My Dad’s New Wife Tried to Sabotage My Mom Every Chance She Got and Call Herself My ‘Bonus Mom’ — But Her Behavior at My Wedding Crossed the Line

I’m 24 now and an only child.

When I was a junior in high school, my parents suddenly split up. There was no big fight, no warning signs—just a normal family dinner one day, and divorce papers the next.

My dad later called it “empty nest panic,” as if they had simply drifted apart. Maybe that was true. But what happened …