Welcome back ladies and gentlemen of the internet. When you're a child, a lot of things can go over your head without realizing it. You sort of believe everything you're told, you assume that everything that happens to you is happening to everyone else, and that it's normal. As we get older, we have a more mature lens in which to observe things. We can better understand what happens to us, and make better decisions about it. If our parents are divorced, it can feel like a whirlwind of emotions that we can't control when we're younger. Hopefully in adulthood, we can navigate the heaviness of family dynamics with more tact.
This brings us to the Reddit thread. In this story, the original poster (OP) is a woman who grew up with divorced parents, and wasn't particularly keen on her stepfather. She overcame her childhood traumas, but as she's now an adult and her parents are getting older, her mother has expectations from her that she's not necessarily ready to manage.
