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My Little Sister, becoming a StepMom, and I am so disappointed in her. OT- Sort of.

BSgoinon's picture

I have to get this out. Because I am not supposed to know any of it yet. But I just want to strangle her for taking the hardest possible path she could have with her future.

A little back story. My sister is adopted. She is biologically my cousins daughter, but when my cousin was pregnant at age 18, she couldn't raise a baby and asked my mom to adopt. My mom (going through a divorce with my dad at the time) decided it was a good way to heal her broken heart. 24 years later, my sisters and I have done a good portion of the "parenting" as my mom was in no position to raise another baby. I was the youngest until then, and I was 15 years old. Now, a total of 5 daughters, my mom was in for a long road of parenting. In step my sisters and I.

Little sister has the sweetest of hearts. She loves animals and old people. She is developmentally slow... but not to a point of special needs. She just doesn't catch on to things as quickly as most. Her vocabulary is that of a 14 year old, she is 24. She loves anime and tattoos. And is a hairdresser by trade. Still lives with my mom, and had found a perfect match... after 3 years of dating he asked her to marry him a year ago. Wedding date was set for next month.

In June she came to me with cold feet. Saying her man had "changed" and she wasn't sure if she was making the right decision. Well, sweetie, life is all about change. And he shouldn't be the same guy she started dating 4 years ago. He was 22.. now he's 26, a small business owner, and about to be a husband. She had started treating him like crap. And he was, in turn, doing the same. He was losing his business... stressed out, and had NO family to turn to since both his parents died when he was a teenager. We had been his family for 4 years. I asked little sister what else was going on.... she mentioned "a friend" telling her that he doesn't treat her right.

Yes, "friend" is a man. A much older man that had a "girlfriend". I told her it was inappropriate to confide in another man about her relationship. Much less to follow through with their plans of going to a concert together. She told me they canceled the plans and she would not talk to him anymore. 2 weeks later, she called of the wedding. Broke fiance's heart. That was July 6th.

Thursday, my mom and I went to lunch. She tells me little sister is now DATING "friend". And planning to move in with him in 2 months. "Friend" didn't have a girlfriend. He had a WIFE... and 2 kids. Both on the autism spectrum. She SAYS that he and his wife had been split up for a long time, he has full custody, and their mom is a meth addict. This man is 34 years old, 10 years her senior, works for his dad as an insurance agent, and is a tattoo artist on the side. He has green hair. I'm so disappointed in her. She was cheating on her fiance with this man. And my baby sister, that wasn't sure if she wanted kids at all will be playing step mommy to this idiots 2 kids (5 and 12) and she barely even knows him.

Friday.. mom calls me early in the morning.

My little sister is pregnant.

I have no words left.

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WalkOnBy's picture

I can understand why you are so disappointed in her. She is making/has made some really stupid choices and now her life will forever change.

I am not sure which part is more troublesome - the cheating, the moving in so quickly, the SM part or the knocked up part.

Ugh - just ugh...

BSgoinon's picture

Thank you for shedding a positive spin on this.

My sister is just not ready for all of this. She is extremely immature. She eats Top Ramon for every meal and watches cartoons all day. I have to BEG her to clean her room, and she lets her dogs piss on crap on the floor because she is too lazy to let him out. She didn't even think she was pregnant, my mom made her go to the Dr on Friday to get on BC, they wouldn't give it to her because she was already pregnant. Her first thought wasn't "what have I done" or "wow I should have used protection"... her first reaction was to come up with baby names. It's like having a pregnant teenager. That is her mentality. It's scary.

BSgoinon's picture

My sister swears it ISN'T possible... but I call BullSpit on everything she says right now. She was clearly sleeping with him before she ended her relationship. She says she stopped sleeping with fiance long before that. Who knows.

robin333's picture

Deep sigh. I'm sorry, it sounds like she's decided to take a harder path. It sucks watching this happen to one you love.

Aniki-Moderator's picture

Ouch. Has it crossed anyone's mind that the baby is the ex-fiancé's and NOT Green Hair??

BSgoinon's picture

That was my FIRST thought. She SWEARS that she had stopped sleeping with Fiance' several months ago because she was not interested anymore... honestly, who knows..

Aniki-Moderator's picture

Honey, I am SO sorry. How on earth can she care for a baby when she cannot care for dogs?? Sad

I don't suppose there is any way to talk her into NOT marrying this man...

BSgoinon's picture

Funny you bring that up... my mom just text me her due date.

since she JUST found out on Friday, they just did a quick "per your last cycle" due date. Which happens to be THE EXACT SAME DAY as my niece. (she is married with 2 kids already) My niece is 8 weeks pregnant. That puts her getting pregnant at least 3 weeks before she called of the wedding.

Exjuliemccoy's picture

:jawdrop: :jawdrop: :jawdrop: :jawdrop: Sad

BSgoinon's picture

Yeah, trying to figure out how to enforce a paternity test without completely betraying my baby sister. She has created such a disaster.

ESMOD's picture

It is so tough to watch people you care about make seemingly idiotic decisions.

My YSD is currently dating a guy that no one in the family cares for. In fact, most everyone actively dislikes him. Sigh... but "he does so much for her". BARF. no he does not.

One thing you may not 100% realize though is that her old relationship may not have been as great as it seemed from the outside. Her ex may not have been as nice as you thought. Shoot, my dad could be ranting and raging at my mom and then have the phone ring and he would pick it up.. "hello..." all normal and no edge in his voice whatsoever!

She may have been embarrassed to share the bad stuff with her family because she wasn't ready to leave him and didn't want her family to think she was stupid.

Not saying the new situation is a good one. It sounds challenging to say the least. But, maybe in the end things will work out to be not so bad.

BSgoinon's picture

I'm totally fine with her ending the relationship with her fiance'. I am NOT ok with HOW she is behaving now. I never judge what happens behind closed doors. My family was FURIOUS with my for divorcing my ex. They had no idea that he was a raging alcoholic that wanted me to be a swinger with him... that I caught him in the act of cheating on me IN FRONT OF HIS ENTIRE FAMILY (yes butt ass naked) when YDD was 2 weeks old. I never shared that information with them. At least, not until I was basically forced to so they didn't choose him over me.

ESMOD's picture

I know.. it's tough watching people you love make dumb choices.. choices that will certainly make their life HARDER. Life is hard enough as it is.

Livingoutloud's picture

I really hope that this older married man isn't taking advantage of her, she might end up alone with a child. Omg sorry, it's so sad.

Livingoutloud's picture

Is the guy actually married? Is he going through divorce? Does he even know about the baby? Omg

BSgoinon's picture

He is legally married. Divorce is final soon, I guess.

Yes, he went to the DR with her today. Of course he is "Mr Wonderful".

Exjuliemccoy's picture

I'm so sorry, BS. What a multi-layer mess.

It seems as if there's a segment of our population that is deemed mentally/emotionally challenged, but not challenged enough to need protection from themselves. I know, I know, it's a slippery slope to try to dictate someone's reproductive rights, but sheesh.

Did anyone see the story of this mentally challenged couple in Bend, Oregon? Yikes!

http://www.inquisitr.com/4402439/oregon-parents-lose-custody-of-children...