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Is There A Boundary For Wedding Vows?

One social media post sparks a debate on how far is too far for ‘better or worse’

If I Ain't Readin'
4 min readDec 13, 2023
Screenshot from Instagram

Before diving into this, I will warn that this could be a fake post, however the comments show how people really feel about parenting, marriages, and the opportunity for divorce. Both sides may have a point though.

What was the poster communicating?

In the post, the spouse is mentioning a few things:

  • Her sister in law passed away.
  • The husband plans on taking in all three of the sister’s children: ages 11, 8, and 5.
  • They already have a 17 year old(may be about to graduate high school?)
  • The poster never wanted to be a stepmom to begin with.
  • The poster wants an IMMEDIATE divorce.

What I gather from this post, is that she never wanted a child to begin with. Not just the future of having to take in her sister in law’s children, but she never wanted children. I am assuming from this post that the 17 year old child is either her biological child(but she said she didn’t want children?), or one from her husband’s previous marriage — I’m not sure given the context.

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If I Ain't Readin'
If I Ain't Readin'

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Erica is an essayist and poet who enjoys reading, creating content, and helping others find their purpose too. Above all, she loves to read🖤

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