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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ha, I could have written this.

My dad got us every Wednesday afternoon until after dinner and every other weekend. My parents also alternated holidays.

I didn't realize how much of a part-time parent he was until I was in middle school. For example, if I told him I had a band concert on a Friday evening that wasn't his Friday and he wouldn't come because "it wasn't his required time." Also as I got older, he seemed relieved if I had plans that prevented me from visiting him on his weekend or took me out of his house for large chunks of time.

He remarried and my stepmom was super petty. She didn't allow anything that they purchased for me or my siblings to leave their house. If we accidentally packed clothes that she'd purchased and took them to our mom's house, we got punished the next weekend when we returned. She also constantly said things like "well, that's why your dad pays your mom $1,200 a month, isn't it?" when I needed something while at their house, like the time I needed a ride to buy a report cover on a Sunday to turn in my report Monday. My dad was golfing and I had to literally beg her to buy it for me because I had no money. She did and then sent me home with the $1.99 receipt so my mom could send money that Wednesday to pay her back.

He and my stepmom are still together. I see them once or twice a year. My stepmom LOVES to post on social media about my or my siblings' accomplishments, though. Like she had a hand in any of it and that drives me crazy. "So proud of my stepdaughter Larla, or should I say Dr. Larla, as she graduated with her doctorate this weekend!" and then she uses a photo she steals from somewhere else to make it look like she was there. I'm convinced she has a fake account and used it to friend my mom because some of the photos she uses are ones posted by my mom only. I wouldn't put it past her at all. [/quote]

This could be our story (me + siblings) until the social media part (to her friends, we likely do not exist).    She and dad had their own kid, moved across the county, and reinvented their 3-person family.   Have not heard from them since they no showed sibling's wedding 15 years ago.   [/quote]

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