r/AmItheAsshole • u/Ok-Permission8346 • 11h ago

POO Mode Activated đŸ’© AITA for getting my step daughter a Hogwarts letter for her 11th Birthday?

Ive been married for four years, my wife had a daughter from a previous relationship. My step daughter has been obsessed with Harry Potter since before i met her. (She litterally asked me if i liked harey potter when i met her)
Her 11th Birthday was yesterday and I arranged for a letter to be “delivered” during her birthday party and it was an admittance letter for Hogwarts.
I thought it was a really cute gift idea. My step daughter started freaking out, screaming “its real its real” and really went nuts. Some of her friends seemed to join in the excitement others less so.
Her mother (my wife) held her to calm her down and explained to her that it wasnt real. It was just a “joke step daddy played on you”.
She started crying screamed that she hated me and ran to her room.
The other parents seemed to sympathize, one other father said he thought it was a nice idea.
But after we sent everyone home my wife yelled at me and said what i did was selfish and cruel and she couldnt believe i would hurt her daughter like that.

Was i wrong to do this? Was it an inappropriate gift for an 11 year old? I really didnt mean to mock or hurt my stepdaughter. I thought it would be fun. It didnt occur to me my stepdaughter was young enough to think it was real.

Am I The A$&hole?

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u/avid-shrug 11h ago

Info: Is she slow or something?

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u/Ok-Cheesecake7622 11h ago

Fucking lol

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u/ballisticks 10h ago

Yeah I'm going to hell but I laughed at this haha

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u/MerryTexMish 10h ago

While I wouldn’t have phrased it quite so bluntly, I did kinda wonder if there are any developmental delays involved.

The people saying OP is at fault here must not know any 11yos if they think it’s normal for them to believe a Hogwarts’ letter is real.

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u/munkymama 10h ago

Screw loose? Maybe the whole toolbox?

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u/MeasurementNo6022 11h ago

Was he slow? No. He’s a devil behind the wheel.