You Can’t Buy Your Way Into Being My Mom” — 5 Years Later, My Stepson Called with Life-Changing News

I married David five years before his teenage son, Josh, came to live with us.

From day one, Josh made it clear: I wasn’t his mother, and I never would be.

He mocked everything about me—my cooking, my music, even the way I spoke.

I put my heart into building a connection, but he gave nothing in return.

By his senior year of high school, college was approaching, and money was tight.

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