Parenting is no walk in the park. From sleepless nights, screaming children, and cleaning after youngsters, to the actual logistics of parenting, and making sure you're raising a stand-up kid, the job can make someone go crazy if they're not careful. It's hard enough to parent your own child, but things get even more complicated to navigate when you're a step-parent. Not every child will be inviting and warm up to a mother or father they're not biologically related to.
This brings us to the Reddit thread. In this story, the original poster (OP) is a woman who's married to a man with a daughter from a previous marriage. She also just gave birth to her first child with him, but this is met with animosity and hostility from his daughter. She's 13-years-old, which is already a tough age. I mean, I couldn't imagine being 13 and having to deal with these family dynamics. So OP makes a decision that will impact the family forever…