Being a stepparent is tough. While you’ve chosen to raise your own kid from birth to 18 years old, suddenly your blended family has a few more childlings to rear, stretching your initial parenting funds to their limit. Well, the guy in this next story, the stepdad of a blended family of 6 years, put his foot down and drew the hard line in the sand when it came to financial support for both his bio-son and his stepdaughter. 

Except he decided to take sides, proving favoritism between his two children and causing discourse online with his ultimate choice. While it’ a conundrum to take on your wife’s kids’ expenses from a previous marriage, wouldn’t you consider them an extension of your own family after so many years? Perhaps not if your kids are planning two expensive weddings in the same year…