The Broken Relationship

“So the whole thing comes out, my stepdad and mom split up and, as you would expect, both families now wanted nothing to do with my former stepdad. That was until my mom took him back about six months later. She didn’t actually tell me she took him back, he just started showing up to the house more and more. Everyone was supposed to just act as nothing had ever happened. I was 15 by this time and moved out of the house about a month later. This all happened 14 years ago, and I still steadfastly refuse to be in the same room as my former stepdad, let alone speak to him. My mom and I have a tenuous relationship. We’ll send each other a card on birthdays and that’s about it.”