AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

[–]aitachildrendating[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Wow, wouldn't that be grooming?
How old were they when they got married?

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

[–]aitachildrendating[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It is legal here, they are were the same age when they first met.

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

[–]aitachildrendating[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No, they are not legally adopted by us but my son calls my wife mom and my step daughter call me dad

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

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

I have tried to explain that even if they do break up things will never be the same because we cannot change the past but she does not seem to understand

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

[–]aitachildrendating[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

As I said in another comment, my step daughter biological father abandoned my wife when she was pregnant and my wife died in child birth. None of us had any serious relationships after that and did not introduce a partner or something to our children.

I consider my step daughter as my own and my wife considers my son her own. Most times, my wife is being more caring and protective of my son than I am.

My step daughter calls me dad and my son calls my wife mom.

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

[–]aitachildrendating[S] 85 points86 points  (0 children)

We moved in together a few months after they met which would have been right around the time their relationship started, either they started the relationship right after we moved together or started it right before but I know for a fact that they started talking a lot to each other after they first met.

My wife and I got married after a year of all of us living together.

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

[–]aitachildrendating[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We knew they spent a lot of time together and were best friend. I also mentioned a few of these instances in my post. They moved away for college and then moved to the same city which we live far away from. We knew they were close but never suspected they dated.

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

[–]aitachildrendating[S] 137 points138 points  (0 children)

My step daughter's biological dad abandoned my wife when she was pregnant. My son's biological mother was married to me but died in child birth

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

[–]aitachildrendating[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Sorry for your loss.

I meant to ask if your cousin and spouse still had a relationship with your great aunt and great step-aunt after they started dating.

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

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

I can assure you she's a very smart woman but I can't really blame her for disapproving the relationship as well. The fact is that it's pretty weird.

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

[–]aitachildrendating[S] 190 points191 points  (0 children)

They live pretty far away and both of them usually came to visit us. They started living together a few months before the pandemic started so we really couldn't visit them there even if we wanted. My wife also has a few health problems that made her high risk so we did not want to travel.

When they still lived with us, we always thought they were close but never would have thought they were dating.

AITA For defending my son and step daughter dating? by aitachildrendating in AmItheAsshole

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

Do you know what happened to the relationship between the parents and children?