Arsalan Sajid
Younger children require their parents’ love and care more than anything else, and they get desperate if they have to live with a single parent because one of them is absent. Their upbringing shapes their characters, and they keep their distance from their abusive parents after becoming adults.
OP lived with her haughty mother, who never bothered to look for her daughters. OP never met her father, but Dan, her mother’s boyfriend, showed her father’s love, and after a year, she had a younger sister. As Dan and her mother separated, he attempted to obtain full custody of his daughter because he was aware of her mother’s unpleasant behavior with her children, but he only succeeded in obtaining half of it. Dan often bought items for both of them and attempted to look after OP, something her mother never did. Dan died of cancer when OP was 16 and left his daughter in OP’s care by appointing her as trustee of his possessions. OP needs to safeguard her sister from her mother’s wrath until she turns 18, so she accepts all her mother’s unreasonable demands. Read the full story to learn about OP’s strategy to save herself and her sister, and share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Source: Reddit
1. OP questions whether it was improper of her to mislead about giving their stepsister access to her sister’s college fund.
2. OP grew up with a self-centered mother and her boyfriend, Dan, who gave her father’s love and a baby sister to cherish. After they separated, Dan tried to get full custody of her daughter but failed.
3. Dan was not wealthy but tried to take care of both of them as much as he could. OP was 16 when he was diagnosed with cancer and died.
4. Before his death, Dan appointed OP as executor of the assets he left for both OP and her sister, which would be used when they reached the age of 18. Op’s mother was enraged and made their daughters’ lives miserable as a result.
5. OP’s mother started dating Brad, who had a daughter three years younger than OP’s sister. For OP’s sister to attend college, her mother stipulated that she had to give Brad’s daughter half of her trust fund.
6. OP assured her mother that she would give her step-sister half of her sister’s money to pass the time until her sister turned eighteen and they could leave her mother’s house together.
7. OP learned that her stepsister couldn’t get into any college because she had no money for it and did not want to apply for a loan.
8. OP thanked everyone for supporting her and said that she and her sister have decided to stay away from their mother and their stepsister in the future.
Now that you’ve heard the story, let’s dive into what Redditors had to say. Keep reading to discover other people’s perspectives on the matter.
9. Redditor backs OP for deceiving her mother to give her sister her full inheritance.
10. Redditor thinks that OP’s stepsister shouldn’t have trusted OP’s mother’s statements.
11. Redditor states a valid point.
12. Indeed, Don made the right choice in designating OP as the trustworthy for her sister’s fund.
13. Yes, OP is fortunate to have a caring young sister and a father like Dan in her life.
14. According to OP, her sister inherited Dan’s generosity and would be proud of her if he were still alive.
15. Redditor states that It was Brad’s responsibility to arrange college funds for her daughter than anyone else.
16. Exactly! They had three years after OP broke all contact with them to think about their daughter’s future.
17. According to Redditor, Dan knew that OP would be the best guardian for his daughter which was proven eventually.
18. OP praised Dan and her sister for having caring personalities alike.
19. Redditor appreciates OP’s strategy to protect her sister from her mother’s blackmail.
20. Definitely! OP did an excellent job raising her sister.
For them to live in harmony in their mother’s home until her sister became eighteen, OP promised her mother that she would divide her sister’s money with Brad’s daughter. OP waited for her sister to reach adulthood for many years, never intending to give them the money that her sister’s father had left for them. Dan gave OP the responsibility for his daughter since he knew that their mother would make it more difficult for them when he passed away. OP took good care of her sister, educated her with the money left over from her father’s estate, and removed her from those self-centered individuals. How do you feel about OP’s approach? Let us know what you think, and check back with Defused for more stories.
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