40-year-old snaps at "ungrateful" 16-year-old stepson on his birthday, gets dragged online: 'You’ve known this kid for 18 months and you’re already married to his mother'

Blended family dynamics can be challenging to navigate. Everyone needs to extend a degree of grace and patience toward one another, but when one of the adults proves himself to be the most immature one in the group, all bets are off.

This 16-year-old, who has a close relationship with his biological father, was having some difficulty adjusting to his new home dynamic. Not only did his parents get separated, but his mother also got remarried to someone she met 18 months ago. No, this is not a retelling of the story of Prince Hamlet of Denmark, though the comparisons certainly make sense. The stepson's frustration at the whole situation was only made worse when he discovered that there was some overlap involved. In other words, his mom cheated on his dad with the new guy in town. Naturally, it's going to be tough to easily accept the stepfather into the family, especially when he was one of the primary reasons why his parents' prior relationship fell to pieces.

Still, somehow, the stepfather, who authored this story, thought he was in the right when he snapped at the 16-year-old during his own birthday party and called him "ungrateful." That's not exactly the greatest illustration of extending grace and patience to your new stepson now, is it? Keep scrolling below to see how members of this online community eviscerated the stepfather in the comments section and gave him a piece of their respective minds.

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"[Am I wrong] for calling my stepson an ungrateful brat?"

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The reality is that when you enter a family dynamic and are one of the causes for its precarious state, things might seem imbalanced for quite some time. The stepfather might need to perform acts of kindness toward his stepson with no expectation of reciprocation for a while until both parties begin to appreciate each other. This whole change has been far too rapid for a teenager to wrap his head around. So it's time for the stepfather to take a “step” back, so to speak, and spend more time listening and adjusting.
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