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An 18-year-old says she’s always turned to her maternal grandmother and aunt instead of her stepmom for personal milestones

Her late mother encouraged her to trust them before she died, making the bond especially meaningful

Her father says the distance deeply hurts her stepmom and hopes she’ll reconsider

A daughter turns to the Reddit community for support following a difficult conversation with her father about the relationship she has with her stepmother.

The 18-year-old shares in her post that her mother died when she was just 7, leaving her and her brother to grow up without her.

Her father met her stepmom when she was 9 and the two married the following year. “My dad and stepmom explained it to us that she was going to be another maternal figure in our lives, she’

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