{"id":749,"date":"2024-09-05T23:10:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T23:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/?p=749"},"modified":"2024-09-05T23:10:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T23:10:25","slug":"my-stepson-16-wants-to-invite-his-girlfriend-on-our-trip-to-spain-my-husband-said-he","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/?p=749","title":{"rendered":"My stepson, 16, wants to invite his girlfriend on our trip to Spain. My husband said he"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Blended families sometimes encounter difficulties in treating all children equally. This was the case for Madison\u2019s family when her husband requested that her daughter skip a family trip, so his son\u2019s girlfriend could go instead. Matters worsened upon their return, prompting Madison to seek our advice. This is Madison\u2019s letter:My 16 y.o. stepson wants to invite his new girlfriend on our trip to Spain. My husband agreed but said he can\u2019t afford more than 4 tickets, so we have to leave my 18 y.o. daughter at home. I was furious and blamed him for choosing a stranger over his own stepdaughter whom he\u2019d been raising since she was<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>7. He replied, \u201cThat stranger is my son\u2019s guest\u2026 Also, you seem to forget that your daughter\u2019s dad is irresponsible and lazy, never paying for her vacations. Maybe it\u2019s time for him to step up.\u201d I felt powerless. We left for Spain without my daughter because I knew her biological dad couldn\u2019t afford a trip to Europe. When we returned, we were horrified to find that my daughter had packed her things and moved in with her father. She blames me for not standing up for her. I am devastated and at a loss. I still cant believe my husband\u2019s cruelty and how his actions led to this terrible situation. What should I do? MadisonThank you for sharing your story, Madison. We\u2019ve prepared four tips that might help you. Seek family counseling.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/?p=750\">\u2014>>>PRESS HERE TO READ FULL STORY<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blended families sometimes encounter difficulties in treating all children equally. This was the case for Madison\u2019s family when her husband requested that her daughter skip a family trip, so his&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":10735,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsc72.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}