Woman recounts being caught with an Apple Watch by her strict stepmother at 14 and then kicked out by her father
Growing up with strict parents can be tough, but having a controlling stepmother is even worse. For TikTok user @momoneymoswag, it was this latter experience that motivated her to share a specific incident with her stepmother on social media, which led her to never visit her again. Although the incident was traumatic at the time, Morgan says that in hindsight, it was the “greatest” thing to have happened to her.
Morgan Bowen’s TikTok video from three days ago is currently going viral. As of now, it has over 227K views, around 18K likes, and hundreds of shares and comments. So, what exactly happened? Morgan, in her video, explained that about six years ago, when she was 14, she stayed with her father, who was living with his wife, whom he had married after separating from her mother. Morgan described her stepmother as very controlling, often policing her every move and making her life miserable. To make matters worse, she had also influenced Morgan’s father, which made staying at her father’s house even more difficult. Morgan revealed that during a confrontation over an Apple Watch, she refused to back down and fought back until her stepmother threatened to complain to her father. When this happened, she was told she was never to return.
TikTok user @momoneymoswag was banished from her father’s house
At the start of her video, Morgan Bowen shared that her parents were divorced when she was young, and her father remarried. She also described her stepmother as “awful.” Recalling one instance of her controlling behaviour, Morgan talked about a time when she was returning home from school, and her stepmother picked her up. They argued during the ride because her stepmother disapproved of Morgan wearing leggings, believing they made her look “promiscuous.”
Morgan also explained that she spent her time doing various tasks at her father’s house because she was not allowed to have her phone and because her stepmother had access to all her passwords. She mentioned purchasing an Apple Watch with her own money and trying to hide it from her stepmother to avoid having it confiscated. One day, while doing her homework and wearing the watch, she went to the pantry for food and was caught by her stepmother. She was asked to give her the watch, but she refused. Her stepmother then threatened to tell her father, which she did. Eventually, her father told her that her mother was coming to pick her up and that she would not be returning to his house again.
TikTok user @momoneymoswag’s video has invited massive response
Several people have reached out to Morgan Bowen in the comments of her video. User @fathersweek wrote, “’ll never understand parents who choose anyone over their kids. Glad you’re okay.” User @saschayay wrote, “I’m sorry this happened to you but glad you got out! Keep on shining Mo!”
Many people have also shared their experiences of facing similar situations in the comments section of Morgan’s post. User @outonmyadventure wrote, “My dad got full custody of me and my sister. 6 and six months. I was a mom at six basically. Got kicked out before and haven’t been back since. 33 now. Been in survival for too long and I’m tired now.” User @xx..blade..xx wrote, “Not more than 10 seconds into the video I was already angry and annoyed. I had a similar situation when I was younger and moving back with my mom was the best decision I ever made. It’s rather unfortunate that you had to go through that cuz I don’t wish that type of environment on anyone. It’s one thing to be strict and it’s another one to be abusive…”
Family structures have gone through a restructuring
According to The Step Family Foundation, most traditional families consisting of a mother, father, and child have broken down and evolved into other family types, such as stepfamilies.
- The US Bureau of Census makes the following observations:
- Every day, 1300 new stepfamilies are created.
- Over half of US families are remarried or re-coupled.
- The typical American marriage lasts about seven years.
- Half of all marriages end in divorce.
- About 75 per cent of people remarry.
- When children are involved,
- 66 per cent of couples living together or remarried separate when children are involved.
- In 80 per cent of remarried or re-coupled partners with children, both partners have careers.
- Currently, half of the 60 million children under 13 live with one biological parent and that parent’s current partner.
- According to the 1990 US Census, by 2000, there would be more stepfamilies than original families.
- Research by the Stepfamily Foundation shows over 60 per cent of divorced fathers see their children, but they don’t legally live with them. These children often move between parents’ homes, creating more stepfamilies, but these fathers are usually ignored.
- According to a recent survey by the Stepfamily Foundation involving 2,000 online questionnaires, 75 per cent of stepfamilies report lacking access to resources specific to stepfamilies.
- A Boston University psychologist reported that over 75 per cent of career women earning more than $100.000 and married to men with children said that, if they had to marry again, they would not marry a man with children.
- About 50 per cent of women, including those in living-together families, will likely experience a stepfamily at some point, according to sociology Professor Larry L. Bumpass of Wisconsin.
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