Not everyone is cut out to be a parent. Some people just don’t have the instinct to nurture, but for others, more serious issues get in the way. For example, in the U.S., 81,000 children were removed from their homes because their parents had substance-related issues in 2021 alone.
When this woman’s alcoholism drove her to neglect her 6-year-old, her sister stepped up and became his guardian. However, when she announced her pregnancy five years later, the sister couldn’t feel happy for her. She thought the mom still had to make amends with her now 11-year-old son before having a “do-over baby” and refused to celebrate.
A woman who took in her neglected nephew refused to celebrate her sister’s new pregnancy
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She felt her sister didn’t deserve a do-over with a new child without repairing the relationship with the existing one
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“I just don’t know how Val sleeps at night,” the woman wrote in the comments
Commenters sided with the author, wondering why other family members don’t care about how Danny feels
Other saw this situation as hurtful for everyone
10 days later, she came back with an update after talking with her sister alone
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“She apparently has moved past feeling like she needs forgiveness; she’s moved straight to thinking it’s irrelevant,” the woman concluded
Commenters congratulated the woman on handling this madness well
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