My stepdad told me I cannot go on vacation with them only 6 hours before our flight. 

Some people are defending Tom because he was allegedly neglected by his father. However, I'm sure many of us have experienced such neglect with a golden sibling and have NOT done many of these wild things. Tom is valid for his feelings, but not his actions.

Tom wasn't lonely or abused by his father he was spoiled and didn't want to work for his future. All he wanted to do was party and have fun being away from home.

The ending actually makes me happy. In prison (accountability), he apologized to all the people who still bothered to interact with him, understood in the end where he went wrong and has the desire to actually get back into the education system with the knowledge of making better choices.

How nice of the loan sharks not to go after the sister to get their money back.

Weak ending but at least prison. There's not a lot of those

Shit, he did not need resources to study to be a doctor but he needed money for commissary.

Brother had issues, he needed help

Someone who raised you like his own and adopted you, is your father, should not be called your "stepdad"

In this story: A Holiday In Cambodia.

Tom was wrong but Lonely? Its not easy having a golden child in the house, this is very much Tom's fault but I wonder if there's some truth to the favouring. People can do some strange things when they are truly isolated, its easy to fall into bad crowds.

Great story!

Wow the son obviously had emotional problems and who know if it was true that the stepdad preferred OP. I don't know .. I get the sense the son needed his dad.

That OP is not a bad person.

This is the most AI story that has ever been AI-ed

Holy fuck the spet father's a great man

So unbelievable. So fake it's painful

Police earlier would be nice.

But the grandparents wrote the check

oh no! not the stage 4 illness. (yes i know it is really bad, and i am just making fun of the way they worded it, not the illness itself)

Very messed up 😂 but the part about grandparents is closest to true story. They’re usually a fool for their bad grandkids

Toms lack.of love from.his father partially ....

stage four illness....you can't say Cancer...?

yeah i wanna see the other side .toms side . i think he went about it the wrong way but i also believe his dad nelected him emotionally. sad situation. still if only he came out better

Damn girl

I feel for Tom.

I feel that Tom is the bad guy, but I do think some alienation occurred and it pushed him over the edge. It's easy to say Tom's fully to blame, but you don't know the damage being done in this situation. When your parents don't love you at all, it hurts. When they love you "enough" but love someone else more, it's devastating. I'm gonna say 95% Tom, 5% Dad.

Anyone else here from tiktok

A young man keeping a diary? Suuuuuure

Fake AF IMHO

This is wildd

Sounds like OP was the golden child and instead of saying something he began acting out and escalating.