AITA For Pretending Not To Recognize My Parents When They Tried To Reconnect? - Reddit Stories

am I the bad guy for pretending not to recognize my parents when they try to reconnect I was raised mostly by my uncle and Aunt my older sister developed a serious illness when I was six and my parents decided that they couldn't care for both of us I guess so they kind of unceremoniously dumped me at my grandparents and my uncle took me in I mean they didn't even explain to me what was going on just you're going to visit your grand for a while and never picked me back up my grandparents and Uncle explained it later and they were pretty livid at my parents I've seen my parents maybe five times since then and not at all for the last 9 years I decided to stop having contact with them when I was 12 and since I was the only one reaching out all communication broke down it turned out okay I love my aunt and uncle and it turns out they can't have kids so they've always said I'm their Miracle kid I was was just Mis routed by the stor I was formally adopted by them when I turned 18 I wish it had been earlier but there were some red tape things that would have made that really expensive and difficult I'm now 21 my sister passed away between Thanksgiving and Christmas and I made a trip back from school for the funeral but I stayed in the back and left before my bio parents could talk to me they called my Uncle to try to talk to me but I said I didn't want to so he told them I wasn't available at the moment they finally caught up to me over Christmas when I went to midnight mass with my grand and approached me and tried to give me a hug of course I did recognize them but I pretended not to and just backed off and said sorry do I know you they said where your parents and I said my parents are at home and went and sat down with my grand they sat beside us and I could just feel the stare and and on the way out they were like you really don't recognize us and I said oh are you my dad's brother I think I remember you from when I was little my grand thinks they deserved it trying to come back to me like nothing happened but they wrote me a long letter about how hurt they are and how I should understand that they were trying to do the right thing and how they'll always be my parents and I can't change that other family members think I was too harsh as they're grieving but I don't think they should get a pass just because they remembered me now that my sister is gone am I the bad guy I think you are not the bad guy are you my dad's brother was pure class this was very Petty so much deserved and I'm applauding you all the way for it I'm glad that you ended up with parents who love and cherish you also you were adopted so they aren't your parents let me know what you would do if if you're in this situation Down Below in the comments if you subscribe remember to click the Bell icon for notifications to enjoy all the stories use the playlist at the top of the description of this video see you in the next video

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Length: 3min 16sec (196 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 07 2023