A 16-year-old girl has a 40-year-old mom who never picked out great boyfriends when she was younger. Some of them mistreated her, and some of them acted as if they could barely tolerate her.
Her mom’s problems with guys have even resulted in her having what she refers to as “a lot of issues” at this point in her life.
A couple of years ago, though, her mom met 35-year-old Jake, and everything changed for the better.
Jake was nothing but wonderful to her and her younger brother from the start, and he instantly began treating them both like they were children of his own.
When she turned 11, Jake put a lot of effort into putting together a lovely birthday party for her, and it was the first time in her life that someone did that for her.
“It was just me and him and my younger brother because my mom was out of town, and he bought us pizza, a cake, he bought me a brand new sundress and took me to get my nails done,” she explained.
“When I couldn’t sleep at night due to past issues, he would make the best hot chocolate, and we would watch would tell me about his job until I got sleepy. When the dog chewed up my old stuffed animal to a point beyond repair, and I was heartbroken, he took me to one of his friend’s houses, and she had made me a new one that looked similar and wasn’t stuffed, and they had me stuff the remaining bits of my old one into it, and I still sleep with it every night.”
“He got my ears checked, and I got hearing aids after an incident with my mom’s boyfriend before him. Took me to therapy and doctors appointments, father-daughter dances, helped me with my homework, and made me want to be an engineer like him.”
Well, her mom sadly dumped Jake not that long ago, and her mom didn’t stop to consider how difficult the breakup would be for her and her little brother.
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Her mom fully anticipated that she and her brother would be fine with being completely alone for the majority of the time after having Jake there constantly to keep them company for 6 whole years.
She really is upset to know that her mom will probably resort to dating a ton of guys again and not being in her life at all. Jake is the only parent she feels that she ever had, and her mom just took that (and him) away from her.
When Jake did move out, he made sure to get an apartment with 3 bedrooms in case she and her brother would like to come to stay with him. Not only that, Jake is trying to work something out with her mom, so he can have custody of her and her brother, and he has said that he has no problem taking this to court.
“Jake takes care of us; he’s the one that has been there for us, not mom,” she said. “I know this because my mom comes home screaming at us about it. She and I got into a heated argument over it the other night, ending with her kicking me out and spending the night at Jake’s.”
“She said that if we want to move in with Jake, she’d let us, but she never wants to see us again after that. I discussed it with my brother, and we both want to go that route. She’s my mother, yes, but hasn’t been there for us and only put us in danger.”
She’s left wondering if it would be wrong of her to pick Jake over her mom.
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