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Indrė Lukošiūtė

Man Refuses To Adopt Stepdaughter After Raising Her For 10 Years, Breaks Her Heart

Family does not always have to be biological. Sometimes, the people who love you and care for you can become just as important as anyone related by blood. And that can be a beautiful thing.

So when one teen girl told her mom she wanted her stepdad, who had raised her for 10 years, to adopt her, the woman was overjoyed. But that happiness did not last long. The man later admitted that he did not want to do it because he did not care for her the same way he did his “real” kids, leaving his wife completely devastated.

Not knowing how to handle the man she thought she knew and trusted, the woman turned to Reddit for advice. Read the full story below.

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