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- A woman turns to the internet for advice on how she handled a situation with her stepdad
- Her stepdad tried to take credit for getting her through college, despite not paying for her education
- The woman called him out on it, and now a few family members say she was in the wrong
A recent college graduate found herself at the center of family drama after she called out her stepdad for lying about helping her through college.
In a Reddit post, she wrote that before going to college, her stepdad told her he wouldn’t pay for her tuition because she wasn’t his “real responsibility.”
Her maternal grandparents ended up paying for everything, and she worked part-time through school to pay for other expenses. However, once she graduated, her stepdad tried to take credit for financing her degree.
“At my graduation dinner, he stood up and gave a speech about how proud he was and how ‘we worked so hard to get [me] through school.’ I asked, ‘We? What exactly did you contribute?'” she wrote. “My mom kicked me under the table, but I didn’t back down. I said, ‘Everything I have is thanks to Grandma and Grandpa. Not you.’ ”
Her stepdad turned red and told her she was being ungrateful, to which she replied, “No, I’m being accurate.”
Now, several family members are upset and blaming the college graduate for embarrassing her stepdad, insisting that she should’ve let it go.
However, most commenters sided with the poster, arguing that she was in the right to say something and stand her ground.
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“He is trying to take credit for something that he didn’t even contribute to because it was not ‘his responsibility,'” one user wrote. “Good for you on giving the credit to your grandparents. Also how are you being ungrateful when he did not contribute to anything.”
Another commenter posted, “If anything, he embarrassed himself by lying. You just set the record straight. If you care to you can tell the family members that intervened that you didn’t want to diminish your grandparents contribution by letting your stepdad claim credit for something he had no part in. Or you can just ignore them knowing you did the right thing.”
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