11/09/2026
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AITA for telling my dad I wouldn't talk to his wife or her kids again if they divorced or he died?
My parents got divorced years ago. Dad was my primary parent and I (m17) saw mom on weekends. Then she moved to Florida without telling us and we found out when I went to her place and someone else was living there.
She didn't leave a forwarding address or anything and when dad called and texted her she replied once for us to leave her alone. I was 12. The next year my dad married his girlfriend of three years and they bought a house together and all of us moved in including her three kids.
I was fine with that but it wasn't like I was suddenly like oh a new mom or a stepmom and I know legally that's what she would be described as. To me she was dad's wife. Her kids were dad's stepkids/his wife's kids.
I'm okay with them but not close and I don't feel anything toward them. I don't try to spend time with them unless dad makes me. That's something that bothers dad.
He wanted me to willingly spend time with them and bond with them and he was hoping I'd offer to babysit occasionally without asking. He told me I should and I told him don't call the kids my siblings and we'll talk and that led to us talking about that and he was annoyed I had that view of them. I was like that was always how I saw it just like his wife is his wife and not my new mom or parent.
He mentioned how important it would be for...