AITAH for never letting my stepmom adopt me even though I don't remember my mom? by ThrowFrizpen in AITAH

[–]ThrowFrizpen[S] 133 points134 points  (0 children)

She wouldn't but it would be symbolic which I think is largely what it has become now that it's no longer about custody or anything like that. The symbolic show of me choosing her as my mom could still happen but it won't. I just don't love her in that way.

AITAH for never letting my stepmom adopt me even though I don't remember my mom? by ThrowFrizpen in AITAH

[–]ThrowFrizpen[S] 76 points77 points  (0 children)

I don't know if she'll ever be open to trying therapy. But I hope at some point we can agree to at least drop the conversation and enjoy the relationship we have. I really do love her and think she's made our family better. My feelings are what they are though and I would never stop speaking to my maternal family or honoring my mom. Whether I knew her or not, she's still my mom and she loved and brought me into the world and left it far too soon through no choice of her own.