After Her Mom Passed Away, Her Dad Got Remarried To A Woman That Has Started Wearing Her Mom’s Clothes And Trying To Be Just Like Her Mom, So She Called Her Out At Her Birthday Dinner
This 17-year-old girl’s mom sadly passed away 7 years ago from cancer. 3 years after her mom passed away, her dad got remarried to a woman named Julia.
Honestly, she got along fantastically with Julia when her dad was still dating her, but as soon as her dad got married to Julia, everything got so bad that she cannot see herself liking Julia ever again.
It all started when her dad took her mom’s ring. In the days before her mom passed away, she removed this ring from her hand and put it on her finger.
After her dad took her mom’s ring from her, he gifted it to Julia, insisting that it would make them all so much closer. That never happened, though; instead, it was the first thing to begin driving them all apart.
“When my mom and dad married, it was my dad who took my mom’s last name, so I have that as well,” she explained.
“After their proposal, I requested that my dad can either take Julia’s last name or they can go to my dad’s maiden name, but I didn’t want her to take my mom’s last name. But they didn’t listen.”
“A year later, when they had a baby together, they named her after my mom in the honor of her memory. Again I did not want that, but they didn’t listen. My dad insisted that this would mean they are respecting her and her memory. So the baby has my mom’s first and last name, despite having no connection to her in any way.”
Another thing that has greatly upset her is the fact that Julia has begun wearing everything that her mom ever owned, including her jewelry, her dresses, her shoes, and her watches.
Julia also looks at photos of her mom at different events, such as weddings, and then takes pictures of how her mom wore her hair so her own hairdresser can replicate the styles.
Noel Powell – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
Now, she doesn’t think Julia is mean or villainous at all, and she really did like Julia a lot prior to everything that has happened.
She just doesn’t see how she can ever get back to a good place with her dad or Julia. She does still live with both of them, but she makes sure not to speak to Julia at all.
Occasionally, Julia will make an effort to fix their relationship, but in the end, she knows Julia won’t do what is necessary to make her feel better, which comes down to no longer wearing her mom’s belongings.
Well, yesterday evening was Julia’s birthday, so they all went out to dinner with some of Julia’s family members.
She did not want to be there at all, but her dad made her go. While at the restaurant, she refused to order any food and just got water.
“During dinner, Julia was sitting right there wearing my mom’s ring and earrings as my dad tried to raise a glass and give her a toast, referring to her as his wife and the mother of his “children” (it’s just two children),” she said.
“I raised my glass and then poured the drink on the table as people looked at me, I said, “she’s not my mother,” she said, “please don’t start something,” and I said, “you can steal her ring, her jewelry, her clothes, her name, it doesn’t make you her” and asked my dad if I can be excused and left.”
After arriving back home, her dad mentioned that he had accidentally said what he did at dinner, but it wasn’t right of her to create so much drama.
She just replied back that he forced her to go, so it’s really all his fault. A bit later on, her dad and Julia wanted to know what they could do to get her to try to get along with them again, and she gave them 3 things that they have to do.
“I said it’s simple: 1) Julia gives back my mom’s ring, 2) she will not use any of my mom’s belongings, and 3) They change their last name to something other than my mom’s,” she continued.
“Ideally, they should also change the baby’s first name, but I know that’s not realistic (and it’s not her fault), so I’m willing to compromise on that.”
Julia refused, so she said they could all just leave her alone. Her dad thinks she’s being terrible for making things “impossible.”
She’s left wondering if it was so wrong of her to pour water on the dinner table after her dad called Julia her mom too.
What do you think?
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