Husband stands up to entitled wife who demands his struggling 16-year-old daughter move out: '[She signed up] to be a full-time stepmom'

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• Starting a new family is a real challenge. Everyone has their own pet peeves and rituals they're used to. Learning how to live by our parents rules and expectations is hard, now imagine how much harder it can be to tolerate those things from people you are supposed to call family, but you barely know. Sometimes you may end up with a stepmother you don't adore, or a half brother you can't stand. We don't always get to choose the people we end up living with. Like it or not, it's just the way it is. 

  Now, when restarting a family, there are several things one has to take into account, you are not only marrying that person, you are kind of marrying their whole family. 

  This man shares his unbelievable experience after telling his wife that his daughter needs to move in with them. Her response leaves him wondering if he made a terrible mistake by marrying her… 

• I considered ending my marriage over my wife's reaction to my daughter moving in with us...

  
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• We all know how hard high school can be. Kids are mean for no reason are at all, and you are just trying to navigate life the best way you possibly can. Being a teenager can be pretty isolating, a lot of us have gone through lonely cafeteria lunches, quiet classroom activities and stressful “choose a working partner” situations. When you're an insecure hormonal teen, this truly feels like the end of the world. The one crucial thing teenagers need is a safe space to rely on. After going through several heart-wrenching weeks at school, Rhea desperately calls his father for help. Obviously, his father first response was to take her daughter out of that really complex situation. It was a no brainer decision for him. Rhea was moving in with him and her wife. 

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• It's no surprise that new family structures can be complicated and frustrating, even more when your living situation turns upside-down from one day to another. Things can turn weird pretty easily, now this is no excuse for such a response. Choosing your life partner is a big decision, even more if you want to forma a family together. Sometimes your partner may already be part of one, and when choosing them, you are inevitably choosing his family as well.  

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• You know things are bad when you mother-in-law takes your side…

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• Of course having your husband's daughter move into your house is a big step and a big change, we can all agree on that. But prioritizing your comfort over literally, the life of a teenage girl is crazy work. Life puts us in tough situations where it seems to be no way out, having to choose between your daughter and your wife it's not an easy thing to do. I think this is a typical jealousy case, where she knows your daughter moving in with you is going to take time and attention from her, however,  your daughter is still family regardless you marrying another person that's not her mom. 

   

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