Woman Reacts When Her Boyfriend Gets The Unwanted Role Of Her Nephew’s Dad

A father figure is important in a boy's life. Don't get us wrong, it doesn't even have to be male.

But, whatever the gender is, we need a person who always appears to be strong (even when terrified inside ) and who we can trust and fave fun with. Social standards imply that it is mostly males performing the father figure.

Anyone can father a child, but being a dad takes a lifetime. Fathers play a role in every child's life that cannot be filled by others.

This role can significantly impact a child and help shape them into the person they become. Boys are modeled after their father's personality.

From a young age, boys will seek acceptance from their fathers. We learn to function in the world by mimicking the conduct of those around us as we grow up as human beings.

If a father is concerned about his children's well-being and treats them with respect, the young boy will follow in his footsteps. Young boys seek other masculine figures to set the "rules" on how to behave and survive in the world while their father is absent.

No matter if we agree that a father figure is necessary, some single moms seek them for their young boys. And sometimes, they seek them in the most inappropriate places.

A Redditor going by the name u/EntireAd8057 shared her problem. Her boyfriend was forced into a father role for her nephew.

This made everyone uncomfortable, but mom didn't care.

OP asks:

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OP’s sister is a single mom in need of a father figure for her son

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And OP’s fiancé is just perfect

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It has gotten to a point where it makes everyone around extremely uncomfortable

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Some weird questions were even asked:

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OP’s fiancé, Gabe, is not comfortable with the situation, but being a nice guy, doesn’t know how to tell his future SIL to back off

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And the final straw was:

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Being the wonderful guy he is, Gabe gently explained to the kid why he couldn’t be his dad. But he can be his favorite uncle and best friend. But that wasn't enough for future SIL

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So OP intervened. And all hell broke loose.

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OP’s sister was furious and started insulting them. She even requested they step out of Joe’s life.

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OP posted a clarification:

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Sounds about right...

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OP should watch her back. Well, her BF...

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OP shared her view on the emotional nature of her sister’s interest in Gabe

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But Redditors believe OP is fooling herself

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However, some Redditors share OP’s opinion

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But also agree that OP’s sister is playing mind games with Gabe

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Yes, there is jealousy

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But she is jealous of OP’s happiness

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She also wants a "happy family" from the commercials

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The bottom line is:

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It is hard to see the real motives behind this woman’s actions. It is a job for a psychologist.

But they are unacceptable. It is hard to believe that calling some nice guy “dad” would be the kid’s idea - his mom was obviously steering him in that direction.

We can only say that we feel sorry for that little guy, and we hope things will work out for him.