38-year-old Mom demands 16-year-old daughter stop eating the lunches her stepmother makes: 'Linda called husband and told him... I can stop playing Mom now'

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    3 teenage girls laugh while eating lunch together.
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    WIBTAH If I refuse to stop making my stepdaughter her school lunches?

    For a quick context my 28F husband 36M has a daughter Leah 16 with his ex Linda 38F they split when Leah was about 7 and I married my husband two years ago.
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    I used to work in an office so I had to bring food to my job but I work from home now so I still believe all the lunchboxes and stuff.
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    I'm only calling Leah my stepdaughter for the post but she just calls me auntie. Well, Leah came home one day shaking and very pale so I asked her what happened to her and she told me she didn't eat anything because she hates her school food and she doesn't eat breakfast because school starts too early, I felt so bad for her and made her something to eat and then I asked her if she wanted me to make her a quick lunch for her to take to school and she said yes.
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    Literally a perfect choice for lunch, no?

    So I prepared a quick lunch for her, a little sandwich, some fruit and some dip with veggies and some chips and a juice, she loved it and came home to hug me and told me everyone was praising her lunch.
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    I made her a lunch every day she was with us last year. School just started again but she's currently with her mom, Linda called my husband and told her she tolerated my 'antics' last year but I can stop playing mom now, because she doesn't like it and Leah should just s k it up and eat what the school provides because she does have time to compete with my bullishit.
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    Well, Leah is coming home tomorrow and I asked her if she wants me to stop the lunches and that I would apologize if I overstep, she asked me to please don't stop and that she loves them.
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    She said her mom is mad because she asked her mom for some ingredient to make her own lunches in her house and Linda refused I talked with my husband and we agreed on not stopping because there's nothing wrong with what I'm doing and now he has to talk with his ex about it.
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    I feel a little guilty now because I know Linda would cause some sort of trouble with my husband because of this but at the same time I don't want to stop just because she doesn't like it so wibtah?
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    Edit: I will talk to my husband tonight after he gets home from work. After reading the comments and remembering things. after responding to some comments I realized this is overdue.
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    I feel like we should've done something earlier because Leah's well being should be our top priority not whether or Linda would throw a tantrum.
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    Step Mom answered a few questions:

    Thank you for helping me see everything clearer I'll show this post to my husband as well tonight Also to clarify some things: 1.
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    Leah is 16 and she can make her own lunches: yes she can and she does sometimes but I like doing it for her just to pamper her a little bit.
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    2. Why don't you buy her the ingredients for her mom's house: my husband tried, even offered to buy another fridge when Linda said. it would take up all the space in there but then she still refused to accept it.
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    3. Leah should live with just me and my husband: maybe but at the end of the day it's her decision, I'll talk to my husband and we'll talk to her later in the week but we can't really force her if she wants to continue going to her mom's
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    5 teenagers happily eat lunch together at school.

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