View Full Version : Relationships with stepchild
 
 juju9507
Nov 13, 2012, 07:54 AM
My stepson recently got his acceptance letter to collage.  I found out by another parent, at a football game, not by my stepson.  I have done everything for him since he was eight.  I bought him a car when his mother refused,  my husband and I do everything for our kids.  When he told his father he was accepted his father told him several times to send me a text to let me know, since I work out of state.  Am I wrong in feeling very hurt and disrespected by my stepson for not being informed of his acceptance?
 Alexis Dubree
Nov 23, 2012, 03:07 PM
No you are not wrong, your stepchild should have told you the good news
 joypulv
Nov 23, 2012, 03:33 PM
There's no wrong when it comes to hurt, but there is about lack of respect.  Although this is disrespectful, it's by omission, and seems to have something deliberate behind it.  I would ask your husband if he knows what it might be.  
 
Perhaps your stepson feels that there have been 'gratitude' strings attached to various purchases, or that you bought him a car as a weapon against his mother.   And we don't know what financial arrangements you have with your husband, but saying 'I bought him a car' instead of 'we' is fraught with meaning, whether you and your husband share all expenses or not.
 
 Just guesses, not analysis!  You tell us.