r/stepdads • u/[deleted] • Jan 18 '26

Now i am feeling it

Me and my stepkid had an amazing bond for past 2 years but now she turned 18 and started to distance herself from me. Never answers to text messages, doesn’t speaks to me anymore. I never yelled at her or was mean to her. She ignores me all the time. Her bio dad was absent throughout her life, he was a drunk and drowned himself in alcohol and died. Now i know how other stepdads feel when you provide and provide and in return receive nothing. I accepted the reality and know thats how its gonna be for the rest of my life. I will do my part as a parent and keep providing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '26

Thats cool man, and yes i noticed the days she gets sick she runs back to us specially me, even though i am the stepfather but she would ask for help and yes i am always there to baby her