AITJ for telling my friend to not be the bigger person
My best friend (Anna) recently had a baby. She had been in a relationship with her baby daddy (John) for around 20 years and he has an almost 30 year old daughter (Sarah) from a previous relationship. Anna and John both do well for themselves and he still spoils his daughter with expensive items. When Sarah found out my friend (her step mom) was pregnant, she told her dad that Anna got pregnant on purpose so she wouldn’t get everything. She has even told her dad that Anna has lied to him and the baby isn’t his. Before this, Anna and Sarah had a decent relationship but haven’t talked now in almost a year.
Anna has a heart of gold. She has told John that she doesn’t want to ruin his relationship with Sarah and she would never make him choose between the two of them. She said of course her feelings are hurt but Sarah is still welcome to the house and she won’t hold a grudge. John has mentioned that Sarah is also upset with Anna because Anna didn’t reach out to Sarah after she found out she was pregnant to see how she felt about it. Anna still sent Christmas presents for Sarah when John went to see her for the holidays.
Anna doesn’t know this but John has purchased at least 2 high end watches (👑) and a diamond tennis necklace for Sarah in the past year. John forgot Anna’s birthday (which of course she didn’t make a big deal of because they just had a baby and HEART OF GOLD), doesn’t provide as much as he should for the baby and what upset me the most is he didn’t get her anything for her first Mother’s Day…she even made dinner!
Anna asked me if I thought she should reach out to Sarah to try and salvage the relationship or still just wait for Sarah to decide to come back around. I told her that Sarah is being selfish, she doesn’t need to be around the new baby (she only sees the baby as competition for her dad’s money) and she shouldn’t bend over backwards for her or John. Neither of them appreciate all the Anna does and don’t treat her like she should be treated. AITJ