15-year-old acts cruelly toward her stepmother when her father remarries 2 years after her biological mom's passing, her uncle decides to become her legal guardian so she can heal: ‘She's happy to no longer live with her’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Sep 27, 2025 5:00 PM EDT

As a child, losing a parent feels like the end of the world. In certain ways, it is the end of the world as they know it; they will start trying to find new normals, but this usually takes some time. When the surviving parent remarries only a couple of years after the other parent passed, animosity grows. How could this parent move on so quickly? Did they ever love the late parent at all? What about the child? How do they feel?

Child neglect is a similar theme in these remarrying stories. It seems like the surviving parent's grief ends when their spouse is buried, and the child is left to deal with the very confusing and complex feelings of never seeing one of their parents ever again. How does a parent expect their child not to have a problem with the next person who makes a home in their romantic heart?

The teen in this next story moves in with her uncle after years of pent-up animosity toward her stepmother. She feels as though her father couldn't care less about how she feels and prefers to prioritize his new wife's feelings over hers. Luckily, the teen knows that she is not alone. Scroll to read.

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  • "AITA for letting my niece have fun when she lives with me because of the cruel stuff she wrote and said to her stepmother?"

    In June of this year my niece Abby (15) came to live with me (28M) and I became her legal guardian alongside my partner.
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  • My brother is her father. Abby's mom d d when she was 9 and my brother remarried when she was 11.
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  • Abby was never very happy about my brother's remarriage or my SIL. It was clear to everyone and mostly she just ignored her stepmother but there were outbursts here and there when her stepmother tried to parent her.
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  • SIL's birthday is in May and my brother threw her a family party birthday dinner. Abby was asked to write her a card and give it to her with a gift my brother bought for SIL on Abby's behalf.
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  • I can't remember word for word what Abby wrote and said but to summarize. She told SIL she hated her, that she never wanted her to marry her dad, she wasn't as good as her mom.
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  • She called SIL ugly. Said her mom was prettier. She said her mom was a better cook than SIL and brought up compliments her mom used to get on her cooking.
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  • She a million SILS would not be worth even half of her mom. She said she was glad SIL and my brother could not have kids and she hoped every day that SIL would never get to stay pregnant.
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  • There were also insults about SILS sense of style and how ugly stuff was that she brought into the house.
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  • She called SIL an outsider, brought up her mom being the love of my brother's life and not SIL.
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  • And she mentioned several times that she would never love her or accept her or want her around and how happy she'd be if they divorce.
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  • There were attempts made to stop Abby but she told her dad she'd finish since she was forced to give SIL anything at all.
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  • Then my brother tried making her apologize. He put her on a waiting list for therapy and punished her, tried talking to her, tried using therapy books to get an apology or regret out of her.
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  • But when nothing came in the first month he said someone else needed to take her in because SIL being around Abby was not good after all the stuff she said.
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  • My partner and I offered as long as guardianship was given to us if this was more than a week or two deal, which it was always planned to be.
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  • Since moving in with us Abby has started therapy. She hasn't apologized or expressed regret. She has not wanted to see SIL, has actually said she's happy to no longer live with her.
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  • She has seen my brother 1-2 times most weeks. Now he's grumbling that Abby isn't restricted from having fun and living her life.
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  • That we let her spend time with friends, go to the movies and other things teens want to do.
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  • He told me she should be on full grounding until she apologizes and especially now that she got her way and isn't around SIL anymore.
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  • He said he felt it was a given and I told him he said nothing about that.
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  • Only that she needed to be in therapy and she is and I told him the therapist said she could be grounded for 20 years (if that were even possible) to get what he wants.
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