People Are Down In The Dumps About These 'Am I The Jerk?' Stories

"My parents are split up, and for some reason, my dad's best friend seems obsessed with fixing him up with somebody. Women he's worked with, his exes, and at one point, his sister. My dad is somewhat invested in this friend. I live about 20 miles from where I work. When my car was booked into the garage, he said he'd take me to the bus stop, not straight to work. A couple of weeks earlier, he had driven his friend 100 miles; his friend's daughter was moving house or something. My mother finds this a strange way for his friend to be acting and thinks that he might have an agenda. I'll admit, I don't like his friend much. They also tried to push my dad to partner with his sister quite a bit, but my dad made it clear he had no interest in her; his sister is, well, she looks kind of like my dad's friend, only a little bit more masculine... No, that's being unfair—a lot more masculine. I personally think the friend was trying to get his sister into my ancestral home. Now, his sister has, I think, two grown-up children. And the family is not the best of people. The two kids used to steal video games from their cousins, the sons of my dad's friend. I know this because his friends told me that his nephews and nieces are thieves. At one point, he got his son a game for Christmas—they were up for Christmas and took the game. I think he had the three Spiro games for the PS1; they disappeared. He saw the three games at their house, and his sister said she bought them for her kids. So, not the type of people I'd want living in my ancestral home. I said as much when he was talking about trying to get my dad to partner with her. That aside from my dad not being interested, I wouldn't feel comfortable with her and her kids being in and out of the house. He was offended. For some reason, when he was gone, my dad actually defended her, saying they had probably thought it was okay because it was family—they might not have viewed it as actually stealing. Yup, I'm the bad guy; his friend can do no wrong. I replied that I felt the opposite, that if she and her dodgy family would steal from their cousins, then who wouldn't they steal from? My dad told me to stop being stupid, but my mum thought I was right when I mentioned it to her. Luckily, as mentioned, my dad isn't interested in partnering with his friend's sister, so I don't need to worry. But AITJ for insulting her?" Another User Comments: "NTJ, obviously, she let her kids steal and lied to cover for them. This isn't a person you want hanging around your home." dontblamemeivotedfor Another User Comments: "Honestly, ESH. You are to blame for not talking to your dad about this first and her for not disciplining her children properly." Silver_Track_9945