He’s Refusing To Take In His Teen Stepsister While Her Grandma Undergoes Chemotherapy

When this man and his sister left for college, his father had an affair with a younger woman– who wound up getting pregnant.
This led his mother to get a divorce and subsequently cut contact with his dad.
Still, his father stayed with the younger woman for a few years. But, his dad later ended that relationship as well, left the daughter, and started a new relationship with another younger woman.
“I don’t know all the details, but he sends child support money to the woman he had a daughter with and left,” he said.
Unfortunately, the woman also wound up falling victim to drug addiction a few years after his dad left. And the last he heard, the woman was not taking care of her daughter– his stepsister. Instead, his stepsister was being cared for by her grandma.
More recently, though, he began receiving calls from a random number– which he kept ignoring. But, one day, he decided to just pick up, and he realized it was his stepsister’s grandma who had been calling.
He learned that the grandma was going through chemotherapy for osteosarcoma. So, she asked if he would take in his stepsister temporarily.
He wanted to know how long that arrangement would last, and the grandma reassured him it would just be a month or two, max.
Still, he kept questioning the grandma, mainly about why she did not want his stepsister to stay with her during treatment to help out around the house.

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“She’s 13 by now, so mostly self-sufficient,” he reasoned. “But the grandma kept telling me she’s already called her brother, my father, her daughter, and no one will help.”
So, he ultimately told his stepsister’s grandma that he would think about it before hanging up the phone. Then, even though he did not want to, he decided to call his father to get more clarity on the situation.
His father claimed that the grandmother’s health outlook was not great– meaning that whoever took his stepsister in would likely be forced to care for her indefinitely if the grandma passed away.
At that point, he pointed out how the teen was his father’s daughter and claimed his dad should be responsible for the childcare.
Nonetheless, his dad claimed to have paid his share of child support. His dad also admitted to never wanting another child and called his daughter “just an accident.”
“We had a yelling match, and I’m pretty disgusted by him. But my dad clearly only paid child support and wants nothing more to do with her,” he explained.
So, he was forced to call his stepsister’s grandma back and tell her that he was unable to help. He also pointed out how the only real option she had was to sue his father to help out.
But, the grandmother was very disappointed by this and wound up crying, telling him that she did not have time to do that.
She also revealed how if he did not help, then his stepsister would likely go to Child Protective Services (CPS) since both the school and hospital know about the situation.
Not to mention, his stepsister is essentially unsupervised right now, and she has apparently been trying to cope with the situation by doing drugs, drinking, and running away at night with her boyfriend. That’s why the grandmother is concerned that his stepsister might get pregnant.
Regardless, he really does not want to help– mainly because he feels like he has no obligation to. In his eyes, his father created his stepsister, so his father should be the one to step up to the plate.
However, his stepsister’s mom is currently on drugs, and his dad has made it clear that he has no intention of helping out.
So, while his own mother and wife believe it would be a terrible idea to get involved since he already has a 5-year-old child of his own, he is really not sure what to do.
“I can’t help feeling guilty for not wanting to help,” he vented.
Do you think he should feel obligated to take in his stepsister? Even if he feels guilty, does that mean he should disrupt his life? What would you do in this situation?
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