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my mother has been with her boyfriend for about a year and a half. my father died about a year ago from lung cancer. my mother was cheating on my dad for about the last six months of his life. while it was happening i didn't say anything because i sympathized with my mother. my father was very stubborn, did not take care of himself, and my mother spent all of her time caring for him with no appreaciation. after my dad passed, i felt awful. looking at it now i do think it was a horrible idea. after my dad passed my mother started spending more time with her boyfriend. i felt abandonded. i had to grieve the loss of my father and my mothers new relationship. since then we've come to a somewhat balance. i do not dislike my mothers boyfriend. hes 10 years younger than her and is somewhat immature. i say this because in the year and a half they've been together he's made little effort to get to know me. he's very awkward and is very hard to keep conversation with. ive brought this up to my mother several times and she says she's spoken to him about it but he's "intimidated by me' she even got mad once and blamed it on me saying that i am unapproachable. I obviously take responsibility because at first i was very stand off-ish. But in the last months i do feel like ive been making an effort. I asked him one night if he wanted to play mortal kombat together and we did and it was fun. I thought after that he wouldnt be so awkward but he still is. When we eat dinner together he is always on his phone watching anime and doesn't speak to me or my mother. this morning my mother told me he is moving in with us. i am hurt because i feel like i should've been included in the decision. i am 18, im about to graduate high school . for years ive worked to help my mom pay bills. i feel like i am an adult, in the family, and if my mother does want us to be 'be a family' then i feel like i should've been included in the decison. when my mother is with her boyfriend she is like a different person. i am going through a lot right now and when that happens i look to my mother for support. i feel like she forgets she is the only parent i have left. when she is around her boyfriend it feels like that is all she worries about. i feel like im going to be left behind. my home is supposed to be my safe space and now i feel like it is being invaded. i am so sad.
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