My step sister got pregnant right before high school graduation, married the drug addicted father (despite everyone's protests), "because they loved each other" and was divorced within a year. The father is now behind bars due to drug related crimes and a B n' E. She had another boyfriend the very day her divorce papers were filed, who turned out to be an abusive alcoholic. The boyfriend after THAT was *also* physically abusive.  She dropped out of college after one semester, has no job, and drifts around mooching off of different people and staying at their houses for extended periods of time. Both sides of the family did their best to be supportive; being emotionally available, loaning her money, buying her a car, helping out in any way possible with the kid, etc. And even after all that, she basically told everyone to go screw themselves and stay out of her life. I truly do feel sorry for the kid, and plan on doing my best to be a good uncle. However, I just can't muster any pity for my step sister. Someone who at every turn took every piece of good advice they were ever given... and ran the other way with it. Meh.
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My step sister got pregnant right before high school graduation, married the drug addicted father (despite everyone's protests), "because they loved each other" and was divorced within a year. The father is now behind bars due to drug related crimes and a B n' E. She had another boyfriend the very day her divorce papers were filed, who turned out to be an abusive alcoholic. The boyfriend after THAT was *also* physically abusive.  She dropped out of college after one semester, has no job, and drifts around mooching off of different people and staying at their houses for extended periods of time. Both sides of the family did their best to be supportive; being emotionally available, loaning her money, buying her a car, helping out in any way possible with the kid, etc. And even after all that, she basically told everyone to go screw themselves and stay out of her life. I truly do feel sorry for the kid, and plan on doing my best to be a good uncle. However, I just can't muster any pity for my step sister. Someone who at every turn took every piece of good advice they were ever given... and ran the other way with it. Meh.
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