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Am I the asshole for not wanting to contribute to my stepson's college fund?

My 39 male and my wife Emily 38 female have been married for 12 years.

Emily has a son, James, 17, from a previous relationship with Dan.

M left Dan when she caught him cheating with a co-worker. I shared 50-50 custody of James. I met Em about a year after he had left Dan.

A year later, Dan married his affair partner and Em and I got married soon after. James never really

bonded to me. I admit that I tried a little too hard initially to get him to like me, but backed off when

I realized I was trying too hard, and it was having the opposite impact.

Over the years, we've built a tense acceptance of sorts, if that makes sense.

M and I have three kids, 10 female, 7 male male and 4 male. James doesn't have a good relationship

with them either. He bonds well with Dan's sons, but doesn't like spending much time with our kids.

He isn't mean to them, but just ignores them mostly. The eldest two now just avoid him when he is home.

M and I both have well-paying jobs and early on

we decided that I would contribute 80% to our trio's college fund and M would do 20% because

she would contribute 100% to James's college fund. We didn't know if Dan was making any such

arrangements on his end but we thought that at least this way, James

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