Many people have to accept at a very young age that they will eventually serve as full-time caretakers for their family members. Whether it’s a parent who is aging and doesn’t have enough money for retirement, or a sibling who isn’t independent enough mentally to take care of themselves, it’s a big burden to bear. …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old refuses to be the guardian of his 12-year-old stepsister because he already committed to caring for his 14-year-old brother: ‘My stepdad said I’m perfectly capable of doing it for both’
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‘My mom thought she’d get a grandkid out of it’: Pregnant stepsister comes back and steamrolls a 16-year-old girl’s life, the teenager refuses to live with an evil tyrant and moves back in with Dad
I hate picking sides in a family argument. Regardless of who comes out on top, you’re left a traitor to the other side, knowing that this alliance will come back to haunt you. But this mom in our next story picked the wrong side to align with, choosing her stepdaughter and her new husband over …
Seguir leyendo ‘My mom thought she’d get a grandkid out of it’: Pregnant stepsister comes back and steamrolls a 16-year-old girl’s life, the teenager refuses to live with an evil tyrant and moves back in with Dad
18-year-old woman forced to take 16-year-old stepsister on her Spring Break trip with friends after dad and stepmom invite her without asking : ‘Now my dad’s wife is texting me, saying I’m being selfish and that my stepsister is devastated’
Relationships with step-siblings can be difficult, especially in your teens, you generally old enough that experiencing a true sibling upbringing is out of the question. It doesn’t mean that the two of you can’t grow close but that whole sibling ingrained love/hate thing is sort of out of the question. Which also means that instead …
Seguir leyendo 18-year-old woman forced to take 16-year-old stepsister on her Spring Break trip with friends after dad and stepmom invite her without asking : ‘Now my dad’s wife is texting me, saying I’m being selfish and that my stepsister is devastated’
15-year-old borrows 16-year-old stepsister’s heirloom necklace and loses it, dad refuses to comfort her when she feels guilty: ‘She exploded in anger’
It is a stereotype that holds some truth that in families where there are multiple daughters, there can often be a lot of borrowing and straight-up theft when it comes to what to wear. There are a lot of households where what goes in whose wardrobe becomes more of a matter of opinion than fact. …
Seguir leyendo 15-year-old borrows 16-year-old stepsister’s heirloom necklace and loses it, dad refuses to comfort her when she feels guilty: ‘She exploded in anger’
‘My dad asked me why I didn’t want part of my family’s history’: family flips out when 27-year-old refuses to share future inheritance with 3 stepsisters, insists they aren’t ‘real family’
Inheritance often ends up being a tricky topic to navigate between family members. It is not uncommon for people to start acting entitled and making audacious claims on money or property that others thought were guaranteed to be theirs, for example. Usually, arguments arise because of what individuals believe they are owed, and it can …
Seguir leyendo ‘My dad asked me why I didn’t want part of my family’s history’: family flips out when 27-year-old refuses to share future inheritance with 3 stepsisters, insists they aren’t ‘real family’
Mom refuses to take in her ex-husband’s 13-year-old stepdaughter, exes mom blames her when the girl gets put in foster care: ‘I didn’t believe for a second that the girl asked to live with a stranger’
Blended families can lead to all kinds of unique and strange situations. Imagine being a divorced mom, and your kid spends half of their time with their dad, who has married a woman who also has children from a previous marriage. Their kids spend a ton of time together and have an established relationship, but …
Seguir leyendo Mom refuses to take in her ex-husband’s 13-year-old stepdaughter, exes mom blames her when the girl gets put in foster care: ‘I didn’t believe for a second that the girl asked to live with a stranger’
‘I’m not cutting grandma off for a stepsister I didn’t ask for’: Dad chooses 16-year-old step-daughter over his 17-year-old son, asks him to cut off his grandmother because she didn’t get stepdaughter as many Christmas presents last year
You can’t force sibling relationships between two stepchildren, and you can’t force a stepmom or a stepdad to be accepted into a parental role by the child they’re step-parenting. While it can be difficult for a parent when their child seemingly stubbornly refuses to accept their new partner and their children, it is so much …
Seguir leyendo ‘I’m not cutting grandma off for a stepsister I didn’t ask for’: Dad chooses 16-year-old step-daughter over his 17-year-old son, asks him to cut off his grandmother because she didn’t get stepdaughter as many Christmas presents last year
Blended family forces 18-year-old to be best friends with her antisocial stepsister, get angry when she bonds with her half-siblings more: ‘My stepmom told me I shouldn’t love some siblings more than others’
You can’t force siblings, blood or not, to be friends. My sister and I were at each other’s throats sometimes when we were kids, but at least our parents didn’t force us to hang out with each other all the time. That definitely would’ve made it worse and could’ve made it so we couldn’t have …
Seguir leyendo Blended family forces 18-year-old to be best friends with her antisocial stepsister, get angry when she bonds with her half-siblings more: ‘My stepmom told me I shouldn’t love some siblings more than others’
Entitled mom charges stepsister rent behind husband’s back, pockets the money to go out with friends: ‘She is totally comfortable lying to your face’
We have such a negative view of the «step» family in this culture. I think it all goes back to Cinderella. Like in most fairytales, Cinderella’s mother had passed, and her father moved on, leaving her in the custody of her new evil stepmother, and her evil stepsisters. In the story, the step-family was so …
Seguir leyendo Entitled mom charges stepsister rent behind husband’s back, pockets the money to go out with friends: ‘She is totally comfortable lying to your face’