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Am I the bad guy for cutting off my son after his mom passed away?
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I hate to see adults downplay the importance of their relationship with the children in their lives. I'm not talking about a random family member a kid sees once or twice a year: I'm talking about grown-ups who actively take a parental role in their stepkids' lives and don't fully accept the responsibility that entails. They try to use adult terms to justify why they don't care enough about their stepchildren, claiming that because they're not biologically related to them, they don't have an obligation to care for them. Sure, they might not have a legal obligation to pay for the life of a child they didn't mother or father, but they have an emotional obligation to fulfill the role of "parent" to a child who sees them as one.
The dad in this story is no such stepparent. He has done everything he could to show his stepson that he sees him as a son, but his son has not reciprocated. He has ignored him for the past 9 years, and now he only wants to speak with him to get money. I hate to blame the state of this 27-year-old on his late mother, but she has enabled his bad financial behavior for years, and now that she's gone, there's nobody left who is willing to do that. Who knows if he only chose to have a relationship with his mom because she gave him money, but it's clear that his relationship with his stepdad is pretty superficial these days. It might be possible for them to repair their relationship down the road, but it would take a lot of reflection on the stepson's part, and I'm unsure if he'd be willing to admit that he was wrong.
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