She Wants To Ask Her Dad To Divorce His New Wife Because She Thinks Her Stepmom Is Ruining Her Life
About six years ago, this 15-year-old woman’s parents got divorced. Then, just last year, her dad, who is 42, remarried a 32-year-old woman named Nina.
At first, she thought that Nina was nice, too. But then, she and her sister, who is 13, started to feel like everything was changing because of their new stepmom.
When it came to cooking, for instance, Nina took over all of a sudden. The issue isn’t that she thinks Nina is a bad cook, but her stepmom tends to cook meals that she and her sister hate.
Nina did ask what meals they enjoyed in the past and would sometimes cook them. But, most of the time, her stepmom will just cook other things that she and her sister don’t enjoy.
They’ve complained about this to their dad, too, but he claims that they need to start eating healthier. He also pointed out how it’s not ideal for her and her sister to be such picky eaters.
Still, she doesn’t like how much mealtime has changed in their household since Nina entered the picture.
“In the past, my dad used to cook himself a meal and make separate meals for us based on what we liked because he knew we didn’t like what he ate,” she recalled.
So, she asked her dad why they couldn’t do that anymore, and he claimed it was unsustainable. After all, he was forced to spend over two hours in the kitchen cooking completely separate meals, and it doesn’t make sense anymore.
Plus, her dad believes that if Nina already wants to cook dinner for everyone, then it saves him time, and he doesn’t want to get in his wife’s way.
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Her dad also pointed out how, if they really hate Nina’s meals so much, then she and her sister could make their own food arrangements. However, she doesn’t think that’s fair since she and her sister don’t know how to cook.
“My dad said he’s always been willing to teach us but that we just never wanted to learn. Well, our mom didn’t teach us either, so how is it our fault?” she asked.
Her dad did admit to being partially at fault for often picking up pizza or fast food after work since he was too tired to cook. However, now that they are in a different situation, he wants to improve their lifestyle and ensure she and her sister are receiving proper nutrition.
Anyway, aside from cooking, she also has other issues with Nina being in their life.
Since she and her sister split their time between their dad’s and mom’s houses, her dad used to go inside their mom’s place and help them pack up their things before they went to stay with him. But, nowadays, her dad tends to wait on the porch or in the car. And they hate that he never goes inside anymore.
Her dad claimed that it’s just because they are old enough to pack up their own stuff now. However, she doesn’t think that’s the real reason.
In the past, they also went on two family vacations with both of her parents. Yet, ever since her dad began seeing Nina, those family trips stopped.
She confronted her dad about that, too, and asked why they couldn’t go anymore. At that point, he admitted that he was never really comfortable with the trips and only did it to see her and her sister happy.
Now that her dad is married, he also thinks there need to be boundaries in order to keep things appropriate. Still, she just doesn’t understand that.
“Like, my parents were married for 10 years, and even after the divorce, he would be in my mom’s place. Why do there need to be boundaries now? He’s just coming inside; it’s not a big deal,” she explained.
“We’re still a family to me and my sister. I don’t like that he’s stopped acting like it just because of his new wife.”
All of her unhappiness surrounding their “new normal” at home has even pushed her to think that if her dad got divorced from Nina, then she and her sister would be much happier.
She feels like their happiness used to be a priority for her dad. However, she doesn’t think that’s true anymore.
“Nina’s not mean to us, but I feel like she’s ruined everything. We were a family before she ever came into the picture, so she has no right to mess with that and change it all,” she vented.
“I just want things back the way they were.”
So now, she is actually considering asking her dad to divorce Nina since she thinks her stepmom is “ruining their lives.” But she isn’t sure if that would make her a real jerk or not.
Does it sound like her stepmom is really ruining her life, or is her dad finally forcing her to grow up? Can you understand why she doesn’t like the changes at home? Regardless, would it be right for her to ask her dad to get a divorce?
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