Hey, Hey, Waffle, gang. I do hope you are well. My name is Mark and today we're checking out some more relationship stories. And if you do love a Reddit story, why not consider him like, subscribe, maybe that notification bell too. Well, let's crack on with today's first story. Much love, guys. Now, today's first story comes from No Decision 913, who says,

am I the asshole for leaving my boyfriend when his ex died, leaving him to take care of his kids full time.

I, female 26, have been with my boyfriend, male 30 for two years now. He has two kids, male six, female four with his ex-girlfriend.

She moved to another state with kids to be near her family when they broke up three years ago.

He got them on vacations only. I knew all this when I started dating him. I had no issue with this,

but told him forefront I can't be a parent. I was parentified by my mom and raised my five younger siblings. The oldest of them is six years younger to me, and I had to change his diapers and feed him formula. I went low contact with my family when I left home at 18. I can't imagine doing that again. He was also snipped after the last kid and didn't want more kids.

He was fine with me not wanting to be a parent and just be a bonus adult.

We were taking it slow and I didn't even meet his kids until a few months back.

We took a trip together and got along great.

Things changed two months ago when his ex died. Kids were really

crushed as they moved into his house. We were not living together but he asked if I could move

in to help him out just for a while. I couldn't refuse and stayed, but I started hating it again.

I hated how clingy the kids became and how much responsibility I had. I did my

best but my mental health started getting worse every day. I didn't even get help from my boyfriend

because he was struggling too. Last week was especially bad since younger kid had a cold and

wanted me to nurse her back to health exactly as her mom would have.

The soup wasn't the same. The song and story wasn't told the same way. I didn't hug her

way her mom did, etc. It was some of the long list of complaints. I know she is grieving, but I was

already working from home and stressed too. When I told my boyfriend he should take over, he said, they need me more since I am a mom.

It triggered me.

I didn't want to be held to a mum's responsibilities again.

I told him I can't do this.

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