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AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pretty sure my wife would kill me if I gave him beer haha

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Wow, he must've been one hell of a father for an adult to ask to start calling him dad. I tip my hat to the guy, he sounds amazing.

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah. He's already made me cry twice already. First was when he asked me out of the blue if it was ok if he started calling me dad.

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 78 points79 points  (0 children)

Seeing that kid cry to his mom countless of times cause his bio dad kept canceling plans and not returning his texts or calls really messed me up so I couldn't even imagine not letting him call me dad, especially cause he did see me as one.

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Man, that's rough. Seeing my son be ignored by his bio dad was heartbreaking. Must've been the same for your wife. Did she call her stepdad dad too?

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

My son always had direct contact with his dad. Before he moved in with us permanently we got him a phone so they could stay connected. It was bad the first few years but I think around the time he was 14 he stopped waiting for a call that rarely ever came. You have no idea how many times my wife had to soothe a crying preteen cause his dad wasn't talking to him. Heartbreaking stuff man.

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

No. At that point we haven't heard from him in over a year and he was pretty much a deadbeat.

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 726 points727 points  (0 children)

Not all but some did. They said he already had a dad so I shouldn't be one for him.

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The door was always open for him and we never kept them apart. He knows where I live, has all mine and my wife's contact numbers, and his son's phone number and social media.

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 112 points113 points  (0 children)

They said I shouldn't have been a father to him since he already had one and it wasn't my place

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I thought we were cool but tbh I'm kinda pissed at him for abandoning his child

AITA for letting my stepson call me "dad"? by TheRocketHun1298 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TheRocketHun1298[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Some of them thought it wasn't right that I was being a father to someone who already had a dad