Got Blamed for Everything at My Uncle’s and I’m STILL Not Over It 😤
So this happened last weekend and honestly… I don’t even know if I’ve ever been that embarrassed in my life.
We were at my stepdad’s brother’s house — his side of the family. Whole BBQ situation, adults outside, kids inside. His nephews (so like… my cousins now, I guess?) are 10 and 12. Little white boys who do way too much. They’re loud, don’t listen, always acting wild — and their parents just laugh it off like it’s cute.
Anyway, I’m just in the living room minding my business, literally sitting on the couch on my phone, and they’re running around like wild animals. Jumping off furniture, throwing pillows, yelling… just being chaotic. One of them throws a ball and it bounces off the wall and hits a lamp. Lamp crashes. Guess who walks in right then? My uncle and stepdad.
Guess who gets the look? Me.
He didn’t even raise his voice, just asked, “What happened?” And before I could even speak, the boys are like, “We were just playing and Cassidy said it was ok as as long as we didn’t bother her.”
EXCUSE ME???
I did not say that. All I said was, “Y’all better not be loud,” while I was trying to scroll in peace. That is not the same thing as “go ahead and turn the living room into a WWE arena.” But of course, my stepdad just looks at me and goes, “Is that true?” And when I said, “That’s not what I meant,” he gave me that look. The one that says, You’re about to learn today.
He cut me off and told me flat out I was getting a spanking for being irresponsible and not stepping in when I should’ve known better. He told me to stand up and he sat down on the ottoman, made me undress and get over his lap, and yep… I got spanked right there. No modifications, no going to a separate room. And before anybody asks, no I didn’t argue. I just cried and took it, but the whole time I felt hot and humiliated.
So yeah. I’m still mad. Because that spanking felt like it wasn’t about what I did, but about what I didn’t do — and that’s just… ugh.
Anyone else ever been blamed just for being the oldest? Like somehow you get consequences just because you weren’t “in charge” enough?? ‘Cause I’m telling you, that one did not feel fair.
We were at my stepdad’s brother’s house — his side of the family. Whole BBQ situation, adults outside, kids inside. His nephews (so like… my cousins now, I guess?) are 10 and 12. Little white boys who do way too much. They’re loud, don’t listen, always acting wild — and their parents just laugh it off like it’s cute.
Anyway, I’m just in the living room minding my business, literally sitting on the couch on my phone, and they’re running around like wild animals. Jumping off furniture, throwing pillows, yelling… just being chaotic. One of them throws a ball and it bounces off the wall and hits a lamp. Lamp crashes. Guess who walks in right then? My uncle and stepdad.
Guess who gets the look? Me.
He didn’t even raise his voice, just asked, “What happened?” And before I could even speak, the boys are like, “We were just playing and Cassidy said it was ok as as long as we didn’t bother her.”
EXCUSE ME???
I did not say that. All I said was, “Y’all better not be loud,” while I was trying to scroll in peace. That is not the same thing as “go ahead and turn the living room into a WWE arena.” But of course, my stepdad just looks at me and goes, “Is that true?” And when I said, “That’s not what I meant,” he gave me that look. The one that says, You’re about to learn today.
He cut me off and told me flat out I was getting a spanking for being irresponsible and not stepping in when I should’ve known better. He told me to stand up and he sat down on the ottoman, made me undress and get over his lap, and yep… I got spanked right there. No modifications, no going to a separate room. And before anybody asks, no I didn’t argue. I just cried and took it, but the whole time I felt hot and humiliated.
So yeah. I’m still mad. Because that spanking felt like it wasn’t about what I did, but about what I didn’t do — and that’s just… ugh.
Anyone else ever been blamed just for being the oldest? Like somehow you get consequences just because you weren’t “in charge” enough?? ‘Cause I’m telling you, that one did not feel fair.
18-21, F
