I chose to live with my STEP mother instead of my father… after they divorced! - r/BORUpdates | Reddit Stories | EP2247
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🗓️ 22 August 2025
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00:00 r/BORUpdates - AITA for choosing to live with my ex-stepmom instead of my dad after their divorce?
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| 0:20.6 | I chose to live with my stepmother instead of my father after they divorced. |
| 0:27.6 | Well, is she nice to you? |
| 0:33.6 | I, 18 female, am about to graduate high school and things have been weird at home for a while. |
| 0:39.3 | But now everything is kind of blown up, and I'm getting a lot of mixed reactions, so I figured I'd post here. |
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| 0:51.1 | So, my dad remarried when I was 14. |
| 0:54.5 | His new wife had two kids from a previous marriage who were younger than me. |
| 0:58.1 | From the start, she was polite but cold. |
| 1:01.3 | Never rude, but definitely distant. |
| 1:03.7 | She always seemed more relaxed and affectionate with her kids, which hurt, but I figured |
| 1:07.5 | maybe that was just natural. |
| 1:09.1 | Well, I think both of those things can be true. |
| 1:28.8 | Yeah. But whenever I came in the room, she stopped laughing and looked at me as if I was a danger of hurting her children. Oh, boy. For years, I felt like I was walking on eggshells around her. I tried being friendly and helping her out with the kids, giving her space, etc., but it never felt like I was truly welcome in my own home. It hurt, |
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