Posted on 01/17/2022 5:06:20 PM PST by nickcarraway
Well said.
Exactly, let the brothers pay, then.
*** I told my mom that my niece is going to have lots of guilt over her stupid selfishness.***
You may be right, but I’m betting it will be a long while before your niece has any guilt. Probably years. When they are this immature, it takes a while for them to outgrow it.
Then don’t take the money.
This step father is a cuck, warned about in proverbs.
Stay away from the harlot. Or you end up paying the cost for her worthless children.
Any man that marries a women with children is an idiot.
Agreed.
No problem, boys. It may surprise you to learn that single mothers who cared enough to have their children rather than abort them don’t want to be bothered with whining, complaining males. Furthermore, they don’t want to allow potential child molesters into their homes.
There’s only one wedding I’m worried about. If I’m not invited to that one, if I’m kicked out of that Wedding Supper, oh boy.
Agreed. Any man who would enter into such a situation is very suspect.
LOL! Pure cope. Most guys do not want to raise other men’s kids - particularly if they’re not bringing kids of their own into the relationship. Your claim that single mom’s don’t want men is laughable. They are damaged goods in the dating market and they know it.
There are too many unanswered questions here.
What were the circumstances of the divorce? Marital abuse or amicable separation? Has the step father been abusive? Are the brothers unreasonable jerks who just want their mommy & daddy back together again? What does Momma think about this? Why isn’t the girls biological parents paying for the wedding?
Hard to tell who is wrong here, however, if I was the step father & was disinvited to the wedding, my checkbook would be closed immediately. Let the brothers pay for a wedding for which they have dictated the guest list.
Sorry, kiddo. Some men overvalue themselves. You sound like one of them. Just an observation.
“ Why [aren’t] the girls biological parents paying for the wedding?”
Because, as generally is the case, the step father is a sucker being drained of his money and used.
Overvaluing oneself is not specific to either sex. You may think reciprocity is “overvaluing”. I do not. I’d say its more like equality.
That door swings both ways, Baby. I made a vow to never even date, much less marry, a MAN with children. As you said, “the thankless task of raising another” woman’s children.
“nobody is going to want to see a video of your wedding unless something happens that you don’t want them to see”
LOL! I’m thinking of some of the true crime stories I’ve seen on TV or read. At times, wedding videos have been used by LEOs in investigations of crimes, especially murder.
“Any man that marries a women with children is an idiot.”
Any woman who marries a man with children is an idiot. Like life isn’t hard enough already?
Maybe so.
Although generally it works out poorly for the kids in that situation.
The evil step mom is a trope in fairy tales for a reason.
I don’t blame you a bit for it - particularly if you’re not bringing kids of your own into the relationship. That strikes me as not only reasonable but completely fair to insist on the same in return for anybody you would consider getting into a relationship with.
How does reciprocity apply here? My point is that fussy, nit-picking males aren’t worth the trouble. Single mothers have quite enough to do without adding a demanding being to the mix. Couple that with the complaining addition’s desire to expropriate her resources for his personal use, and you have an undesirable situation. I’m certain we can agree that any single person of substance is a target for users. Anyone who is raising offspring doesn’t need another dependent.
I would have told them to elope. :D
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.