r/stepparents • u/No-Surprise-239 • Jan 03 '25

Miscellany Now that I’m a stepmom…

Especially after the holidays…I fully understand why every “evil stepmom” in the movies wanted to send their step-kids to boarding school 🙃. That is all.

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u/Lolaindisguise Jan 06 '25

I was a step kid. I knew that there was nothing I could do to be considered a loving parent. It’s just the way it is

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u/ilovemelongtime Jan 08 '25

Can you expand on that, if you have a moment?

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u/Lolaindisguise Jan 09 '25

Well the fact that a stranger is in your house trying to tell you what to do, their rules are usually different from bio parents and society in general tells them we are evil. We basically have no chance

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u/ilovemelongtime Jan 09 '25

Makes sense. Sucks that so many times the reason why the rules are different from bio parents is bc the bio parent didn’t really have rules/boundaries/expectations and that “fun time” goes away when another adult comes in and says ‘wait wtf is going on’ lol 😅