She Doesn’t Want To Go To Her Stepdaughter’s Wedding Because She Isn’t Ok With Being Put At The Same Table As Her Husband’s Ex-Wife
A 50-year-old woman married her 64-year-old husband 2 decades ago, and when she did tie the knot herself, she already knew that her husband and his 8-year-old daughter Emma were a package deal.
Emma was from her husband’s first marriage, and after she married her husband, she moved into his house and began treating Emma like she was no different than a child of her own.
Emma never went to her mom’s house, as her husband had full custody and Emma’s mom was struggling with her mental health.
As the years went on and Emma celebrated her 20th birthday, her husband’s ex surprisingly reached out to say that she was “better” now and able to regain a relationship with Emma.
“Once my husband trusted his ex-wife enough he asked Emma if she felt comfortable having her mother in her life again and long story short Emma decided to rebuild her relationship with her mother,” she explained.
“Me and my husband believed she was old enough to make her own decisions so we were okay with it.”
“But after Emma rebuilt her relationship with her mother I noticed she was treating me more as a step-mother.”
Emma had always referred to her as “mom” growing up, but she suddenly switched to calling her by her first name, which is Monica.
Then, Emma began putting space between them and she felt upset. She really did think that Emma was just like her own daughter, and so it felt bad to have Emma pull back and treat her differently.
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With time, she moved on from being so hurt and she acknowledged the fact that she wasn’t really Emma’s mom.
“Fast forward a bit I have two kids with my husband and Emma was a big part of their lives since she still lived with us while they were growing up,” she said.
“She had a good relationship with them as well as my husband but things between me and her never really went back to normal so I started to see her more as my step-daughter and we tried keeping a relationship for the sake of my kids.”
Well, yesterday Emma announced her engagement to her boyfriend, who she has been seeing for a decade. Emma then mentioned that she was going to have her, her husband, and her children at the exact same table as Emma’s mom (and her husband’s ex).
“I felt a bit uncomfortable with this idea because I knew I was going to feel out of place at the wedding since the only people I would know would be her, my husband and my kids and my husband would be distracted most of the time taking family pictures with his ex,” she continued.
She did go to Emma to say that she was really uneasy about sitting at the same table as her husband’s ex, and then she told Emma that she really wasn’t interested in being involved in her wedding.
“She went completely mad on me and started screaming about how I should be there because I’m her dad’s wife and it’s not like her mom was still in love with him,” she added.
Emma has not said a word to her after the blowup, but Emma has been telling her husband that she really would like her to attend the wedding.
Her husband is not on her side and believes that she isn’t being fair to Emma, since Emma really is one of her children.
She’s not really sure if she’s wrong or not, but she’s willing to accept if she is in this situation. What do you think? You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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