Stepmom insists 16-year-old stepson calls her mom and lets her adopt him after being married to his dad for 1 year, gets offended when he refuses: 'I already have a mom'

It is no easy task taking on the role of a step-parent. Not only do you face the challenge of learning to live happily with your partner and make peace with their ex, but you also have to take care in your relationship with their kids as well. Assuming that they haven't reached adulthood yet, this can be a difficult process of figuring out how you can best be a presence in their lives and homes without upsetting anybody, and ideally build a mutually appreciative relationship.

Of course, one look at many blended families will tell you that it doesn't work out this way a lot of the time. Some people want nothing less than having to parent somebody else's kids, and others are far too eager to create a dynamic that takes a lot of time to nurture. It goes without saying that in these situations, the children often suffer most.

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This is exactly the situation that one teenager found himself stuck in with his dad's new partner, whom he had been married to for a year. For her birthday, his father's wife requested that he start calling her mom and that she could adopt him to be her third child alongside her twin sons.
The 16-year-old immediately refused, as he felt that his own mom was still present enough in his life that it would be wrong to proceed with this, even if his dad had raised him as a single parent for several years. His dad and stepmom weren't happy, and he wanted to know if he had been too forceful in asserting his boundaries.
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Stepmom insists 16-year-old stepson calls her mom and lets her adopt him after being married to his dad for 1 year, gets offended when he refuses: 'I already have a mom'

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Stepmom insists 16-year-old stepson calls her mom and lets her adopt him after being married to his dad for 1 year, gets offended when he refuses: 'I already have a mom'

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