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AITA: He Made His Dad Cry After Comparing Him To His Stepdad!

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🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Comparison is a tricky game to play. It has more cons than pros, and can really crush someone's spirit if they are compared to someone or something that they may think isn't so favorable. A Bert Show listener is fed up and put his foot down after his dad compared him to his brother. This wasn't the first time that his dad had done this, but our listener wanted it to be the last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The Birchio.

0:01.0

Ah, don't keep the A-holes at arm's length embrace them, but first we have to figure out

0:06.6

if they are indeed being A-holes or not.

0:09.8

Cass has been on Reddit.

0:11.3

Who's the A-hole this week?

0:13.7

Am I the A-hole for comparing my dad to my stepdad after he kept comparing me to my older

0:18.4

brother?

0:19.6

My dad was lecturing at me today and most of it was how about how I need to try harder

0:23.4

at school and get better grades?

0:25.2

I already try hard at school.

0:27.8

It's not like I'm slacking.

0:29.4

I'm not as naturally smart and to be honest it pisses me off that he doesn't think I'm

0:33.2

working hard.

0:34.5

My dad kept comparing me to my older brother Peter, who's currently a student at Yale.

0:39.2

I hate it when he does this, because it just makes me feel super dumb and even if I spent

0:44.3

all my waking time studying, I can't be like Peter.

0:48.1

By the way, I've told my dad before that I hate being compared to Peter and asked him

0:52.1

to please stop and he said he would and this was a few months ago.

0:56.0

He hasn't.

0:57.0

So I started comparing my dad to my stepdad, who I know my dad doesn't like.

1:02.0

Saying things like how my stepdad makes a lot more money than him takes us on fancy

1:07.0

vacations, makes my mom a lot happier, is way more fun and is a better way better dad.

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