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Now, today's first story comes from Dawn of Abbey from the

Off My Chest subreddit and says, my 26 female, mom 43 female, started dating my biological father, 45

male, after he's been absent from my life for 26 years. This might be long, so please bear with me. My mom had me nine days after a 17th

birthday. My dad was 19. They were not and have never been in a relationship. My mom eventually

started dating another guy, who she got engaged to when she was 19. He sadly committed suicide a week before they were supposed

to get married. This obviously had an emotional toll on my mother and kicked off a 16-year addiction

to pills and IV drugs. My grandparents, her mom and dad legally adopted me when I was two and raised

me as their own. They are both insanely good people.

Words aren't enough to express everything they did for me and how much I love and adore them.

Mum was very in and out of the picture. Would disappear for months at a time, randomly show

up to my grandparents to visit me when in reality she was asking them for money or

something else she needed then would disappear again in and out of jail married four times all

two very abusive men all the works i'm happy to say she did eventually overcome her addiction

and has gotten a master's degree and is working on a doctorate.

She's an addictions counselor now.

We have mended our relationship and speak every day.

Though I travel for work, so seeing each other in person is more difficult.

My dad has never had much to do with me.

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