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AITA for crying when I heard my stepdaughter say she doesn't love me and wishes her dad and I hadn't married?
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Of course the protagonist can't force her stepdaughter to like her, love her, want a relationship with her, or respect her. It seems like she isn't being invasive or forceful at all. It's absolutely natural for her to feel emotional knowing her feelings are unrequited.
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The in-laws are being pretty harsh, in my opinion. They're seriously telling a grown woman crying won't solve anything? That's the kind of stuff you tell a toddler when they spill milk on accident. It's really heartless and doesn't show any compassion. Of course crying won't solve anything, but she's allowed to feel emotional.
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Woman overhears her step-daughter claiming she doesn’t love her, in-laws blame her for getting emotional about it: “Stop crying and making it about you”
Marrying doesn't mean you're tying the knot with a person, usually it means you're ensconced in their entire family. It's important to be on good terms with your in-laws before sealing the deal. We're all jaded from hearing about the slew of evil stepmothers, entitled and demanding mother-in-laws, or other in-law drama that just isn't suitable for a decent and healthy marriage.
Luckily for me, I've always had great relationships with my boyfriend's family. The parents, siblings, and friends. I think it's such a green flag that everyone can get along. I've definitely had partners where all my friends hated him, and at the end of the day they were right.
But I'm digressing. The point is that you don't have control over your spouse's family, and they don't have control over you either. In the story below, the protagonist has been a stepmother to her husband's daughter for several years now, since the child was 9-years-old. She thought they had a good relationship with mutual love and respect, until one day she overhears something she wasn't meant to hear.