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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/RareIntroduction3951 on 2023-08-11 23:27:16.
I'm 17f. My dad bought me a mid range laptop for my birthday since I'm starting college in September. It was a combined Christmas/birthday/graduation gift because hes not exactly rolling in cash and he has 4 other kids that he's a single dad to, so it was a big gift.
My stepsister, Janice, is 20f. She does a part WFH job that requires a computer/laptop but hers broke and was in for repair so she borrowed mine on Monday and Tuesday. On Tuesday, she was doing something on the laptop while walking down stairs and tripped. Luckily she's okay, she has some mild bruises but no major injuries.
My laptop did not have the same luck Janice. The screen looks like someone burst a pen and smeared it everywhere but thankfully there's no damage to anything internal. She's refusing to get it fixed for me though, on the grounds of she can't afford it and my mom and stepdad won't pay to get it fixed because they didn't break it, which is fair I guess but it has me really angry because I'm starting a graphic design course in 3 weeks with no laptop.
I was venting about it on the phone to my dad earlier, and my dad is upset for me and even more upset with himself that he can't help me get it fixed, but he's also angry with my stepsister for breaking it. He texted her without my knowledge after, and said he'd be able to pay a 3rd of the cost to fix it if affording to fix it is the issue.
Janice came into my room after and reamed me from a height for telling my dad she broke the laptop, since it was an accident and she didn't mean to. She said it was none of his business what happens in this house and she never wants to hear her name come out of my mouth again. She also said she had planned on saving up to help me fix it but now wasn't going to bother because I'm a snitch. AITA?