Basically in general I’m 18f and a senior, I’m going to college next year and really excited because this year has been kinda horrible. I ended up cutting my dad 48m and stepmom 48f off but it’s a good thing, but now I just live with my mom 46f and stepdad 47m I’ll call Jeff. They got married like 5 years ago and he’s nice, but we’re not close or anything. He’s not a bad person at all, he’s just kind of awkward and introverted and I’m not, so I feel like he maybe always found me kind of annoying. But lately he’s been trying to connect with me more and even though I’m normally pretty extroverted I’ve just had a whole year of hell and I’m not really sure how to, I don’t know, be around him now? He’s just been doing more things, like he works by my school and I can leave for lunch so he’s been taking me and my friend or boyfriend to lunch once or twice a week and when it was cold he would make sure my car was in the garage and little things like that. But I will thank him and it’s kind of awkward and he’ll say things like you don’t have to thank me for that but I would feel rude if I didn’t? And my mom travels for work a lot and Jeff used to go with her, but lately has been staying back with me which I think he is trying to be nice but I kind of liked having the house to myself lol. Plus I know my mom liked that he would travel with him so I feel kind of bad. And another bigger thing is that I kind of mentioned that I wanted to be the kind of person who drove a Subaru (you know, hiking, being one with nature lol), and now he’s been really gung ho about finding me a subaru before I leave for school which is really really nice but also not his problem? Don’t get me wrong I’m not stupid I know how to be grateful, but it’s just kind of awkward because I feel like for the past five years we’ve just been friendly roommates and now it’s like he wants to do more. He doesn’t have any kids or anything so maybe it’s all just new to him but like I want to idk, not make him regret helping me but like I said I don’t want to go too far and be annoying. So I’m not sure if I should start like trying to watch TV or sports with him more or if maybe he wants his own downtime? We watched the Olympics together a lot and maybe we could do stuff like that more if he’s going to stay home more? And just to be clear, none of this is creepy in the slightest, that’s not a concern or anything. I know he loves my mom very much and I think he’s just trying to be nice since I leave in a few months to start my own life. submitted by /u/LowlyKnights
Originally posted by u/LowlyKnights on r/AskMen