My 16-year-old stepson asked to bring his new girlfriend on our upcoming trip to Spain. To my surprise, my husband agreed — but then said we could only afford four tickets, meaning my 18-year-old daughter would have to stay home. I was livid. I accused him of putting a stranger ahead of the girl he’d helped raise since she was seven.
He shot back, “That ‘stranger’ is my son’s guest. And maybe you’ve forgotten — your daughter’s father is the one who never contributes a dime to her trips. Perhaps it’s time he finally did.”