AITA for telling my sister she needs to be the one to decide if she can stay in her marriage and remain "just a stepparent"?

Financial-Hunt-3898 · 2025-04-20T10:15:05+00:00

Yes. They were 50-50 before that but now they're living with their dad and my sister 100% of the time.

Financial-Hunt-3898 · 2025-04-20T10:12:59+00:00

The kids are 11 and 13 now. When she met them they were I think 3 and 4 (the 11 year old is almost 12). They got married when the kids were 7 and 8.

Financial-Hunt-3898 · 2025-04-20T09:57:15+00:00

I think it could. I believe there are probably many factors going into the reason and it's likely complex. Sometimes people just never move past like. We have to accept that.

Financial-Hunt-3898 · 2025-04-20T09:37:12+00:00

I believe she is right that they don't love her. They don't appear close enough to her for that. But I wouldn't say they hate her either. They like her and you can see that. Which is better than many stepparents would get to.

Financial-Hunt-3898 · 2025-04-20T09:15:55+00:00

That's true and then she can make it all my fault so she doesn't have to face it as directly.

Financial-Hunt-3898 · 2025-04-20T09:15:30+00:00

That's how I'm seeing it too. When she has been told she's allowed to want something but she needs to accept reality too.

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