He Raised His Cousin From The Time She Was 4-Years-Old, But Now That She’s 18, His Fiancée Wants Him To Kick Her Out
This twenty-nine-year-old man currently lives with his pregnant fiancée, Sara, and his eighteen-year-old cousin, Mira.
But, he has far from a traditional cousin relationship with Mira. Instead, when she was four years old, her parents were extremely negligent.
So, once he was twenty years old, he took Mira in and basically raised her.
“While she calls me by name– and calls me her cousin– for all intents and purposes, we have a father-daughter relationship,” he explained.
And while he knew that Sara and Mira did not get along too well at first, he thought that the pair would eventually come around. That, unfortunately, never happened, though.
Instead, Mira approached him crying and apologizing out of the blue just a few days ago. She apparently claimed to be sorry for being a burden and hurting him and said she would move out.
But, he had absolutely no clue what Mira was talking about. So, he tried to calm Mira down and eventually asked what had gotten into her– and she spilled the beans.
“Sara told her that she is old enough to move out and stop being a burden on me, that she needs to stop taking advantage of my kindness,” he explained.
And learning this seriously pissed him off. He first comforted Mira and reassured her that he would never kick her out. Then, he immediately confronted Sara, which sparked a massive argument.
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“She thinks it’s such an issue that Mira has been referring to the baby as her little sister. Sara said that Mira is my cousin, and I have an ‘actual daughter’ coming, so I cannot keep coddling her,” he said.
But, he could not disagree more. He believes that blood or not, Mira will always be his daughter. And even though he spends a lot of time and money caring for her, he does not care– because he thinks that is what parents do for their children.
Sara did not understand this at all, though, and now, their entire family has gotten involved. His in-laws all believe that Sara is right and that he lacks appropriate boundaries. Plus, most of the couple’s friends have also sided with Sara.
“Even my best friend basically told me that Sara was right when I vented. Apparently, I basically forgot my place, and it’s unhealthy,” he huffed.
In turn, he has no idea what to do. He does not want to kick Mira out of his house at all.
But, with so many people siding with his fiancée, he is not sure if the living arrangement is actually as unhealthy as everyone says.
Do you think Sara had a right to approach Mira without talking to him first? Regardless, do you believe that this living arrangement is healthy? How would you navigate this situation?
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