During the conversation, her stepsister didn’t provide her with specific examples of how her father wasn’t trying to make time to focus on her.
From what she has witnessed, her stepfather has been working his hardest to support his family so that they can have a wonderful life, and he is trying to make enough money to leave his children with some of his inheritance when he passes away.
Later, she informed her stepfather of the reasons that her stepsister listed as to why she wouldn’t spend time with the family at the summer house. She noticed the hurt on her stepfather’s face and in his eyes, and from then on, he did even more to try to rekindle a relationship with her stepsister.
In 2021, her stepsister graduated from high school and took a two-week trip to Mexico as a celebration.
Her stepfather was invited along on the trip, but he couldn’t make it for the first week due to his work schedule.
He was available to make the second week of the trip, though.
“My mom and sisters went, and my stepsister went off on her own for three days, only coming back at night, refusing to hang out with my mom or sister. On the fourth day, she went to my mom and said, ‘I miss my boyfriend,’ and demanded my mom send her home. My mom tried to convince her to stay but to no avail, so she went home,” she explained.
This event was more than her stepfather could cope with. He gained clarity and accepted the reality that no matter how hard he tried to have a relationship with her stepsister, she wasn’t willing to allow it to happen.
After that, he gave up on making an effort with her stepsister.
The only times her stepsister contacted her stepfather was when she wanted to ask him for money so that she could go on lavish vacations.
Her stepsister has a child and, for a couple of days, was visiting the same state that her parents lived in.
