Commenters criticized a man for his reaction to his son stealing his stepson’s collectible sneakers without permission.
The anonymous teen, known as u/throwaway-shoes, posted about the situation in Reddit‘s popular “Am I The A**hole” forum, where it received nearly 16,500 upvotes and 1,200 comments. The post can be found here.
According to Cowen Equity Research, it is estimated that the sneaker resale market will be valued at close to $30 billion by 2030.
Sneaker collectors—often called “sneakerheads”—earn more money from unworn shoes that still have tags and the original box rather than gently worn shoes. However, it is a personal preference to wear sneakers in the collection.
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In the post titled “AITA for calling out my stepbrother on his Instagram post and embarrassing him?” the original poster (OP), 17, said his mom moved in with his stepdad and his son, 15, two years ago.
The OP explained that he resells sneakers and has amassed a large collection but said his stepbrother never showed any interest.
But recently, the OP’s stepbrother has been going into his room to look at the collection and asking if he could borrow some since he had now grown into the same shoe size.
The OP opposed, saying that his stepbrother is not careful with his shoes and that shoe value decreases significantly after being worn once.
“So every time he’s asked I’ve told him no,” the post read. “Recently he told me that he has a very important outing he’s going to (he’s just going out with friends) and wants to wear one of the shoes.”
When the OP said no, his stepbrother “threw an absolute fit” and got his stepfather involved. He said his stepfather told him he was being “greedy” and that he should let him wear a pair since he has so many.
“I told him that I value each and everyone of them and told him the resale value of the pair and SD…
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