is it so hard to admit that you are wrong about something? or maybe you misspoke, i don't know. your words don't need any spinning and i don't have a narrative.
the reason i'm insisting on this is that i don't want young brehs to be misled into thinking that getting married will somehow make the family of the bride respect them. a marriage contract is not a fix. the respect has to already be there before marrying. if it wasn't there before, marrying doesn't make sense. in this scenario, he would have paid for the marriage and probably would have felt stuck in the situation. married or not, he still would not have felt as the head of the family. Even if you are not team GMB, getting married for the purpose of "solidifying your position" is unwise.
Again, that's your narrative...
In this scenario, you only hear a jaded step-boyfriend whine about being an atm when
and only when the biological father usurped his position as kang. Buying the girl a car, paying for the education, having a stay at home girlfriend was fine and dandy until he was unsure of his role in the mother's life.
Now his 26 people know that he isn't the man in charge...
That's the issue ...
He didn't have an issue with being treated like an atm....
If he wanted to be treated like family, then he should have created a family through marriage... PERIOD
He wanted to be treated like an atm... So he gave money instead of a formal commitment....
All that extra story telling you want to do outside of this scenario is on you.... I'm not reading your fiction... Sorry
talking about he had a change of heart and isnt paying
that dude till infinity.
but nonetheless, I would have taken everything back too 
with that said...