26-year-old bride-to-be tells stepmom she's not her ‘bonus mom’ when she refuses to include her in a day of wedding dress shopping with her biological mother: ‘She needs to know her place’

Even when one of our parents remarries, we always long for a great connection with both of our biological parents. There's something etched into our DNA that pushes us to foster and nurture that connection, even when it is difficult to do so.

Sometimes, though, our biological parents' divorce is amicable and smooth, and we get to keep our already-great relationships with both of them. Seems like a win, right? That is, unless you have a third person in the mix who now functions legally as your step-parent. It's up to you whether you choose to view them as such—that is why we have free will—and if they try to force a close connection on you when you don't want it, then you're more than entitled to set a strict boundary. Nobody is entitled to your time if they're overstepping their place.

In this next story's case, a future bride chooses to go dress shopping with her biological mother. Her stepmom believes she's entitled to go too, but the future bride declines. When her step mom presses the issue, the bride explains that she does not feel close to her, nor does she want to be. Was she in the wrong? Not necessarily—you can only take so much pushiness until you boil over.

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