Imagine announcing your pregnancy to your family, expecting joy and excitement, only for it to lead to a whirlwind of drama and a potential custody battle! That’s exactly what happened to a 34-year-old mom who shared her story online. After revealing the news of her pregnancy to her 15-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son from a previous marriage, she found herself in a sticky situation. Her son was ecstatic, but her daughter’s apathetic reaction led to a clash with her stepfather. Let’s dive into this emotional rollercoaster.
The Big Announcement
Daughter’s Apathetic Reaction
Stepdad’s Frustration
Packing Up and Moving Out?
Ex-Husband Gets Involved
Mom Defends Stepdad ️
Daughter’s Escape Plan ♀️
Mom Puts Her Foot Down
Custody Battle Threats ⚖️
Family Torn Apart by Pregnancy News?
This mom’s pregnancy announcement was supposed to be a happy occasion, but it quickly turned into a family crisis. Her daughter’s apathetic reaction to the news led to a clash with her stepfather, who accused her of not even pretending to be happy. This escalated into the daughter wanting to move in with her biological father, causing the mom to panic and keep her daughter home from school. Now, the ex-husband is threatening a custody battle, and the mom is left wondering if she’s in the wrong. Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
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YTA for letting your husband call your daughter Sophiopath. That’s not funny, that’s cruel.
Commenter calls out OP for husband’s emotional abuse and lack of support for daughter.
Controlling mom loses daughter’s trust and needs to apologize
Mother dismisses daughter’s feelings, nicknames and grounds her. YTA big time
Commenter calls out mother’s favoritism and emotional abuse
YTA. Daughter’s custody may go to father due to husband’s behaviour.
Controlling behavior and abusive nicknames make YTA a**hole
Commenter calls out controlling behavior, teacher threatens CPS intervention.
♀️ Enabling husband’s bullying behavior towards daughter, YTA. Daughter is mature.
YTA for punishing your daughter over your own choices. Let her go.
Stepdad’s behavior is damaging, keeping daughter locked up is wrong. YTA.
Mom-to-be faces criticism for keeping daughter ‘locked up’. YTA.
YTA! Mother locks up daughter and abuses her emotionally.
Daughter wants to leave abusive stepfather, mom won’t let her go
Daughter uncomfortable with husband’s behavior, mom prioritizes own feelings.
Mom’s controlling behavior towards pregnant teen daughter criticized. YTA.
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Commenter calls out abusive behavior and unlawful imprisonment, deems OP YTA.
User calls out OP for not defending daughter against husband’s belittling
Commenter calls out OP for being TA and suggests apologizing.
Commenter calls out parent for being a major YTA
♀️ Mom-to-be receives YTA verdict for locking up daughter
NTA. The daughter is old enough to decide for herself.
Empathetic comment suggests listening to daughter’s concerns and needs.
Commenter calls out parent for enabling husband’s abusive behavior.
Give the kid space to process. Don’t treat her like property.
Commenter suggests therapy for daughter, calls out husband’s behavior.
Commenter calls out OP for mistreating daughter, offers sympathy
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YTA for allowing emotional abuse and renegging on custody agreement.
Practical steps to listen and resolve conflict with daughter.
Daughter should leave. OP is YTA for allowing bullying.
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Mom locks up daughter for wanting to see her dad. YTA
Commenter calls out OP for poor parenting and custody violation
Child of similar situation says YTA for letting husband bully daughter
User calls out mom’s failures and inaction, deems her YTA.
Commenter calls out the mother for locking up her daughter. YTA
Commenter calls out abusive behavior and predicts consequences for mom.
New stepdad causing damage, let daughter live with dad ❤️
Toxic mom prioritizes new family over daughter’s well-being. YTA
Commenter calls out parent for allowing verbal abuse of daughter.
Daughter has every right to be upset with OP.
Daughter feels bullied by husband, mom ignores it and punishes daughter. YTA
Terrible parenting, YTA for forcing daughter to stay.
Commenter thinks the mom is the a**hole!
