I Turned Down My Stepdad’s Gift To Please My Real Father — I Still Regret It Today

Later, he gave me a few gift cards. I thanked him, of course, but something inside me twisted. I saw the quiet pain behind his forced grin. I didn’t want him to feel lesser, so I did the unthinkable — I turned to Jack and said I couldn’t accept his gift.

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I lied.
I said it was “too much,” that I “wasn’t comfortable” with something so expensive.
But the truth?
I was trying to protect my father’s pride.

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