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What everyone does after a step-parent leaves the room after a fight..... (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Gorignak 355 points356 points ago

When does middle school start up again for Fall?

[–]Cthulhu_Bloop 93 points94 points ago

Not nearly soon enough...

[–]Khanman88 8 points9 points ago

bloop

[–]SrsSteel 12 points13 points ago

August 31st I think, give or take a few days

[–]musical_note 5 points6 points ago

our local is September 4, so is the high school.

[–]Alareshu -3 points-2 points ago

August 27th here. :D

[–]UnKamenRider 1 point2 points ago

The 7th or so here. My roommate's dad teaches middle school. Poor guy...

[–]DARNED_RIPPED_TIT 7 points8 points ago

My local middle school starts back in two weeks.

[–]Patius 1 point2 points ago

To be fair, that totally was how I felt towards my step-mom when I was that age. I was a little shit back then, and as a result, I was often in trouble and getting video games and computer stuff taken away from me.

But yeah, Step-Parents are just like regular parents: sometimes awesome, sometimes awful. I've been unfortunate to have had both, and thankfully, my current step parent was the former (awesome.)

[–]MrNovaKnight 0 points1 point ago

August 15th here

[–]jcollinsco 159 points160 points ago

I am a step parent, I know this happens as I am not stupid, but I can tell you that most us step parents out there are taking on a lot of responsibility most of the times later in your life. It is stressful for us and in most cases is making your life easier and better.

I know a few cases where the mom was single and the step parent came in and made everything much better. Even as an outsider helping with different situations you kids do. I honestly have been in many of these situations.

Please remember though that your step parent could be out partying with their friends, they could be traveling across the world, or even having their own kids with their own family.

But they don't and you know why, you and your original parent mean the world to them, they would die for you, they will give you the shirt off their back, they won't eat or do all the things they want so you can have some toy that you will play with for a month and then quit.

They do all of this because they feel that all the wants and desires they have are meaningless without you and your family. In ways they even let things go a lot of the time because they feel sad that they owe even the kids something because you are filling a hole in their lives.

Please no that all step parent are very aware that if shit hits the fan they will be out without you or your mom or dad. I have seen one case that the step dad stayed around until the kids were 18 even though him and the mom didn't work out. then once the kids were raised he and her split up. now he starts life over at 40 something and the kids only go to see him once every few months and normally just for money. Which he gives them because he has a love for them that cannot be matched.

Please remember your step parent doesn't have to be there and in a lot of cases it means the difference between your mom or dad being very stressed out handling kids on their own and working full time and your mom or your dad having balance and loving you more than they could on their own.

Sorry for the rant, I am a step dad and I know my 7 year old is up there angry at me but teaching kids not to lie is a hard lesson.

[–]FuzzyLogic01 32 points33 points ago

Unfortunately we have to be the "bad guy" sometimes and as they grow up there's always that chance they'll say things like "you aren't my real Dad!" or otherwise be horribly ungrateful.

But it's worth it. Hang in there, man.

[–]jcollinsco 15 points16 points ago

I agree sometimes we do have to be the "bad guy", I know they will especially with two girls close in age lol I am in for it. But they are my world and I wouldn't trade them for anything. Their mom and I have a running joke if she ever tried to leave me I would get the kids lol. I would run with them lol.

[–]Perpetual_Entropy 2 points3 points ago

Just to play devil's advocate: you can say it's "ungrateful" for them to tell them you aren't their real parent, but at the end of the day, regardless of how much you give them, isn't it their choice and theirs alone whether to consider you a parent at all?

[–]FuzzyLogic01 2 points3 points ago

Of course, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. My fault, reading over my comment does make it sound that way.

The lack of gratitude would be evident in their disrespect when they say something like that. I'd consider it ungrateful to lash out with such a low blow to someone who raised you as if you were their own, especially if the real father was no father at all. If I raised my (step-)daughter for over a decade, never treating her any differently or showing her any less love than my son, and whenever she didn't get her way she lashed out with "you aren't even my real Dad!" I'd consider that ungrateful. It'd be different if I wasn't treated like the real deal whenever I wasn't denying her something, though, or laying down the law.

[–]LongAssAnecdotes 31 points32 points ago

TLDR: Most. Not all. And sometimes what they teach you is that lying is the biggest part of life.

I was my stepfather's mistress.

~~~

My mom was one of those 'single moms' you mention, with a 9 year old daughter - me - and they got married after about nine months of dating. At the time, I'm sure she seemed like the perfect catch, even with a kid - she was beautiful, in her early 20's, petite, long black hair, great skin, and a fitness fanatic who kept her body in perfect shape for health, not appearances. She was working, funny, and had a very strong spirit.

I was extra.

He made an effort all the time to tell me - "I'm not trying to replace your dad" etc. I was confused as to why he'd even bring it up - my dad was still very much in my life, even if not as often as I'd like. "I just want to be your friend." Alright. Being 'friends' meant that when I came home I was supposed to be in my room so he could watch TV without interruption, not touching 'his food' ("You're (eating/drinking) too much of my (insert arbitrary food item: soda, crackers, peanut butter, milk, etc), it's off limits now."), only going to friend's houses (they couldn't come to our place without several days notice) and not asking for help with homework.

My mom had a miscarriage, and it left her very depressed - she became very sick. Her body went through a lot of changes, and she had a second one within a year. The doctors told her that if she got pregnant again, it would probably kill her. She was also told she should take time off from work, but if she did that, she would lose her job. She worked extra.

My stepfather began waking me up in the mornings after she left for work to ask me to come stay in bed with him: I had no concept of why this might be unusual. It became a daily routine. It started out with just cuddling, but very gradually turned into other things. A slow acclimation eased by lots of whispered "I love you"s and gifts had me convinced that this was normal - and that he loved me- aside from urgent repeated messages that "you can't ever tell your mom about what we do - it's a secret."

I was ten.

Whenever she wasn't home, he began taking me to the movies, to fancy restaurants, mini-golf, etc - and he'd spend the whole time telling me about his 'failing marriage,' how his last wife before my mom had been emotionally abusive and he'd just been so desperate to get together with someone new but now my mom was being emotionally distant, and in a not-so-passive-aggressive way made it clear on multiple occasions that if there wasn't at least sex of some sort, he had no reason to stick around. At this point my mom had been laid off, and was sick all the time. She had no money of her own, no family, no close friends, and we would be homeless if we had to move out.

By the time I was eleven, I had a full understanding that what was going on was terrible - but I couldn't make it stop. He would stand outside my room on some days, trying to coax me out with descriptions of what he wanted to do to me or what he was doing to himself, or other times joke about taking my virginity (being that vaginal sex is the one things we never did). He told me how if I ever told anyone, I'd be taken away, he'd have to divorce my mom, and basically made it clear that if any authorities got involved I would lose everyone I loved, and especially my mom would be left to die in the streets.

When I was twelve, maybe thirteen, he forgot to clear his browser history: it was all Asian-fetish porn - and really fucked up stuff. We're talking hundreds of sites. My mom is Korean. I had a new context for the basis of his attraction to her when they got married, and a new context for the things he did with me. The sexual abuse wasn't the part that made me want to kill myself, however - it was the fact that I was his secret girlfriend, the one he held and cried while we were in a parked car in the city, the one he complained about his wife to, about his job, about how hard life is. The one he bought presents for and set up special surprise romantic dinners for, with wine and candlelight.

By middle school I had begun dealing with walking-blackouts, I was an outsider with no real support circle, and my behavior had brought me into contact with counselors. My stepfather began to get nervous that someone would put two and two together and figure out what was happening.

When I was 17 and ran away from home one night - brought home by my mom's threat to call the police, little did she know what a mistake that might be - he realized things might be getting out of hand and told me he had changed his ways and was going to stop treating me the way he had for the better part of a decade. He bought me some stuff, later paid me $20.

That was pretty much the end of the abuse, but when my mom confronted him about suspicions two years later, he told her I had initiated everything, and that it only happened once when I was fifteen, and that I had kissed him. He went on to spread this rumor to everyone on his side of the family before my mom could say anything.

I was almost kicked out of the house, she called me a home-wrecker, said she had no daughter, and that she hated me. He came into my room and begged me to protect him, to not tell the truth still. "I love you, please, I've always loved you. Protect me."

"I am done protecting you from the consequences of your own decisions," I told him. I had lived my life for his convenience. He started sobbing, then reminded me that if they separated, my mom would have nowhere to go. "What's going to happen to her if people find out? I could lose my job, then what?" She had already abandoned me, and I told him so.

The events directly previous to and following that night are another story altogether, but I have done my best to move on in terms of day to day living.

All in all, this story is summed well by the TLDR I put at the top. Not all stepparents are there to make things better.

[–]jcollinsco 5 points6 points ago

WOW, I am very sorry to hear this, This is where I hate humanity and "don't want to live on this planet any longer". I can't even imagine that people like this exist. To me my girls are little babies even at 5 and 7, I hope he gets what he deserves, people like him make me wish we were in an earlier time where you could kill someone and get away with it. He deserves to be tortured until the end of days!

[–]allonz-y 2 points3 points ago

It is awful what happened to you, I hope your ex-stepfather (I hope?) is rotting in jail right now, and you are amazing for pulling through to become the person you are. That being said, that man did those things to you because he's a sociopath and a pedophile, and because your mom has terrible judgement, not because he's a step-father. Horrific as it is, biological parents also molest their kids.

[–]cutelittlekoala 1 point2 points ago

I'm really sorry to hear this. How did you end up dealing with it and moving past it?

[–]LongAssAnecdotes 1 point2 points ago

Ah, that's actually a really tricky question, and to answer it would require many, many anecdotes. I can't really pin it down to any one thing - every experience I've ever had has molded me in some way, so it wouldn't be fair to really select one or two things and say "this fixed me!" Especially since to be completely honest, there are still some things I am struggling with and continue to work on.

However, I think a lot of 'getting over it' came down to sacrificing my sense of pride and what control I had over my life in order to rebuild myself from the ground up, learning not to blame myself, trusting my friends, the various men I dated during and after high school, counseling, recognizing that the past cannot be changed and does not have to define who I am, and most of all, talking it out.

In the end, keeping it secret was a poison for me. I understand that for some people, it is easier to hold it inside and pretend it never happens - but with how many people have reacted to my stories, I've come to believe that even my worst experiences may come to serve a beneficial purpose by educating and encouraging empathy in others.

[–]cutelittlekoala 1 point2 points ago

Well, as an internet stranger I must say that I'm impressed by you and your recovery. People like you give me hope! And I'm glad you're in some way able to come to terms with it.

[–]Insanelopez 1 point2 points ago

Please tell me this man is in prison. Please tell me he gets raped in the showers every morning and cries himself to sleep every night. Please tell me he didn't just get away with all this. Please.

[–]LongAssAnecdotes 4 points5 points ago

TLDR: No. And that attitude, hard as it might be to believe, is part of the problem.

Again, to fully explain the situation would require a range of stories, but long story short - in part due to the legal system of the state I've lived in for most of my life, partially due to a series of events following my graduation and in great part understanding what a prison a loveless household can be - no. He is not in prison.

To be completely honest, no, I do not think he would deserve that sort of life - that is, life in prison and daily rape. For one thing, that is no sort of rehabilitation: for another, it completely removes an otherwise productive person from society. Sexual and emotional abuse has become a major cause for me, something I've worked to educate others on, and the hardest part to make people understand is that for the most part, men like my stepfather are not monsters, but humans. It was not something he sought out over his life, or planned to do or be.

He is not deserving of torment, but treatment, counseling, and preventative measures. He has his own history of abuse - and as he did not have the same determination as I did, and was not forced to ever confront it or move past it - it turned him into a child in a man's body, an extremely emotionally-stunted adult who does not know how to handle children or even his peers in a mature, reasonable fashion.

Penalty up unto death does not work as a preventative measure if you do not first treat the cause - and I feel that the attitude of extreme punishment that does not seek to understand or actually resolve the problem means that people - often broken, self-hating, and confused people dealing with compulsions they don't want to have - do not seek treatment or help because they know it means possibly never rejoining society in a meaningful way, instead being marked for the rest of their lives.

Above all other feelings I might have towards that man, I pity him. He has the capacity for great change, but I believe a major stopping block in that regard will be his religious faith. He clings to hope for forgiveness in death, but it means that he does not face this world (which I believe to be all we have) with his full mind and body.

I know that I have done terrible things: certainly things deserving extreme measures. Had I not changed before the end of my teen years, I may have gone through with plans I had that probably have landed me in prison myself, or ended with my death. By fighting through the worst of it, I gave myself a second chance. I'm using that chance to live with the man I love, learn who I really am, and be genuinely happy - something that, for nearly 12 years straight, was something I'd never thought I'd do. Knowing what I was capable of then compared to who I am now, I believe most everyone deserves a second chance if they can get it.

If there may be some 'satisfaction' to you regarding actual punitive matters - and trust me when I say that it was certainly satisfying for me - I suppose I might mention that my father did find out, did get his hands on my stepdad, and there was blood.

However, that is another story altogether, and I have clogged this thread enough as is.

[–]eldy_ -3 points-2 points ago

I was expecting a dinosaur at the end. :(

[–]fromfocomofo 20 points21 points ago

You seem like a quality step parent who genuinely cares. Props to you. But there are bad ones out there believe it or not. My "step dad" married my mom for my mom. He didn't give a rats ass about me or my sister. Most selfish and venomous person I have ever met.

[–]shrlock 4 points5 points ago

Same. My mom's ex (they never got married but we all lived together for a couple years) Didn't give a shit about me or even his own son. My (pseudo) stepbrother would come by every weekend and my mom would basically take all the responsibility. When the relationship ended he moved to british columbia and now sees his own son like once a year.

[–]digital_chef 1 point2 points ago

as a step-parent, would you mind sharing a bit about your "step dad"? I am genuinely curious. I am responsible for two children with my wife and I try my best to be loving and helpful and giving, but sometimes I feel like the "bad cop" because I am looked to when boundaries need to be set or misbehavior addressed.

**and i want my stepkids to look back on me fondly when they are adults.

[–]fromfocomofo 0 points1 point ago

My step dad tried to destroy me from the inside out by making me hate myself. He had the audacity to tell me a lot of things such as not to have kids when I'm older cause I will just mess them up (I was 15 when he said this to me). Told me I was a fuck up and drug addict after he found some pot in my room. Slapped me on several occasions (my real dad was very physically abusive and my "step dad" knew about this but obviously didn't give a shit). It takes serious effort to be as big of an ass as he was. As long as your intentions are pure, your children will recognize that and love you for it.

[–]digital_chef 0 points1 point ago

sorry to hear that :( but thank you for the response. My stepparent was always "competing" for my parent's affection. She never referred to us by our names, only as "your children." As an adult i can forgive her for her insecurities, but I don't know that i would ever have forgiveness for genuine maliciousness or physical abuse.

I try my best to always react/act from a place of caring.

[–]fromfocomofo 0 points1 point ago

You sound like a good soul. Emulate love and over all positivity and your children will see it. :)

[–]A1t3rB0y 5 points6 points ago

Step Dad of an 8 year old boy with Autism. Love I love my step son like he is my kid. His father did a shitty job ao he needed a man in his life. A good male role model. I also would have a very difficult time having my own kids (Low sperm count). He is my son and I would take bullets for that kid.

[–]jcollinsco -1 points0 points ago

Can't upvote this stuff enough, It is nice to know I am not alone, I want to give them all the things I never had! I know that if I save up and pay for their college they won't be struggling student loan debt like me! I want their lives to be 200% better than mine.

[–]Shagomir 4 points5 points ago

It took me a while to get there, but I love and respect the hell out of my step-father. He's probably the best person I know.

[–]beelzeburger 2 points3 points ago

Thank you for this.

[–]philosoderp 3 points4 points ago

You seem like an alright person. Fuck that, you're fucking awesome.

I wish my stepdad wasn't a total cocksucker :C

[–]whatsadigg 2 points3 points ago

Thanks for being a good father to your step-son. Unfortunately, proper parenting often means having your child hate your guts. They grow out of it. Don't worry.

[–]laminate_flooring246 2 points3 points ago

You sound like an incredible parent. Your kids are lucky to have you :)

[–]domimatrix 2 points3 points ago

Thanks for speaking the truth. I love my stepkids like they were my flesh and blood. Not all stepparents are selfish ogres.

[–]atroxodisse[!] 2 points3 points ago

Hang in there. I met my step daughter when she was about 6 and now she's 20 and she didn't even really start calling me dad until she was 18.

[–]fishdontsnuggle 2 points3 points ago

I've recently become a step-parent and nothing could have prepared me for what a thankless task it is/going to be. I love him as if he's my own, and while I'm still young and could be partying with my friends or back home with my own family or even going back to school for myself, instead I've moved states to be with him and his dad. He will probably never understand that I give more of a shit than his real mom does about him and how he grows up, but (apparently) it's the life of a step-parent.

[–]badger_the 2 points3 points ago

I am a step mom to a 13 year old boy whose mom literally ran away with the circus. Yes, literally ran of with the fucking circus. I know that feel.

[–]Draxoff 2 points3 points ago

Props to you, I am a step father as well. I have lived every step fathers worst nightmare, breaking up with the Mom and her moving 1000Km away.

I met my x wife when my son was 1 years old and moved in with him right away. I lived with him for 5 years changing drapers and raising him as my own. We had the house, the minivan, and he was in a great K-3 school just down the street from our house. The day before our 5 year anniversary of living together I discovered my ex wife's affair. By than I was in the process of adopting him and I frankly loved him more than life itself.

Losing him when they both moved to Edmonton hurt more than anything in my life. Well it's been 6 years now and I still see him 3-5 weekends a year, he has had a revolving door of men in and out of his life, my ex recently decided to be a polygamist, and for awhile she had two men living with them and they were both his dad in her eyes. She even brought both of them to town for her fathers funeral, which is coincidently how I found out.

Fast forward to last Sunday night he is visiting me and I am driving him back to his aunts since I work Monday morning and he says "your not my Mom" when I tell him he can't have more candy and I said "Right but I'm close to being your dad" his reply: "You are the closest thing I have to a real dad, except you didn't give birth to me" We went on to joke how much it would have hurt if I did give birth to him.

Having him in my life has been truly special but I can not describe the fear I went through when they moved away and my ex wouldn't sign paperwork giving me visitation even if I volunteered child support. I have always had to be real careful not to piss her off for fear she would cut me off from him.

Thankfully he is old enough now to txt me on his cell phone and msg me on Facebook, He is a great kid I will never forget the feeling I got the first time he called me Dad instead of Rick.

[–]jcollinsco 0 points1 point ago

WOW sorry to hear about that but it sounds like he still loves you!! I had mixed feelings reading this, you put a fear in me that has always been in the back of my mind! On the other hand the kids really stick with the feeling of knowing who is the one to always do them right.

My girls had never seen much of their dad as he never really wanted them just their mom and when she left him he has done nothing but try to make her life and theirs a living hell. When he did have visitation it was always about trying to make them hate their mom.

I remember when each of them had made up their minds they want to call me dad. It was a true accomplishment in my life. They call me Jeffy and sometimes dad as a general but they were massively confused by their bio dad, because he couldn't handle it someone actually wanted them. He also tried to make them hate me, none of which worked. Their mom and I just would let it go and knew every time they came back from his house they needed different amounts of time to "readjust" They are my everything, if anything ever happened to their mom I would take them and run to a non extraditing country before I let them go with anyone else. I know they would have a terrible life with him or the grandparents.

We are already teaching them science and bought them a telescope and doing all the amazing things I wish I had when I was a kid. It is nice because, I want to do the stuff because I still feel like a kid inside (minus the aches and pains of getting old).

[–]newloaf -4 points-3 points ago

I agree with what you said, but you took way too long to say it, you took a simple (not very good) joke way too seriously, and your grammar is effing atrocious.

[–]voone -2 points-1 points ago

you say you know this happens to your step kid? so what your telling me, is that you are aware that your step child randomly bursts limbs from all over his body and you are calm about this? cause i would be freaking the fuck out!

[–]PennXylo 22 points23 points ago

I was a little asshole to my step dad when I was a kid. I regret that every single day of my adult life. I wouldn't be nearly as well off today as I am without him. I can't tell him that though because I fucked up the relationship as a teenager. I would seriously trade anything to be able to tell him how much of an ass I was and how sorry I am. It's one of my personal demons that will be with me forever.

Edit I am going to write to him. It's been bugging me for way too many years now. Thanks for the encouragement.

[–]laminate_flooring246 9 points10 points ago

If you can't tell him this face to face, have you tried writing or calling him? I'm sure it would really touch him to know that you fully regret what you did and that you appreciate him so much. Even just those few sentences you wrote above would, I'm sure, be nice for him to hear.

[–]pescarojo 2 points3 points ago

Yeah, right there is all you need to say. Copypasta that and email him. Do it.

[–]Helveticatronic 18 points19 points ago

When you grow up, you'll realize how grateful you are that you had someone that for all intents and purposes had not much reason to take care of you but still stuck with it and tried his/her best to be a parent figure for you. For now, I'd advise you be less of a shit and try to be more respectful. It's a two-way street.

[–]Perpetual_Entropy 0 points1 point ago

Woah, wait a second. You do not know who posted this. They could be literally anyone, in any situation. For all we know, you're right and OP is an ungrateful little shit. However, there are really shitty step-parents out there, and OP could be the punching bag for one of them.

[–]Polliwog39 16 points17 points ago

Alas...I'm a step parent...I know that feeling.

[–]EstellaHavisham3 12 points13 points ago

Not all step-children feel this way toward their step-parents. I've had a lot of disagreements with my step-dad but I would never feel so negatively towards him to want extra arms to flick him off with.

He was the one that stepped up to the plate and married a 35 year old woman with 3 daughters, the youngest (me) being 2 years old when he met her. He's the one that's supported us, put us through college, and who my son calls grandpa. I'm lucky to have been raised by a man who truly views me as his own flesh and blood.

My biological father was the one who left, and who would've gotten 50 flick-offs, had he avoided drugs and jail and stayed alive long enough for me to realize the pain he's caused me all my life.

But I do know not all step-parents are as amazing as my Dad, so I'm sure many of you step-children are justified in feeling this way. Just please try to remember that step-parents have a hard role in the family. The pressure and confusion of that role is just as shitty as being in the step-child's shoes.

Edit: typo

[–]tagrav 3 points4 points ago

yeah, but you're older now and wiser and appreciate what he did for you and the love he has for you and you understand it.

OP on the other hand is probably some kid out on summer break who the step dad told to turn off their Call of Duty after playing 5 hours straight and not doing any of their chores. Yet the whole world is against them... and the step dad is a dick.

[–]EstellaHavisham3 0 points1 point ago

Word. Or his step-dad beats him...

[–]Polliwog39 2 points3 points ago

Couldn't agree more. Being a step-parent is not easy at all.

[–]FuzzyLogic01 -1 points0 points ago

I'm a step parent of a daughter too young for this attitude so I do not know that feeling. I will tell myself you are a filthy troll and this never actually happens.

[–]vanetti 0 points1 point ago

Relevant username.

[–]Polliwog39 0 points1 point ago

My step son is a tween now... more tough for me then I think him. He was really cool up until this last year. Now I'm the enemy I guess.

[–]polarbobbear 49 points50 points ago

Just wait until you get out of middle school and you might start to appreciate step parents. My step mom is pretty awesome and she makes my dad happy. Even if we don't always see eye to eye, I would never treat her with that kind of disrespect. Grow up.

[–]shrlock 3 points4 points ago

Hell I was in middle school when I met my stepmom and I always liked her. I never got this whole stepparent hate that most kids have.

[–]fromfocomofo 2 points3 points ago

Not all step parents are as awesome as yours.

[–]M3g4d37h 12 points13 points ago

My biological father had nine kids by five women (that we know of so far).

My Stepdad for all intents and purposes was my dad, He was a good man who always put us first.. RIP, Dad. I miss you.

[–]TychoCelchu 6 points7 points ago

You came into this family differently and therefor I can treat your differently! I will ignore the fact that my real parent chose you and just hate you for I am an infant.

[–]Epix115 3 points4 points ago

out of all things to grow a "fuck you", his nose didn't...

[–]tonyvila 5 points6 points ago

That's a lot of thumbs-ups!

[–]eamantite 4 points5 points ago

7th Grade, first world problems.

[–]super_rad 10 points11 points ago

Why just a step-parent?

[–]danish_hole 0 points1 point ago

I guess it just makes it worse.

[–]eyezofgreen 2 points3 points ago

Well my almost step-dad is racist, homophobic and sexist. So yes this is me every time I see him.

[–]I_I_II_III_IIIII 2 points3 points ago

I knocked my stepdad to the ground a few days ago. And I'm 30 years old.

[–]Acthinian 2 points3 points ago

I went from a single man of 26 years to a family man, essentially overnight. I Love my 2 stepdaughters as if they were my own, and it fills me with joy whenever they call me Dad. I am absolutely "sure" that more than one "Bird" was burned into the back of my skull, and I'm ok with that. People have to be able to express themselves, even if it's telling you to shove it where the sun doesn't rise. One thing that I understood was that there was an awfully fine-line between being an a$$hole and being a Dad. It really breaks my heart when I hear about abusive step-parents because this is a position of trust that should be treasured, but I guess the world is full of bad people too

[–]elfuck 5 points6 points ago

t(ಠ_ಠt)

[–]Devon64327 5 points6 points ago

My step-mother was a total bitch. No one in my family liked her, not even my father by the end of it. They divorced a few years ago, and it was a fucking celebration at my house. EVERYTHING is so much easier now. Before that she was my stepmother for about 10 years. She was really mean, never went to the family events, never let me have fiends over, rarely let me go to friends houses, wouldn't let me hangout after school, didn't have a job for about 3 years and even after that had a very low paying job far away. Made crap food, never did stuff other parents did for their children at school, like dances, or open houses. Oh how we hated her. And afterwards, she had the nerve to expect me and my sister to miss her and visit. FUCK THAT BITCH

[–]DreamoftheEndless 2 points3 points ago

your lucky to be rid of her, some of us aren't so. mine is a complete retard, and i say that without the intention of demeaning the retarded, which i do by associating them with her but I don't know how else to explain it. The woman talks in circles, literally, about nothing but it all somehow relates to some distant cousin's husband of hers that no one in the room knows about, and literally could not be more boring, or lifeless if the wench attempted to deliberately. But what can one do? My entire family including my fathers brothers and sisters and my brother despise this woman, but what is there to do... we all know we hate her, but what can I say? I want my father to be happy beyond all else, and so we all do, and so we all tolerate this disgusting, tedious person. I fucking hate her, and I know my father could do so so soooo much better, with literally ANYONE he met. God damn it, what can I do?

[–]DreamoftheEndless 0 points1 point ago

edit for context

[–]Rocket92 1 point2 points ago

It's like winning solitaire, but getting flipped off.

[–]vanetti 1 point2 points ago

And vice versa.

[–]newtothelyte 1 point2 points ago

Being a step parent is one of the most under-appreciated roles a human can have. It is almost always awkward, unless you have been with the child since it was a baby. I have had several step parents in my life and I have hated most of them.

[–]Calsun 1 point2 points ago

So your nipples, pimples and dimples all flip off your step-parent?

[–]astrohelix 1 point2 points ago

I know being a step parent is hard but my step mom is a real bitch. She really resents that we're still in my father's life and that he spends time and money on us. When I asked my father to co-sign one of my student loans she wrote my sisters and I an email about how we tire my father, how we shouldn't ask him for anything and how we just cause problems for him. I know my father works too hard and I don't ask him for anything unless I have to. It wouldn't be so bad but we don't even live there anymore so we barely take up his time and she's the one that spends all his money and nags him. Apparently it's a huge inconvenience when my dad gives me some money for gas or helps out with the co- pay at the doctors office but whenever she needs to give money to her family then it's all honky dory. Like right now, I'm broke because I lent them a couple thousand dollars to cover some lawyer fees for her family and she's not happy that my dad had to pay for some repairs on my car. I would of paid for it myself if you stopped spending my father's money long enough for him to pay me back you stupid cunt.

[–]rk9 1 point2 points ago

Not everyone is a petty, immature little shit

[–]theshad0w 1 point2 points ago

You know, I tried to like my step-mother. I really did. But years of her playing favorites with her kids over my sister and I and creating a rift between my father and us left me just not caring anymore.

[–]EasterEggs 1 point2 points ago

Your post wasn't funny or intelligent, and you're a rotten kid.

[–]HellsChosen 0 points1 point ago

Don't know that feel. My stepdad is a pretty cool guy. My dad passed away back in 2006. Had my mom started dating someone within 2-3 years I probably would've flipped out due to my age.

[–]somestupidloser 0 points1 point ago

I have never had a problem with my stepfather. Mostly I just feel sorry for him that he's married to my mother.

[–]Briscotti 0 points1 point ago

How did this manage to get 1,356+ up votes?

[–]A1t3rB0y 0 points1 point ago

Summer Vaca...

[–]javijuji 0 points1 point ago

I think I saw one pointing down.

[–]boddahfly 0 points1 point ago

What everyone does after a step-parent leaves the room

FTFY

[–]bearboner 0 points1 point ago

I do this to my real parents... then BAM! They walk back into the room. Happens every time.

[–]unsaid14017 0 points1 point ago

When you grow up, you'll realize how grateful you are that you had someone that for all intents and purposes had not much reason to take care of you but still stuck with it and tried his/her best to be a parent figure for you. For now, I'd advise you be less of a shit and try to be more respectful. It's a two-way street.

[–]Unforgivensins 0 points1 point ago

I'm a step-parent as well. When the kids are younger they can't process the thoughts I don't think as well that you truly care about them. My step-daughter pretty much hates me right now, but she also hates her step father as well. It's a loosing battle especially as teenagers. I think deep down she really knows I love her as much as I would have if I had given birth to her. I'm not here for just her dad, I'm here for the package deal and I love her as much as I love her father.

[–]rarkai 0 points1 point ago

Don't worry, in their heads when they are fighting hard to be accepted by their bratty step children, they are probably thinking this too, intertwined with sadness.

[–]jenniferjuniper 0 points1 point ago

My step dad was usually the one mediating fights between my mom and I. I love that guy like he was my own dad. Wish he was to be honest.

[–]Xuvin 0 points1 point ago

I sorta lost the parent lottery and I can honestly say with out my step mom I my life wouldn't be half as great as it is now. She helped me look for colleges and supported me through any problem I had.

ITS NOT YOUR STEP PARENT... you idiot when someone becomes a parent they didn't instantly become wise their still the same person and if their flawed that's how it continues. Blood means nothing its people so suck it up

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I understand your feelings. I was that way too with my stepmother. Then I grew up. I can't tell you how often I think about how much of a cunt I was to not only her but my mother as well. I wish I could take back everything I did, every insult that was said. quit being a little bitch and do as you're told.

[–]Mileskitsune 0 points1 point ago

I didn't know if it would stop!

[–]StarvingAfricanKid 0 points1 point ago

the amount of love I have for this gif transcends words.

[–]Bravoguy41[S] 0 points1 point ago

I'm sorry to all of the step parents this offends, but its only true. Not like i went outta my way to make you all furious with me haha.

[–]the_chris 0 points1 point ago

Sure smells like summer in here.

[–]gun_toting_pothead -1 points0 points ago

hahahahahahahaahaha sooooo true

[–]newloaf -2 points-1 points ago

Shit, I had an asshole father and an asshole step dad! Top that, haters.

Won't lie, I'm feelin' pretty smug right now.

[–]Jubtron -1 points0 points ago

Shittier image quality please. Need some more jpeg over here.

[–]SneeryPants -1 points0 points ago

Why step-parent? I did that to my cunt of a mother, and she actually gave birth to me.

[–]Brickfrigid -4 points-3 points ago

I have both real parents. Suck it

[–]treyhaha12 -3 points-2 points ago

I do that after my dad leaves the room after a fight

[–]shun-16 5 points6 points ago

Do you then post on facebook how he's a douchebag on the computer he paid for?

[–]shrlock 1 point2 points ago

I hate how people assume this. Some teenagers actually do buy their own computers.

[–]shun-16 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, and the ones that do are mature enough to be working and acting like adults, not on the internet being like "LOL I FLIP DA BIRD AT MY DAD WHEN HE CANT SEE!"

[–]evilpig 1 point2 points ago

I bought my own computer when I was 13 and it was top of the line. Saved up money from my first job for it. And my computer before that I won in a contest. So my parents have never bought me a computer and I doubt they would have and I wouldn't have the job I do now.

[–]treyhaha12 -1 points0 points ago

Well I'm actually in college and pay for my own shit so why don't you fuck off and get the facts before you spout off at the mouth with stupid shit

[–]powpowpowkazam -5 points-4 points ago

Or just a regular parent!

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