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This was a struggle that one teenage boy had felt for most of his life after his mom remarried when he was 9 years old, a few years after his dad's passing.
His new stepdad did not take so much of an interest in him until he and his wife tried and failed to have a child of their own. After that, he became more involved in raising him, but the boy still maintained that he did not want to see him as a second dad.
After a further failed attempt to have another child, things got difficult between him, his mom, and his stepdad. With their relationship deteriorating, he claimed that he would rather move out than feel pressured to define the family relationship in a way he didn't want. He wanted to know if he was in the wrong.
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AITA for threatening to move out ASAP if my mom and stepfather can't stop putting it on me to make up for them not having a kid together?
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Other people offered condolences and advice.
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17-year-old warns he will move out after mom and stepdad demand they act more like a family: 'My stepfather would act like I was doing something wrong by existing'
Entering a child's life as a stepparent is a difficult task, and what is even harder is being a good one. There is a lot to be considered when taking on this responsibility, from what children have experienced before you appeared on the scene to what you and your partner hope for family life to look like in the future.
As many of those who gained a stepparent during their childhood are all too aware, this isn't something that many adults in the situation truly take into account, and the results can be catastrophic.
Although it is more common to expect that bringing more kids into such a dynamic will complicate things, it is also possible for this to happen without this as well. No matter what, many children are always going to see the person their bio parent married as not their real mom or dad, and they usually have a point. It takes delicacy and tact to navigate, which many stepparents and their partners can have an alarming lack of.
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