What is up, Waffle, gang? I do hope you are well. My name is Mark, and today we're checking out some

R-slash relationships. I read some relationships recently, and I really enjoyed it, so I'm going to do

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Now, this first story does come with a big update as well, from Unique Emergency 3407.

Nightmare Situation.

Me, 35 female, with partner 40 male, my son and his nephew, 15 males.

Four years ago, I met Bob, 40 male. Bob had recently become the guardian of his nephew Ben

after the death of Ben's parents in a car accident. Ben is the same age as my son Jason, 11 at the time, now 15. At first it

seemed perfect. I was over the moon at finding a man who was not put off by the prospect of

taken a soon-to-be teenage stepson. Jason's father is not in the picture. And in spite of being

very different personalities, the boys got along

from the beginning. So Bob and Ben moved into my house within less than a year. Ben was always

quieter, more creative kid, where Jason is more athletic and boisterous. And from the start,

I got a sense that Bob understood Jason's ways of being more than he did Ben's. At first, he would take

them both to sports games, but Ben obviously had no interest, and so pretty soon he just took Jason.

At the time, it seemed like a natural choice. Ben was bored at the games, and Jason honestly

reveled in having all of Bob's attention. But after that thing started unraveling.

As they grew older, the difference in the boys became more obvious. Their choice of clothing,

hairstyle, friends, music, hobbies, etc. And so did Bob's preference. He started making little

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