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Bella,<\/p>\nBella,<\/p>\n
My father recently married a young woman who can be his daughter and I am upset. He is 57 and she is 20. Bella I am 24. What kind of respect is that for me?<\/p>\n
My mother died around four years ago and my father met this young girl in church that he married about a year ago. I am not happy; neither are my younger siblings.<\/p>\n
I honestly have no issues with the girl expect that I cannot have respect for her because I feel like my friend is speaking to me whenever we talk.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t think that I should respect her. Besides I am older than she is.<\/p>\n
She walks around with little pieces of shorts in the house. I hear them at nights because she\u2019s loud.<\/p>\n
I want to move out but it\u2019s my mother\u2019s house even though she\u2019s dead.<\/p>\n
I think my father should get his own house to put his new little wife and leave our mother’s house for her children.<\/p>\n
Am I being inconsiderate?<\/p>\n
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Hurt Child<\/p>\n
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Hello hurt child,<\/p>\n
There is really not a thing you can do about who your dad chooses to marry. You might as well give it a chance and hope they are happy.<\/p>\n
Having sour attitude or refusing to be polite about it will only make you look bad.<\/p>\n
You are an adult and asking your father to leave a house that I am sure he built or pays for is unreasonable. In fact, many people may say that you should be the one to leave.<\/p>\n
I am not saying this to say your concerns aren\u2019t legitimate. I am simply trying to let you realize that there\u2019s nothing you can really do about it.<\/p>\n
Try to get to know your step mother. Respect has nothing to do with age really. Are you saying that you cannot respect your younger siblings?<\/p>\n
Once your father is happy, be happy for him because I am sure the loss of your mother wasn\u2019t easy to deal with.<\/p>\n
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Bella<\/p>\n
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