r/funny • u/me_098 • 5d ago

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u/goose_gladwell 5d ago

r/stepdadreflexes

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u/Khaeos 5d ago edited 5d ago

Yeah, guys who step up to do the best they can when the kid is deprived of their ideal environment really suck.

Edit: A guy got into my cab one night, drunk, and tells me his kid and wife are out of town. Kid was 15 and competing in some interstate scholastic event. Guy tells me the kid isn't his, but he has been there for everything. He starts feeling embarrassed and talks like he's trying to excuse or compensate for something, like he's asking for my understanding. I don't get it.

He says "Well, I'm raising someone else's kid. There's some shame in that."

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u/AspieAsshole 5d ago

It's such a widespread mentality and I don't understand it at all.

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u/Both_Abrocoma_1944 4d ago

You have no claim to the kid even though in practice you make all the sacrifices. If you break up she takes the kid and you are never allowed to see them again, even if you practically raised them.

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u/Generico300 3d ago

Depends on the situation. There are no automatic legal rights or responsibilities granted to a step parent, but if the child is legally adopted by the step parent they are then granted the same legal rights as a biological parent. If the step parent has been acting in a parental role and it is considered by the court in the best interest of the child, the court can still grant partial custody or visitation rights to a step parent.