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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

I'm not ready to be a stepmom

If I marry, I get a 16-year-old who can barely take care of herself.
By Cary Tennis

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:41 PM

    Oh my god, of course she's not going to leave!

    She's 29 years old and obviously has hit pay dirt with a man so wealthy and spoiled he has apparently outsourced the raising of his daughter. This is after she was abandoned in another country by her mentally ill mother, mind you. If that's not a mandate for actual parenting, I don't know what is. This father is a perfect match for the LW, sounds like--neither one wants a child, and both enjoy the good life.

    Cary's advice is right on, of course--it just doesn't seem likely anyone's going to follow it.

    —Treeple Read Treeple's other letters

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