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My father tried to trick my stepmother, so I exposed him.

What?

Why would you do that?

My 17 female stepmother, Jane, is a wonderful,

wonderful woman. She and my father got married when I was four, and she's been a rock in my life

ever since. My mother was always my primary caregiver, but up until that point, her relationship

with my father was acrimonious, and I basically never saw him. By the way, this comes from user Whole Pomegranate 5342, and if you want to submit your own stories, go to the R-slash-OK Storytime subreddit. I'm Dakota. I'm Angie. And I'm Keon. And we're here to give good advice goofily, but we don't have all the answers. We only know what we

would do, so if you'd do something different, let us know in the comments. O.P. says,

Jane was the reason they developed a stable co-parenting relationship. She encouraged everyone

having a good relationship with each other and was always there to support me and my mom when

things got rough. Jane was always a really hard worker. When she met my dad, he was living out of a hotel.

And my mother was doing everything in her power to keep me away from him because she was

petty and angry that their relationship didn't work out. Meanwhile, Jane had a great job, a nice house, and helped my dad get back on his feet.

She negotiated a visitation schedule with my mom, who did admittedly hate her for a long time,

and made sure my dad sent us money every week because neither one of them could afford an attorney to negotiate child support payments.

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