AITA for Taking My Stepmom’s Weird Joke Too Seriously?

I’m 14 and live with my dad and stepmom. My mom died when I was 5. My dad started dating my stepmom when I was 9, and I went to live with my grandmother. Two years ago, my grandmother had a stroke and moved into a nursing home, so I moved back in with my dad and stepmom.

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Ever since my dad and stepmom got together, it has been hard to spend time alone with my dad. My stepmom almost always joins us. I’ve always felt like she doesn’t really like me, so I never understood why she wanted to be part of every conversation.

After I moved in with them, it got worse. Whenever my dad and I were talking, she would come over, ask what we were talking about, and join in. Sometimes she would even sit or stand between us.

I told my dad about it a few times, but he said he hadn’t noticed. He also said it was her house too, so she had the right to spend time with us.

One day, when she interrupted us again, I finally asked why she always joined every conversation I had with my dad and why she stood between us.

She laughed and said she was “a jealous person.” When I asked what she meant, she said she gets jealous when her husband spends time with other girls.

I told her that was a strange thing to say because I’m not just some other girl — I’m his daughter.

My dad and stepmom both said she was only joking, but the comment still made me uncomfortable. I asked her to stop interrupting every conversation I have with my dad. She replied, “So I need your permission to talk to my husband in my own house?” That wasn’t what I meant at all.

Now my stepmom says I hurt her feelings, and my dad wants me to apologize. He thinks I overreacted because I don’t like her and was looking for a reason to be mean.

But I still think it was a weird joke. I also think it’s normal to want some private time with my dad without my stepmom always joining us.

AITA for taking her joke seriously and asking for some one-on-one time with my dad?