A woman has received support online after sharing why she is against forming a warm relationship with her partner's daughters. The woman, who goes by u/themothmancommeth on Reddit , took to the platform to detail her rocky rapport with her partner of three years, Tim's daughters. She cited ongoing hostility and misunderstandings about her intentions and Tim's finances.
The post , shared on October 30, has sparked discussion over the woman's decision to refuse a "friendly" relationship with Tim's children. The 42-year-old woman had described how Tim, 59, became financially strained due to his late wife's multiple battles with cancer. He exhausted his resources, including running up credit card debt, taking a second mortgage, and cashing out his retirement savings to pay for her treatments.
Upon his wife's passing, Tim was left near bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the woman has financial stability due to a trust fund, despite Tim's daughters' initially speculating that she may have been after their father's funds they did not know he had lost. "He's in banking, I'm a bartender.
I know what it looks like," the woman said. "His two daughters thought the same thing, but he's broke as a joke and I've got a trust fund, so actually no." Despite the woman's initial efforts to join Tim on family visits, his daughters rejected her.
Both Christmases spent with them were marked by the daughters ignoring her, monopolizing Tim's time, and preventing interaction between her and their husbands. After .