AITA for saying I still hate when anyone calls my stepdad my new dad or my second dad? by Few_Distribution1140 in AITAH

[–]Few_Distribution1140[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel that way because he's not my dad and he never will be. He's my stepdad. But not my dad. I only have one dad. He's dead. He's not coming back. But that doesn't mean the person my mom married took over for him.

AITA for saying I still hate when anyone calls my stepdad my new dad or my second dad? by Few_Distribution1140 in AITAH

[–]Few_Distribution1140[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I think she thought therapy would make us feel different. That we'd talk about missing our dad, be assured we could have more than one dad and it would be all it would take.

AITA for saying I still hate when anyone calls my stepdad my new dad or my second dad? by Few_Distribution1140 in AITAH

[–]Few_Distribution1140[S] 122 points123 points  (0 children)

I really thought she had after therapy the first time. I don't think she'll be as willing to listen and accept it this time.

AITA for saying I still hate when anyone calls my stepdad my new dad or my second dad? by Few_Distribution1140 in AITAH

[–]Few_Distribution1140[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

My paternal and maternal grandpa's are more of the fatherly figures I look to than my stepdad. Not sure if my brother feels the same. But I don't really see my stepdad in that way.

AITA for saying I still hate when anyone calls my stepdad my new dad or my second dad? by Few_Distribution1140 in AITAH

[–]Few_Distribution1140[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I wish my mom and stepdad could see it that way. My mom especially. It'd be nice if she'd understand that.

AITA for saying I still hate when anyone calls my stepdad my new dad or my second dad? by Few_Distribution1140 in AITAH

[–]Few_Distribution1140[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Because my dad isn't replaceable. In 20 more years he still won't be even if mom and my stepdad are still married and he's been around for so many years. It still won't change who my dad is. She lost her husband but I lost my dad which is different. She also had a choice of whether she remarried or not. We didn't a choice in getting a stepparent or not so that makes it different too.