She Called Her Dad A Hypocrite For Being Jealous Of The Fact That She’s Spending More Time With Her Grandpa Because Her Dad’s Been Prioritizing Her Stepsister Ever Since He Got Remarried
When your parents split, and one of them remarries someone who has a child your age, it’s easy to feel replaced or left out as their relationship with your stepsibling grows stronger.
One teenager called her dad, who’s been spending more time with her stepsister than her, a hypocrite after he got jealous of her spending quality time with her grandpa.
She’s 15 and has been through a lot in the last decade. Around nine years ago, she lost her mom and got a brain injury, which left her dealing with a lot of emotional distress. Two years after her mom passed, her dad married a woman named Jane, who has a daughter, Amy, who’s a year older than her.
When her dad first remarried, he instantly became a lot more attached to Amy and began spending more time with Amy than he did with her, especially because they shared similar interests.
“He took her to special places he adored that he didn’t ever take me to, and I wanted to go,” she said.
“He shared with her stuff he didn’t share with me. I was jealous, and I was hurt. I tried to explain [that] to my dad, but he told me it was selfish to want to keep him to myself and to leave Amy without a dad.”
Unfortunately, Amy wasn’t very supportive or interested in bonding with her either, as she would tell her to “accept” that her dad liked her better.
The few times she could get her dad to spend time with her, it was to do things she was interested in, and he would act as if she was a major burden and zone out.
Recently, her grandpa, her dad’s dad, noticed she was struggling to bond with her dad and decided to start spending time with her.
Jacob Lund – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“He started spending more time with me and created a bond with me that we didn’t have before,” she explained.
“My dad isn’t that close to his dad, but [my] grandpa has been the best. My dad noticed, and he got so jealous. He confronted me a few days ago, saying I was ignoring him and spending way too much time with Grandpa. He asked me why I stopped asking about our time together.”
She told her dad he made it very clear on several occasions that he had more fun spending time with Amy than with her. Her dad then told her she had no right to rub her special relationship with her grandpa in his face. She then called him a hypocrite for reacting that way and said that his actions were the reason Amy felt closer to him and she couldn’t connect with him.
“Dad decided the two of us needed family therapy,” she recalled.
“He said it’s the only way to fix [things]. I told him family therapy won’t fix us when he can’t even [sit] and have a conversation with me. He told me I used to be willing to try, and now I’m not, and it’s not okay.”
Should she try to go to therapy with her dad, or is it too late to fix things?
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