AITA for banning my father from my home because he banned me from his when I was younger?
At fifteen, a young soul was torn apart by family strife, caught in the crossfire of a fractured relationship between a father and a new wife.
The battles at home weren't just about words; they were about love lost and boundaries drawn so thick that a father’s house became a forbidden place, leaving a wound that time struggled to heal.
Thirteen years later, life has moved forward with new beginnings—a marriage, a child, and the weight of past wounds still lingering.
The father’s late wife is gone, and loneliness creeps in, but the daughter stands firm, refusing to be a consolation prize, guarding her heart and home with quiet strength amidst the echoes of a fractured past.
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The original poster (OP) clearly es**blished a boundary 13 years ago due to significant, unresolved conflict with their stepmother and stepsister, leading to being effectively barred from their father's home.
While the father has since attempted reconciliation, the OP remains hesitant, viewing current contact primarily through the lens of their father's present loneliness and feeling pressured to act as a 'backup plan,' thereby maintaining emotional distance.
Given the history of extreme conflict and the father's past action of altering custody arrangements, is the OP justified in continuing to limit contact and refuse invitations based on past emotional damage, or does the pa*sage of time and the father's current apparent loneliness create a moral obligation to attempt a deeper reconciliation now?
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