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In this Reddit post, a family underwent significant changes following a divorce and remarriage. When the parents divorced, the father remarried a woman named Lauren, who initially appeared friendly. However, after their marriage, Lauren’s attitude towards the child from her husband’s previous marriage, who was 11 at the time, grew hostile. She saw OP as an obstacle to her vision of a perfect family. OP was frequently tasked with babysitting Lauren’s own child, Cora, with plans frequently being canceled at the last minute to accommodate Lauren’s needs. Additionally, OP often felt excluded from family activities, which made him feel upset. This continued until OP was 16, and decided to live with his mother full-time, leading to an improved situation.
Once OP encountered a friend named Jacob, who was the son of their father’s friends, and revealed that the father and Lauren had been spreading rumors that their custody had been “stolen” by the OP’s mother, portraying her negatively. When confronted about this, OP clarified that he had chosen to leave due to their experiences of exclusion and their father’s lack of support.
So keep on scrolling down below to dive deeper into this story and make sure to read it till the end.
1. OP’s parents were divorced when he was only 11 years old and his dad remarried to Lauren after less than a year, Lauren already had a baby named Cora.
2. Lauren was nice before his dad got married but after she told OP that she doesn’t want her in the family as he is an obstacle regarding a perfect family
3. They force OP to babysit Cora often and whenever he wants to go see his friends or do something then OP is forced to cancel at the last minute because they have to go out and OP has to babysit Cora
4. Whenever they spent time with Cora OP was excluded because oftentimes he was told to check in on Grandma and help her with her chores but OP didn’t mind it as he loved her
5. OP recently got to know that they went to a amusement park without him as Lauren wanted a family-only trip this can be taken as an example of his dad never standing up for him
6. At the age of 16 OP chose to live with his mom full time and he stopped going to his dad and Lauren’s house
7. OP bumped into Jacob who was the son of OP’s dad’s friend at dinner and he told OP that he was sad to not see him often as the court had forced him away from his dad’s house, OP was surprised to know this as none of this was true.
8. OP’s dad and Lauren told people that they had OP’s custody stolen and that is why he doesn’t live with them anymore
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10. Jacob told his parents and they told their friend group almost everyone in the neighbors about how OP’s dad and Lauren treated him
11. Now OP wants to know if he’s an A-hole as Cora is being excluded by her former friends
12. NTA
13. But they should have apologized to OP after exhibiting such behavior
14. Exactly, that is due to their action, not OP’s. OP here is definitely NTA.
15. This is a solid point here, now they need to face these rumors or end them as they were a consequence of their own actions.
16. It’s not OP’s fault what happened to Cora it’s their fault that it even happened
17. Almost everyone here said that OP is not an A-hole and that is a fact
18. They can sort this mess out as it is due to their own actions and OP does not owe them any responsibility
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