Blending a family can be a real challenge. Especially when it comes to treating all children equally, regardless whether it’s your own biological child or not. You’ve got to be on your A-game and resist giving preferential treatment to your own flesh and blood. However, it’s easy to let those subconscious biases creep in and start playing favorites.
Take this dad’s “Am I The [Jerk]?” story, for instance. He and his wife decided to enjoy their first blended family vacation together. And they thought the room arrangement for their kids was fine. Until one night, the author of the post decided to side with his daughter and make his stepdaughter sleep on the couch. Let’s just say the wife wasn’t very happy when she learned about this.
Bringing two families together can be a real struggle, especially when one of the parents starts to play favorites
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This parent decided to turn to the internet to ask whether it was wrong of him to compromise by siding with his daughter
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OP answered people’s burning questions and gave more context to the story
But despite all excuses, the internet decided that the only jerk here is the father
A few days later, OP wrote a follow-up of this story
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