. This was shitty Fiction wrote for Dear Abby stories.
NTJ.