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I mentioned in my last post, I was thinking of sharing some stories from before.

I finally got the restraining order against my lovely stepmother and went no contact with my father.

Though they were plenty worth writing about, I'll start with one of my sister's favorites.

All of the names here are fake.

My fiance, Jane, found out she was pregnant in June of 2021, and we announced it to our

immediate families in August.

At first, stepmother was completely uninterested in our baby.

Not that I expected much from the woman whose reaction to our pregnancy announcement was

to ask Jane if she was sure it was my god menace even my dad berated

her for that one but she barely seemed to acknowledge the fact that we were expecting instead

she was more interested in my stepbrother who was also engaged and would give her beautiful

grandbabies soon no complaints We didn't want her involved

and we didn't even have to say anything. Planning our baby showers was complicated. Both me and Jane

would have to work until the holidays and I wanted to be involved. The due date was in February

2022, so we decided early January as the best period of time. We had enlisted two people as planners,

my sister Laura, and Jane's best friend Nina. Me and Jane are mostly laid back people. We didn't

want a big party, nor did we want to spend too much money on it. We were saving for both our baby

and the wedding. We decided early on that the shower would be co-ed. It would also have to be indoors,

again January, and we settled on a guest list of around 25 people plus a dozen kids. We came up with the idea of a pizza party.

Me, Jane, Luke have had homemade pizza nights weekly since I moved in, and we thought it would be

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