He explained that his emotional distance from his wife was due to his attraction to his stepdaughter. The 23-year-old’s mother, though upset, assured her daughter that she didn’t blame her for the husband’s feelings. Needing time to process everything, she couldn’t handle the situation with both her husband and daughter at home. Consequently, she gave her daughter money to stay at an extended hostel temporarily and advised her to access her college’s emergency financial and housing resources. This decision upset the daughter, who then shared the distressing situation with her biological father.
The ex-husband, also disturbed by the developments, portrayed his ex-wife as a villain on social media for allegedly abandoning their child. However, the mother defended her actions, stating that she knew her daughter qualified for emergency resources due to her ex-husband’s unemployment and substantial debt.
The Reddit user clarified that leaving the house with her daughter wasn’t something she considered immediately. She wanted to assess whether she could salvage her marriage first. Many users strongly responded to the post, criticizing the mother for supposedly wrongly requesting her daughter to leave, suggesting that it should have been her husband asked to leave instead. Another user labeled her a ‘terrible’ mother, accusing her of not prioritizing her daughter’s protection from both bullies and her husband.