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A son devoted years to the family repair shop, only to be pushed aside when his dad was ready to pass it on

His father gave the business to his sister’s husband instead

Now the man has built a thriving rival shop and wonders if he went too far

A man turns to the Reddit community for support following a dramatic family fallout that began when his father gave away the family business he had dedicated nearly two decades of his life to.

The 32-year-old explains in his post that after being passed over in favor of his brother-in-law, he cut off his family entirely and launched a rival business that is now thriving while his father’s shop crumbles.

“I’m 32 and I’ve been working at my dad’s car repair shop for 17 years now, since I was 15,” he writes. The shop had always been

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